1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates12 March – 31 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place France
Fourth place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored28 (2.33 per match)
Attendance197,229 (16,436 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Raúl (3 goals)
Best player(s)Italy Fabio Cannavaro
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The 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1994–96), had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total. Italy U-21s won the competition for the third consecutive time.

Format

No fewer than 13 newly independent nations competed for the first time – due mainly to the fall of Socialist rule in Europe in the early 1990s.

Soviet Union states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine
.

The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from

Republic of Macedonia were three former states of Yugoslavia
who did compete though.

Czechoslovakia became two separate nations – teams from the Czech Republic and Slovakia complete the list of new entrants.

The 44 national teams were divided into eight groups (four groups of 5 + four groups of 6). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches. The top five nations qualify for the Atlanta '96 Olympics.

Qualification

Main article: 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

List of qualified teams

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1
 France Group 1 winner 5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994)
 Spain Group 2 winner 5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
 Hungary Group 3 winner 3 (1978, 1980, 1986)
 Italy Group 4 winner 9 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994)
 Czech Republic Group 5 winner 6 (19782, 19802, 19882, 19902, 19922, 19942)
 Portugal Group 6 winner 1 (1994)
 Germany Group 7 winner 3 (19823, 19903, 1992)
 Scotland Group 8 winner 4 (1980, 1982, 1984, 1988)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

Main article: 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Results

Quarter-finals

First leg

Hungary 2–1 Scotland
Szanyó 14'
Zavadszky 79'		 Report Glass 34'
Attendance: 15,000
Germany 0–0 France
Report
Norway
)
Portugal 1–0 Italy
Porfírio 18' Report
Attendance: 29,774
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Spain 2–1 Czech Republic
Dani 28'
Roberto 41'		 Report Šmicer 50'
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain
Attendance: 17,000
)

Second leg

Scotland 3–1 Hungary
Dailly 42'
Hamilton 84'
Donnelly 86'		 Report Egressy 30'
Norway
)
France 4–1 Germany
Pires 28', 32'
Maurice 41', 70'		 Report Nerlinger 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 24,077
Italy 2–0 Portugal
Vieri 41'
Peixe 55' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 16,543
Czech Republic 1–2 Spain
Vágner 54' Report Raúl 71', 89'
Velký strahovský stadion, Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance: 12,092
Referee: Alain Sars (France
)

Semi-finals

Italy 1–0 France
Totti 49' Report
Spain 2–1 Scotland
Óscar 26'
De la Peña
35'		 Report Marshall 28'
Norway
)

Third-place play-off

France 1–0 Scotland
Moreau 50' Report

Final

Italy 1–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
Totti 11' Report Raúl 42'
Penalties
Panucci soccer ball with red X
Pistone soccer ball with check mark
Fresi soccer ball with check mark
Nesta soccer ball with check mark
Morfeo soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with red X De la Peña
soccer ball with check mark De Pedro
soccer ball with check mark Aranzábal
soccer ball with red X Raúl

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Medal table and Olympic qualifiers

  • France, Italy and Spain qualify for Olympic Games finals.
  • Best losing quarter-finalists Hungary and Portugal also qualify.
  • Scotland do not compete in the Olympic Football Tournament (See
    Great Britain Olympic football team
    ).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5 Gold medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain (H) 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Silver medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 5 Bronze medal
4  Scotland 4 1 0 3 5 6 −1 2 Fourth place
5  Hungary 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 2 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Portugal 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 2
7  Germany 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
8  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: [ ]
(H) Hosts

External links

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