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