| Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale hráčov do 21 rokov 2000 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | |
| Dates | 27 May – 4 June |
| Teams | 8 (finals) 47 (qualifying) |
| Venue | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 40 (2.86 per match) |
| Attendance | 74,930 (5,352 per match) |
| Top scorer | |
| Best player | |
←1998 2002 → | |
The2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 12th staging ofUEFA'sEuropean Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted bySlovakia from 27 May to 4 June 2000. The tournament had 47 entrants.Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams,Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.[1] The top four teams in this competition qualified for the2000 Summer Olympics.[2]
Italy won the competition for the fourth time, thus qualified for the Olympic Games finals, alongsideCzech Republic,Slovakia andSpain.
The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (seven groups of 5 + two groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
| Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament1,2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00Group 1 andplay-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 10 (1978,1980,1982,1984,1986,1988,1990,1992,1994,1996) | |
| 01Group 3 andplay-off winner | 16 November 1999 | 0 (debut) | |
| 02Group 5 andplay-off winner | 29 March 2000 | 6 (1978,1980,1982,1984,1986,1988) | |
| 03Group 6 andplay-off winner | 16 November 1999 | 10 (1978,1980,1982,1984,1986,1988,1990,1994,1996,1998) | |
| 04Group 6 runners-up andplay-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 3 (1988,1992,1998) | |
| 05Group 7 andplay-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 0 (debut) (7 including Czechoslovakia) | |
| 06Group 8 andplay-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 0 (debut) | |
| 07Group 9 runners-up andplay-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 1 (1996) |
Four venues were selected for the competition.[5]
Seven match officials and nine assistants were selected for the competition, including two officials representing theAsian Football Confederation (AFC), Selearajen Subramaniam fromMalaysia and Hamdi Al Kadri fromSyria.[6]
| Country | Referee | Assistants | Fourth officials | Matches refereed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stéphane Bré | Egon Bereuter (Austria) | Vincent Texier (France) | Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland) | Croatia 1–2 Netherlands England 6–0 Turkey | |
| Herbert Fandel | Harald Sather (Germany) | Kostantin Piskov (Bulgaria) Egon Bereuter (Austria) | Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia) Stéphane Bré (France) | Czech Republic 3–1 Netherlands England 0–2 Slovakia | |
| Selearajen Subramaniam | Kostantin Piskov (Bulgaria) | Hamdi Al Kadri (Syria) | Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) | Czech Republic 3–1 Netherlands | |
| Leslie Irvine | John McElhinney (Scotland) Egon Bereuter (Austria) | Mikhail Semionov (Russia) Hamdi Al Kadri (Syria) | Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia) | Spain 1–1 Czech Republic Spain 1–0 Slovakia | |
| Valentin Ivanov | Mikhail Semionov (Russia) Kostantin Piskov (Bulgaria) | Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Mikhail Semionov (Russia) | Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia) | Spain 0–0 Croatia Turkey 1–3 Italy | |
| Karl-Erik Nilsson | Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) | Hamdi Al Kadri (Syria) Ferenc Székely (Hungary) Kostantin Piskov (Bulgaria) | Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland) Dieter Schoch (Switzerland) | Czech Republic 4–3 Croatia Slovakia 2–1 Turkey Czech Republic 1–2 Italy | |
| Dieter Schoch | Ferenc Székely (Hungary) | John McElhinney (Scotland) | Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) Herbert Fandel (Germany) | Netherlands 0–1 Spain Italy 1–1 Slovakia | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| Spain | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Luque | Report | L. Došek |
| Croatia | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Miladin | Report | Van Bommel Vennegoor of Hesselink |
| Czech Republic | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jankulovski Jarolím | Report | Lurling |
| Netherlands | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Angulo |
| Czech Republic | 4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| L. Došek Baroš Petrouš Sionko | Report | Šerić Tudor |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
Andrea Pirlo was the top goalscorer of three goals. He was also announced as the UEFA Golden Player award recipient.[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | Gold medal | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | Silver medal | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 8 | Bronze medal | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Fourth place | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |