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Football U21 European Championship: schedule, results, favorites

2021-03-24T07:52:55.490Z


Who will succeed Spain? The U21 European Championship will take place in Slovenia and Hungary from March 24th. Because of the pandemic, however, a little different than planned. You can find everything you need to know about the tournament here.


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U21 international Lukas Nmecha converts a penalty in a 2-1 win against Wales

Photo: Martin Rose / Getty Images

U21 European Championship in Slovenia and Hungary

The corona crisis is turning the sports world upside down.

The organizers of the U21 European Championship in Hungary and Slovenia also had to make changes to the tournament schedule.

As usual, the European Championship does not take place within two weeks in June.

Instead, the group matches will be played between March 24th and 31st, the final round will then take place from May 31st to June 6th.

The big leagues in Europe are not affected by the changes: There will be a break during the group stage anyway due to an international break.

Venues

The U21 European Championship will take place in Hungary and Slovenia for the first time.

It is only the second time that two countries are sharing the event.

The game is played in a total of seven cities: in Slovenia in Ljubljana, Celje and Maribor, in Hungary in Budapest, Győr, Szombathely and Székesfehérvár.

Germany plays all group matches in Hungary.

Due to the pandemic, viewers are not permitted for the time being.

Schedule & groups

Group A:


Hungary


Germany


Romania


Netherlands

Group B:


Slovenia


Spain


Czech Republic


Italy

Group C:


Russia


Iceland


France


Denmark

Group D:


Portugal


Croatia


England


Switzerland

When does Germany play?

Germany will play Hungary on March 24, 2021 (9 p.m.).


Germany will play against the Netherlands on March 27, 2021 (9 p.m.).


Germany will play against Romania on March 30, 2021 (6 p.m.).

The entire game plan:

Wednesday, March 24, 2021


Czech Republic - Italy, 6 p.m.


Slovenia - Spain, 6 p.m.


Hungary - Germany, 9 p.m.


Romania - Netherlands, 9 p.m.

Thursday, March 25, 2021


England - Switzerland 3 p.m.


Russia - Iceland, 6 p.m.


France - Denmark, 9 p.m.


Portugal - Croatia, 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 27, 2021


Hungary - Romania, 6 p.m.


Slovenia - Czech Republic, 6 p.m.


Germany - Netherlands, 9 p.m.


Spain - Italy, 9 p.m.

Sunday, March 28, 2021


Iceland - Denmark, 3 p.m.


Croatia - Switzerland, 6 p.m.


Portugal - England, 9 p.m.


Russia - France, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021


Netherlands - Hungary, 6 p.m.


Germany - Romania, 6 p.m.


Spain - Czech Republic, 9 p.m.


Italy - Slovenia, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021


Denmark - Russia, 6 p.m.


Iceland - France, 6 p.m.


Switzerland - Portugal, 6 p.m.


Croatia - England, 6 p.m.

Monday, May 31, 2021


quarter-finals

Thursday, June 3, 2021


semi-finals

Sunday 6 June 2021


final

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Dortmund's top talent Youssoufa Moukoko (here before his 2-0 win against Hertha BSC) was nominated for the U21 squad for the first time

Photo: Bernd Thissen / dpa

Favorites

The Spaniards have won three of the last five European championships.

Again this year, the team of coach Luis de la Fuente is one of the favorites.

However, it should be difficult: In addition to the DFB selection, which is particularly promising top talent Youssoufa Moukoko, the Netherlands are also considered contenders.

Oranje plays offensively and knew how to convince in qualifying with 46 goals in ten games.

Germany depends on good results in the group stage.

If the team only comes in second, they face a duel with France in the quarter-finals.

The EM on TV

The private broadcaster ProSieben broadcasts all games of the German national team.

You can follow all other matches of the tournament live on ProSieben Maxx and in the stream on ran.de.

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Until 2019, only twelve teams took part in the U21 European Championship, this year there are 16 for the first time. Of the four groups of four, the two first-placed teams each qualify for the quarter-finals, where a group winner and a group runner-up play against each other.

Squad of the German U21 selection

Trainer Stefan Kuntz has chosen the following options:

Goal:

Markus Schubert (Eintracht Frankfurt), Finn Dahmen (Mainz 05), Lennart Grill (Bayer Leverkusen)

Defense:

Josha Vagnoman (Hamburger SV), David Raum (Greuther Fürth), Nico Schlotterbeck (Union Berlin), Amos Pieper (Arminia Bielefeld), Stephan Ambrosius (Hamburger SV), Ismail Jakobs (1. FC Köln), Malick Thiaw (FC Schalke 04), Maxim Leitsch (VfL Bochum), Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg)

Midfield / attack:

Niklas Dorsch (KAA Gent), Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund), Arne Maier (Arminia Bielefeld), Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz 05), Lukas Nmecha (RSC Anderlecht), Mergim Berisha (RB Salzburg, Salih Özcan (1. FC Köln), Anton Stach (Greuther Fürth), Florian Krüger (Erzgebirge Aue), Vitaly Janelt (FC Brentford), Mateo Klimowicz (VfB Stuttgart)

Youssoufa Moukoko

from Borussia Dortmund sets a record with the nomination.

The 16-year-old is the youngest player in history to take part in a U21 European Championship.

The U21 European champions since 1994

1994: Italy - Portugal 1: 0 a.d.


1996: Italy - Spain 4: 2 a.s.


1998: Spain - Greece 1: 0


2000: Italy - Czech Republic 2: 1


2002: Czech Republic - France 3: 1 iE


2004: Italy - Serbia and Montenegro 3-0


2006: Netherlands

3-0

Ukraine


2007: Netherlands 4-1 Serbia


2009:

Germany

4-0 England 4-0


2011: Spain 2-0 Switzerland


2013. Spain 4-2 Italy


2015: Sweden - Portugal 4: 3 iE


2017:

Germany

- Spain 1: 0


2019: Spain -

Germany

2: 1

The top scorer since 1994

1994: João Pinto (Portugal, 3 goals)


1996: Raúl (Spain, 3 goals)


1998: Steffen Iversen (Norway) and Nikos Liberopoulos (Greece, 3 goals each)


2000: Andrea Pirlo (Italy, 3 goals)


2002: Massimo Maccarone (Italy, 3 goals)


2004: Alberto Gilardino (Italy, 4 goals)


2006: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands, 4 goals)


2007: Maceo Rigters (Netherlands, 4 goals)


2009: Marcus Berg (Sweden, 7 goals)


2011: Adrián López (Spain, 5 goals)


2013: Álvaro Morata (Spain, 4 goals)


2015: Jan Kliment (Czech Republic, 6 goals)


2017: Sául (Spain, 5 goals)


2019:

Luca Waldschmidt (Germany, 7 goals)

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Source: spiegel

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