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2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, or simply the 2013 Euro Under-21, was the 19th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Israel from 5–18 June 2013.

Quick facts אליפות אירופה בכדורגל עד גיל 21 - 2013, Tournament details ...

The Israeli bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee on 27 January 2011 in Nyon, Switzerland.[2] This bid defeated the other bids from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England and Wales.

Spain defended the title they won two years prior, winning their fourth championship after defeating Italy 4–2 in the final.

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Qualification

The draw for the group stage of qualifying for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship took place on 3 February in Nyon, Switzerland. 52 national teams took part in the qualifying. The group stage of qualifying began on 25 March 2011.[3] There were a total of ten groups, consisting of five or six teams each. All the teams in each group faced each other two times, at home and away. The team at the top of each group and the four best second-placed teams qualified to the playoff round. In the playoff round, the 14 teams were drawn to play seven two-legged matches. The winners joined Israel in the tournament finals.

List of qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship:

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Venues

The Competition was played at four venues in major cities all around Israel: Bloomfield (Tel Aviv), Teddy (Jerusalem), HaMoshava (Petah Tikva) and the Netanya Stadium (Netanya).

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Match officials

In December 2012, it was announced that these six referees would take charge of matches at the final tournament:

It was furthermore announced that additional assistant referees would be deployed at Israel's final tournament.[4]

Seeding

The draw for the final tournament took place on 28 November 2012 in Tel Aviv. As the highest-ranked team according to the competition coefficient rankings, Spain were one of the top two seeds alongside hosts Israel. Those two sides were drawn into separate groups, as were the second and third-ranked teams in the list, England and the Netherlands. The remaining four countries were unseeded and were placed in the remaining positions in the two four-team sections.[5][6]

More information Top seeds, Second seeds ...
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Squads

The deadline for the submission of the final 23-man squads was 26 May 2013, ten days before the opening match.

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 28 November 2012 in Tel Aviv.[7]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
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(H) Hosts
More information Israel, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 10,850
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
More information England, 0–1 ...

More information England, 1–3 ...
More information Italy, 4–0 ...

More information Israel, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 22,183
More information Norway, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 7,130
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Group B

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More information Spain, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 8,127
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
More information Netherlands, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 10,248
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

More information Netherlands, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 8,589
More information Germany, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 11,750
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

More information Spain, 3–0 ...
More information Russia, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 8,134
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 June – Netanya
 
 
 Spain3
 
18 June – Jerusalem
 
 Norway0
 
 Spain4
 
15 June – Petah Tikva
 
 Italy2
 
 Italy1
 
 
 Netherlands0
 

Semifinals

More information Spain, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 12,048

More information Italy, 1–0 ...

Final

More information Spain, 4–2 ...
Attendance: 29,320
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
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Team of the Tournament

The UEFA Technical Team was charged with naming a squad composed of the 23 best players over the course of the tournament. Spain, with eleven, had the most players in the team of the tournament.[1]

UEFA Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Spain David de Gea Spain Alberto Moreno Spain Asier Illarramendi Spain Álvaro Morata
Italy Francesco Bardi Spain Iñigo Martínez Spain Isco Spain Rodrigo
Norway Ørjan Nyland Spain Marc Bartra Spain Koke Italy Fabio Borini
Spain Martín Montoya Spain Thiago Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum
Italy Luca Caldirola Germany Lewis Holtby Netherlands Luuk de Jong
Netherlands Bruno Martins Indi Italy Marco Verratti
Norway Stefan Strandberg Netherlands Adam Maher
Russia Alan Dzagoev
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Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
  • Spain Thiago (1 assist — silver boot winner)[8]
  • Spain Isco (0 assists — bronze boot winner)[8]
2 goals
1 goal

Official match ball

The official ball for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship was unveiled during the draw in Tel Aviv on 28 November 2012.[9] The ball had the same blue and white colours as tournament hosts Israel and its design featured the same thermally bonded triangular patterns as the Adidas Tango 12, match ball of UEFA Euro 2012.

Calls to boycott tournament

After Israel was announced as host, there were calls by some to boycott the tournament. The most prominent petition against the tournament taking place in Israel was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which demanded UEFA President Michel Platini reverse his decision.[10] Another petition[11] organised by Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK demanded that UEFA move the tournament to England after the UEFA considered asking the FA to be on standby if the Gaza-Israel conflict continued.[12]

Another petition, organised by former Sevilla footballer Frédéric Kanouté and containing the name of 50 professional footballers who had signed it,[13] also gained media attention[14] but attracted criticism when some of the names listed on it were disputed. Didier Drogba, for example, claimed he never signed the petition and his name was removed from the list.[15]

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Broadcast from UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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  • United States: ESPN, ESPN 2 or ESPN 3 (All matches live in Pay TV)
  • Brazil: SporTV
  • Spanish speaking Latin America: DirecTV Sports (South América and Caribbean) / SKY (Mexico and Central América) (All matches live on Channels of DirecTV Sports in South América and Caribbean / Sky Sports in Mexico and Central América).

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