2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 2001 Final Tournament was held in Finland. Players born after 1 January 1982 were eligible to participate in this competition. This championship was the final one to use the Under-18 name; starting in 2002, the event was renamed as a UEFA European Under-19 Championship without any change in age eligibility.

2001 UEFA Under-18 Championship

Jalkapallon alle 18-vuotiaiden Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut 2001 2001 U18-Europamästerskapet i fotboll
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	21–29 July
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	FR Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	59 (4.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jorge Perona (8 goals)
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Teams

See also: 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

The following teams had qualified for the tournament:

•  Belgium
•  Czech Republic
•  Denmark
•  Finland (host)
•  Poland
•  Spain
•  Ukraine
•  FR Yugoslavia

Venues

The final tournament was held in four stadiums located in four Finnish cities.

Stadium	City	Tenant club(s)	Capacity
Tehtaan kenttä	Valkeakoski	Haka	3,516
Tampere Stadium	Tampere	Tampere United	16,800
Finnair Stadium	Helsinki	HJK and HIFK	10,770
Pohjola Stadion	Vantaa	PK-35 and Allianssi	4,700

Results

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9
FR Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2	1
Finland	3	0	1	2	6	13	-7	1

21 June 2001 (2001-06-21)

Finland	1 – 1	Ukraine
Scheweleff 84'		Karabkin 49'

Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

21 June 2001 (2001-06-21)

Czech Republic	1 – 0	FR Yugoslavia
Řehák 24'	Report

Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 869

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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23 June 2001 (2001-06-23)

Finland	1 – 4	Czech Republic
Sjölund 6'	Report	Dujka 14' Koubský 44' Trojan 57' Čoupek 58'

Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 6,237

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

23 June 2001 (2001-06-23)

Ukraine	1 – 2	FR Yugoslavia
Pinchuk 24'	Report	Damjanović 35' Misimović 79'

Pohjola Stadion, Vantaa

Attendance: 538

Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

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25 June 2001 (2001-06-25)

FR Yugoslavia	8 – 4	Finland
Damjanović 20', 49' Cilinšek 23' Misimović 38' Lazović 53', 65', 68', 82'	Report	Sjölund 51', 74' Peteri 54' Okkonen 62'

Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 4,753

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

25 June 2001 (2001-06-25)

Czech Republic	3 – 2	Ukraine
Bystroň 63' Koubský 69' Hudec 84'	Report	Motuz 51' Kutas 56'

Pohjola Stadion, Vantaa

Attendance: 468

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Spain	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Belgium	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	6	-4	0

22 July 2001 (2001-07-22)

Poland	4 – 1	Spain
Nawotczyński 14', 90' Madej 16' Grzelak 41'	Report	Perona 23'

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

22 July 2001 (2001-07-22)

Belgium	2 – 0	Denmark
Aelbrecht 56' Djamba-Shango 90'

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

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24 July 2001 (2001-07-24)

Spain	1 – 0	Denmark
Perona 87'	Report

Tampere Stadium, Tampere

Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

24 July 2001 (2001-07-24)

Poland	1 – 1	Belgium
Kaźmierczak 82'		Djamba-Shango 78'

Tampere Stadium, Tampere

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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26 July 2001 (2001-07-26)

Denmark	2 – 3	Poland
Beierholm 5' Benjaminsen 57'		Zawadzki 18', 28' Żytko

Tampere Stadium, Tampere

Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

26 July 2001 (2001-07-26)

Spain	3 – 1	Belgium
Perona 8', 76', 90' (pen.)	Report	Walasiak 31'

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Third place play-off

29 July 2001 (2001-07-29)

FR Yugoslavia	2 – 6	Spain
Bihorac 5', 46'	Report	Arteta 2' Perona 21', 58', 87' Elá 43', 77'

Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 1,257

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Final

29 July 2001

Czech Republic	1 – 3	Poland
Trojan 39'	Report	Nawotczyński 26' Madej 89' Łobodziński 90'

Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

2001 UEFA U-18 Championship winner
Poland First title

Goalscorers

8 goals

• Jorge Perona

4 goals

• Danko Lazović

3 goals

• Daniel Sjölund
• Łukasz Nawotczyński
• Jovan Damjanović

2 goals

• Serge Djamba-Shango
• Jiri Koubsky
• Filip Trojan
• Łukasz Madej
• Dariusz Zawadzki
• Jacinto Elá
• Emir Bihorac
• Zvjezdan Misimović

1 goal

• Tim Aelbrecht
• Jonathan Walasiak
• David Bystroň
• Petr Čoupek
• Tomas Dujka
• Martin Hudec
• Tomáš Řehák
• Mads Beierholm
• Peter Benjaminsen
• Antti Okkonen
• Jussi Peteri
• Henri Scheweleff
• Mikel Arteta
• Rafał Grzelak
• Przemysław Kaźmierczak
• Wojciech Łobodziński
• Mateusz Żytko
• Yaroslav Karabkin
• Pavlo Kutas
• Serhiy Motuz
• Dmytro Pinchuk
• Saša Cilinšek

See also

• 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

External links

• Results by RSSSF
• Official Site