2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2016 UEFA U-17 Avropa Çempionatı | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 5–21 May 2016 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 73 (2.35 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player | ![]() |
The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (34th edition if the Under-16 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Azerbaijan staged the final tournament between 5 and 21 May 2016, after being selected as hosts by UEFA on 20 March 2012.[2]
Sixteen teams, featuring players born on or after 1 January 1999, competed in the final tournament. These included the hosts, Azerbaijan, and fifteen other teams that successfully overcame a qualification tournament. Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.
Portugal were crowned champions for the second time in the under-17 era, and sixth time overall, after beating Spain in the final 5–4 through a penalty shootout.[3] France were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.[4]
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Qualification
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The national teams from all 54 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Azerbaijan automatically qualified as hosts, the other 53 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[5] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.[6]
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament:[7]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
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Elite round Group 1 winners | 4th | 2011 | Semi-finals (2011) |
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Elite round Group 1 runners-up[^] | 4th | 2015 | Semi-finals (2014) |
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Elite round Group 2 winners | 5th | 2013 | Group stage (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013) |
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Elite round Group 2 runners-up[^] | 11th | 2015 | Champions (2010, 2014) |
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Elite round Group 3 winners | 6th | 2015 | Runners-up (2013) |
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Elite round Group 3 runners-up[^] | 1st | — | Debut |
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Elite round Group 4 winners | 9th | 2015 | Champions (2009) |
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Elite round Group 4 runners-up[^] | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2011, 2012) |
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Elite round Group 5 winners | 6th | 2014 | Champions (2003) |
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Elite round Group 5 runners-up[^] | 2nd | 2013 | Semi-finals (2013) |
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Elite round Group 6 winners | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2004, 2015) |
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Elite round Group 6 runners-up[^] | 5th | 2015 | Third place (2003) |
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Elite round Group 7 winners | 5th | 2011 | Quarter-finals (2002) |
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Elite round Group 8 winners | 5th | 2015 | Semi-finals (2007, 2015) |
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Elite round Group 8 runners-up[^] | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2007, 2008) |
- Notes
- ^ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
Final draw
The final draw was held on 8 April 2016, 12:00 AZT (UTC+4), at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan.[8] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Before the draw, they were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with hosts Azerbaijan automatically assigned to position A1. The seven best elite round group winners (counting all results) were placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, while the remaining eight teams were placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.[9]
- Pot 1: Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France
- Pot 2: Belgium (eighth best group winner), England, Austria, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Scotland, Spain
Venues
The competition was played at four venues in Baku: Olympic Stadium, Azersun Arena, Bakcell Arena and Dalga Arena.[10]
Baku | Baku | |||
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Baku Olympic Stadium | Azersun Arena | Bakcell Arena | Dalga Arena | |
Capacity: 68,000 | Capacity: 4,735 | Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: 6,700 | |
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Squads
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Each national team have to submit a squad of 18 players.[6]
Match officials
A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
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Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 12 April 2016.[11] The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[6]
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, AZT (UTC+4).[12]
Group A
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5 May 2016
20:00 |
Azerbaijan ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Gomes ![]() Asadov ![]() Miguel Luís ![]() Fernandes ![]() |
Group B
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8 May 2016
19:00 |
Germany ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Akkaynak ![]() Otto ![]() |
Report | Baack ![]() |
11 May 2016
19:15 |
Germany ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Meisl ![]() Akkaynak ![]() Havertz ![]() Dadashov ![]() |
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Group C
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Group D
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12 May 2016
14:00 |
Spain ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Díaz ![]() García ![]() Ruiz ![]() Lozano ![]() |
Report | Olivieri ![]() Pinamonti ![]() |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner, if necessary (no extra time was played).[6]
Following a consultation between the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) and UEFA, it was decided to change the venue for the semi-finals and final from the Baku Olympic Stadium to the Dalga Arena and Bakcell Arena, respectively.[13][14]
Bracket
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18 May – Baku | ||||||||||
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15 May – Baku | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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21 May – Baku | ||||||||||
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14 May – Baku | ||||||||||
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1 (4) | |||||||||
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18 May – Baku | ||||||||||
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15 May – Baku | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
21 May 2016
20:00 |
Portugal ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Dalot ![]() |
Report | Díaz ![]() |
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Gomes ![]() Filipe ![]() Leite ![]() Dalot ![]() Fernandes ![]() |
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Goalscorers
- 7 goals
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José Gomes (competition's all-time top scorer)[15]
- 4 goals
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- 3 goals
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- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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Valentino Müller
Romano Schmid
Murad Mahmudov
Farid Nabiyev
Adrien Bongiovanni
Milan Corryn
Loïs Openda
Sebastian Buch Jensen
Jens Odgaard
George Hirst
Ben Morris
Mason Mount
Kai Havertz
Sam Francis Schreck
Moise Kean
Marco Olivieri
Andrea Pinamonti
Gianluca Scamacca
Tahith Chong
Che Nunnely
Dylan Vente
Mésaque Djú
Gedson Fernandes
Domingos Quina
Dejan Joveljić
Igor Maksimović
Pol Lozano
Jordi Mboula
Teddy Bergqvist
Serhiy Buletsa
Andriy Kulakov
Denys Yanakov
- Own goal
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Luca Meisl (playing against Germany)
Elchin Asadov (playing against Portugal)
Tom Baack (playing against Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Marko Ilić (playing against Netherlands)
Source: UEFA.com[16]
References
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External links
- Official website
- Azerbaijan 2016, UEFA.com