2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
UEFA U21-EM 2011 (in Danish)
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
Dates11–25 June
Teams8 (finals)
52 (qualifying) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Belarus
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Attendance101,955 (6,372 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Adrián (5 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Juan Mata

The 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. It was hosted by Denmark, and played between 11 and 25 June 2011.

Stadiums

Aarhus Aalborg Herning Viborg
Aarhus Stadion Aalborg Stadion Herning Stadium Viborg Stadion
56°7′55″N 10°11′47″E / 56.13194°N 10.19639°E / 56.13194; 10.19639 (NRGi Park) 57°3′5.4″N 9°53′56.76″E / 57.051500°N 9.8991000°E / 57.051500; 9.8991000 (Energi Nord Arena) 56°7′1″N 8°57′6″E / 56.11694°N 8.95167°E / 56.11694; 8.95167 (MCH Arena) 56°27′21.23″N 9°24′7.43″E / 56.4558972°N 9.4020639°E / 56.4558972; 9.4020639 (Viborg Stadion)
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,500 Capacity: 9,600 Capacity: 9,566

Group stage

The draw took place on 9 November 2010 in Aalborg, Denmark.[1]

Group A

In Group A, tie-breakers were needed to determine who qualified for the quarter-finals. Belarus qualified due to having a better goal difference in the matches between the three teams in the tie-breaker.[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 330060+69
 Belarus 310235−23
 Iceland 310235−23
 Denmark 310235−23

3 Way Tie-Breaker

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belarus 210132+13
 Iceland 21013303
 Denmark 210134−13

All times are UTC+2.

Belarus 2–0 Iceland
Varankow Goal 77' (pen.)
Skavysh Goal 87'		 Report
Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 2,815
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Denmark 0–1  Switzerland
Report Shaqiri Goal 48'
Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 9,678
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Switzerland 2–0 Iceland
Frei Goal 1'
Emeghara Goal 40'		 Report
Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 1,903
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
Denmark 2–1 Belarus
Eriksen Goal 22'
Jørgensen Goal 71'		 Report Baha Goal 20'
Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 18,152
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Iceland 3–1 Denmark
Sigþórsson Goal 58'
Bjarnason Goal 60'
Valgarðsson Goal 90+2'		 Report Kadrii Goal 81'
Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 9,308
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Switzerland 3–0 Belarus
Mehmedi Goal 6' (pen.), 43'
Feltscher Goal 90+3'		 Report
Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 321061+57
 Czech Republic 32014406
 England 302123−12
 Ukraine 301215−41

All times are UTC+2.

Czech Republic 2–1 Ukraine
Dočkal Goal 49', 56' Report Bilyi Goal 87'
Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Attendance: 4,251
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Spain 1–1 England
Herrera Goal 14' Report Welbeck Goal 88'
Herning Stadium, Herning
Attendance: 8,046
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Czech Republic 0–2 Spain
Report Adrián Goal 27', 47'
Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Ukraine 0–0 England
Report
Herning Stadium, Herning
Attendance: 3,495
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
England 1–2 Czech Republic
Welbeck Goal 76' Report Chramosta Goal 89'
Pekhart Goal 90+4'
Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Attendance: 5,262
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Ukraine 0–3 Spain
Report Mata Goal 10', 72' (pen.)
Adrián Goal 27'
Herning Stadium, Herning
Attendance: 3,302
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Knockout stage

Knockout map

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 June – Herning
 
 
  Switzerland (a.e.t.)1
 
25 June – Aarhus
 
 Czech Republic0
 
  Switzerland0
 
22 June – Viborg
 
 Spain2
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Belarus1
 
Olympic play-off
 
 
25 June – Aalborg
 
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 
 Belarus1

Semifinals

The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The two losers had to play a play-off to qualify for the Summer Olympics.

Spain 3–1 (a.e.t.) Belarus
Adrián Goal 89', 105'
Jeffrén Goal 113'		 Report Varankow Goal 38'
Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Attendance: 7,521
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Switzerland 1–0 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Mehmedi Goal 114' Report
Herning Stadium, Herning
Attendance: 5,038
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Olympic play-off

Czech Republic 0–1 Belarus
Report Filipenko Goal 88'
Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 870
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Final

Switzerland 0–2 Spain
Report Herrera Goal 41'
Thiago Goal 81'
Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 16,110
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

References

  1. ↑ "Agenda set for Under-21 finals draw in Aalborg". UEFA. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Switzerland and Belarus make it through". UEFA. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
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