1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	9 March – 20 April
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	25 (2.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	João Vieira Pinto (3 goals)
Best player	Luís Figo

The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the ninth UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted in France between 15 and 20 April 1994.

The qualification stage spanned two years from 1992 to 1994. The qualification process consisted of 32 entrants. After the two-legged quarter-final stage, France was chosen as the first hosts of the final stage, which consisted of four matches in total. The finals included for the first time a third-place play-off.

Italy won the competition for the second consecutive time.^[1] Luís Figo won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden player award.^[2]

Qualification

The draw for the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying round saw Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain win there respective groups. Greece and Portugal qualified for the tournament as the two best runners-up. France, Italy, Portugal and Spain qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States.

This was the last ever performance of Czechoslovakia, as the nation actually have split.

List of qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament¹ ²
Italy	Group 1 winner	8 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Poland	Group 2 winner	4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992)
Spain	Group 3 winner	5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
Czechoslovakia	Group 4 winner	5 (1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Russia	Group 5 winner	0 (debut)
France	Group 6 winner	4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Greece	Best runner-up	1 (1988)
Portugal	Second best runner-up	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1971 were eligible to play in the tournament.

Results

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 1994.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
France	3–0	Russia	2–0	1–0
Italy	3–1	Czechoslovakia	3–0	0–1
Poland	1–5	Portugal	1–3	0–2
Spain	4–2	Greece	0–0	4–2

First leg

France v Russia

8 March 1994

France	2–0	Russia
Llacer 23' Ouédec 82'	Report

La Mosson, Montpellier
Referee: Jorge Coroado (Portugal)

Italy v Czechoslovakia

9 March 1994

Italy	3–0	Czechoslovakia
Vieri 7' Panucci 9' Negro 79'	Report

Stadio Arechi, Salerno
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Poland v Portugal

9 March 1994

Poland	1–3	Portugal
Roman Dąbrowski 40'	Report	J. Pinto 70', 79' Rui Costa 85'

Stadion Miejski, Szczecin
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

Spain v Greece

9 March 1994

Spain	0–0	Greece
	Report

Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas, Almería
Referee: Keith W. Burge (Wales)

Second leg

Russia v France

23 March 1994

Russia	0–1	France
	Report	Dugarry 31'

Eduard Streltsov, Moscow
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Czechoslovakia v Italy

23 March 1994

Czechoslovakia	1–0	Italy
Svoboda 89'	Report

Strelecky Ostrov, České Budějovice
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Portugal v Poland

23 March 1994

Portugal	2–0	Poland
Toni 50' Torres 90'	Report

Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Referee: Markus Merk (German)

Greece v Spain

23 March 1994

Greece	2–4	Spain
Georgatos 7' Prieto 85' (o.g.)	Report	Christiansen 46', 51' Guerrero 68' Gálvez 79'

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Semi-finals

France v Italy

15 April 1994

France	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
	Penalties
Carotti Ouédec Makélélé Zidane	3–5	Panucci Vieri Berretta Marcolin Carbone

Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)

Portugal v Spain

15 April 1994

Portugal	2–0	Spain
Rui Costa 48' João Pinto 82'	Report

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Third-place play-off

France v Spain

20 April 1994

France	1–2	Spain
Nouma 45'	Report	Óscar 53', 75'

Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France
Attendance: 469
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Final

Italy v Portugal

20 April 1994

Italy	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Orlandini 97'	Report

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

3 goals

João Vieira Pinto

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

José Miguel Prieto (playing against Greece)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	4	2	1	1	4	1	+3	7
2	Portugal	4	3	0	1	7	1	+6	9
3	Spain	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
4	France	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
5	Greece	2	1	1	0	2	4	-2	4
6	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	1	3	-3	3
7	Poland	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0
8	Russia	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0

References

↑ "1994: Orlandini blooms as Italy seal double". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
↑ "1994: Luís Figo". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

External links

Results Archive at uefa.com
RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com

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