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2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
UEFA Kampjonat Ewropew ta’ taħt is-17-il sena 2014
The official logo of the tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMalta
Dates9–21 May
Teams53 (qualification)
8 (finals)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (2nd title)
Runners-up Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)
Attendance42,388 (2,826 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Dominic Solanke
Netherlands Jari Schuurman
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Netherlands Steven Bergwijn[1]
2013
2015

The 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 13th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, an annual football competition between men's under-17 national teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Malta, from 9 to 21 May 2014, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey.[2]

Fifty-three teams participated in a two-round qualification stage, taking place between September 2013 and March 2014, to determine the seven teams joining the hosts. Players born after 1 January 1997 were eligible to participate in this competition.[3] This edition marked the first appearance of a national team from Gibraltar,[4] and was the first UEFA competition allowing referees to use a vanishing spray when setting free kicks.[5] Live broadcast was provided by Eurosport 2 and Eurosport International.[6]

England beat the Netherlands in the final on penalties to secure their second European under-17 title, four years after their first, and the second to be won by coach John Peacock. The 2013 champions, Russia, failed to qualify for the final tournament.

Qualification

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Qualification for the final tournament of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship consisted of two rounds: a qualifying round and an elite round. In the qualifying round, 53 national teams competed in 13 groups of four teams, with each group winner and runner-up, plus the best third-placed team, advancing to the elite round. There, the 27 first-round qualifiers plus Germany, who was given a bye, were distributed in seven groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

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Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1
 Malta Hosts 0 (debut)
  Switzerland Group 1 winner 6 (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
 Turkey Group 2 winner 5 (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
 Netherlands Group 3 winner 7 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
 England Group 4 winner 8 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
 Germany Group 5 winner 6 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)
 Scotland Group 6 winner 1 (2008)
 Portugal Group 7 winner 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2010)
1 Only counted appearances for under-17 era (bold indicates champion for that year, while italic indicates hosts)

Final draw

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The draw for the group stage of the final tournament was held on 9 April 2014 at Saint James Cavalier in Valletta. It was conducted by UEFA's Youth and Amateur Football Committee chairman Jim Boyce, along with Fr. Hilary Tagliaferro and former Maltese international David Carabott. The host team, Malta, was automatically assigned as team one in group A, while the remaining teams were drawn successively in the order B1, A2, B2, A3, B3, A4 and B4.[7][8]

Venues

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Ta' Qali Paola Xewkija
Ta' Qali National Stadium Tony Bezzina Stadium Gozo Stadium
Capacity: 16,997 Capacity: 2,968 Capacity: 1,644

Squads

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Match officials

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Group stage

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Map of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship finalist teams and their performances. The inset shows Malta (host).

Fixtures and match schedule were confirmed by UEFA on 15 April 2014.[6]

Tie-breaking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;

If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 apply.

  1. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Respect Fair play ranking of the teams in question (final tournament);
  4. Drawing of lots.

If only two teams are tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out.

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  England 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
4  Malta (H) 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Netherlands 3–2 Turkey
Verdonk 54' (pen.)
Nouri 69'
Ould-Chikh 75'
Report Ünal 43'
Aktay 79'
Malta 0–3 England
Report Roberts 15', 48'
Armstrong 25'
Attendance: 7,015
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

England 4–1 Turkey
Solanke 22', 49'
Kenny 58'
Armstrong 64'
Report Ünal 16'
Attendance: 1,631
Malta 2–5 Netherlands
Mbong 37'
Friggieri 64'
Report Schuurman 5', 27', 42'
Bergwijn 13', 69'
Attendance: 1,145

Turkey 4–0 Malta
Alici 43', 58'
Aktay 70', 76'
Report
England 0–2 Netherlands
Report Verdonk 45'
van der Moot 68'
Attendance: 1,240
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Knockout stage
2  Scotland 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Germany 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
4   Switzerland 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Germany 1–1  Switzerland
Henrichs 58' Report Babic 72'
Attendance: 1,448
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Scotland 0–2 Portugal
Report Sanches 18'
Mata 78'
Attendance: 341

Switzerland 0–1 Portugal
Report Mata 54'
Germany 0–1 Scotland
Report Wright 41'
Attendance: 1,206
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Portugal 1–0 Germany
P. Rodrigues 51' Report
Switzerland 1–3 Scotland
Oberlin 20' Report Wighton 45'
Sheppard 56'
Hardie 63'

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[3]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 May – Attard
 
 
 Netherlands5
 
21 May – Attard
 
 Scotland0
 
 Netherlands1 (1)
 
18 May – Attard
 
 England (p)1 (4)
 
 Portugal0
 
 
 England2
 

Semi-finals

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Portugal 0–2 England
Report Solanke 52'
Roberts 74'
Attendance: 2,107
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Netherlands 5–0 Scotland
Verdonk 35' (pen.)
Nouri 38'
Bergwijn 57'
Owobowale 59'
Van der Moot 73'
Report

Final

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Team of the Tournament

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Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA Golden Player 2014: Steven Bergwijn". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Malta, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan picked for U17s". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2013/14" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Draw to launch U17 road to Malta". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 20 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Vanishing spray leaves lasting impression". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Under-17 match and TV schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Swiss, Germany, England complete U17 finals cast". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Malta meet England, Germany face Switzerland". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 9 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2017.
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