2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale hráčov do 19 rokov 2022
Tournament details
Host countrySlovakia
Dates18 June – 1 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (11th title)
Runners-up Israel
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)
Attendance38,555 (2,410 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Loum Tchaouna
(4 goals)
2023 →

The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2022) was the 19th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (69th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Slovakia hosted the tournament between 18 June and 1 July 2022.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as the UEFA representatives.

Spain were the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the title was not awarded. They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Romania and Slovakia were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification

Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The UEFA Executive Committee originally decided on 29 May 2019 to test a new qualifying format for the Under-19 Championship in 2022 and 2023.[3] The qualifying competition would have been played in four rounds over a two-year period from autumn 2020 to spring 2022, with teams divided into three leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League.[4] However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the introduction of the new format had been postponed to the 2023 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, and qualification for the 2022 edition would use the previous format involving two rounds only.[5][6]

A total of 54 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Slovakia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams will compete in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: the Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2021, and the Elite round, which took place in spring 2022, to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 9 December 2020, 10:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[7][8]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Slovakia Hosts 2nd 2002 Third place (2002)
 Israel Elite round Group 1 winners 2nd 2014 Group stage (2014)
 France Elite round Group 2 winners 12th 2019 Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
 England Elite round Group 3 winners 11th 2018 Champions (2017)
 Romania Elite round Group 4 winners 2nd 2011 Group stage (2011)
 Italy Elite round Group 5 winners 8th 2019 Champions (2003)
 Serbia Elite round Group 6 winners 8th 2014 Champions (2013)
 Austria Elite round Group 7 winners 8th 2016 Semi-finals (2003, 2006, 2014)

Venues

Trnava Dunajská Streda Banská Bystrica
City Aréna - Štadión Antona Malatinského DAC Aréna Štiavničky - Štadión SNP
Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 7,900
Žiar nad Hronom
Mestský štadión Žiar nad Hronom
Capacity: 2,309
Senec
NTC Senec
Capacity: 3,264

Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

Squads

Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022.[9]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

All times are local CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
3  Slovakia (H) 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Romania 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Slovakia 0–5 France
Report
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 5,238
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Italy 2–1 Romania
Baldanzi 47'
Volpato 68'		 Report Andronache 53'
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
Slovakia 0–1 Italy
Report Ambrosino 33'
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 8,235
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Romania 1–2 France
Coubiș 82' Report Tchaouna 12'
Adeline 20'
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 869
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)
Romania 0–1 Slovakia
Report
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 3,485
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
France 4–1 Italy
 Report
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Israel 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Austria 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Serbia 2–2 Israel
 Report
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 945
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
England 2–0 Austria
 Report
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,537
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
Israel 4–2 Austria
 Report
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
England 4–0 Serbia
 Report
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Israel 0–1 England
Report
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 933
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Austria 3–2 Serbia
 Report
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,129
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 June – DAC Aréna
 
 
 France1
 
1 July – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
 Israel2
 
 Israel1
 
28 June – NTC Senec
 
 England (a.e.t.)3
 
 England2
 
 
 Italy1
 


 
World Cup play-off
 
  
 
28 June – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
 
 Slovakia1
 
 
 Austria0
 

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Slovakia 1–0 Austria
Kopásek 64' Report
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 4,087
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

Semi-finals

England 2–1 Italy
 Report Miretti 12' (pen.)
NTC Senec, Senec
Attendance: 897
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
France 1–2 Israel
Virginius 62' Report
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 1,226
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Final

Israel 1–3 (a.e.t.) England
 Report
Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Team of the tournament

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.[10]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
England Matthew Cox

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[11]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Italy 21 June 2022 7 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019)
 France 21 June 2022 7 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019)
 England 22 June 2022 11 (1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017)
 Israel 25 June 2022 0 (debut)
 Slovakia 28 June 2022 1 (2003)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ a b "Romania, Slovakia to stage U19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019.
  2. ^ "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "UEFA to ask FIFA/IFAB for new concussion protocol". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 May 2019.
  4. ^ "New Nations League format for U19 EURO: how it works". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 October 2019.
  5. ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ "2021/22 U19 qualifying round draw: 9 December". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 December 2020.
  8. ^ "2021/22 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  9. ^ "2022 U19 EURO finals in Slovakia: Tournament information, scouting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 April 2021.
  10. ^ "2022 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  11. ^ "England take U-19 title as Israel and Slovakia make history". FIFA. 1 July 2022.

External links

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