2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

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2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
UEFA U21-EM 2011 (in Danish)
Tournament details
Host country{{country data  Denmark|flag/core|name= Denmark|variant= |size=}}
Dates11–25 June
Teams8 (finals)
52 (qualifying) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (3rd title)
Runner-up Switzerland
Third place Belarus
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Attendance101,955 (6,372 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Adrián (5 goals)
Best playerSpain Juan Mata
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The 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. It was hosted by Denmark, and played between 11 and 25 June 2011.

Stadiums

Aarhus Aalborg Herning Viborg
Aarhus Stadion Aalborg Stadion Herning Stadium Viborg Stadion
56°7′55″N 10°11′47″E / 56.13194°N 10.19639°E / 56.13194; 10.19639 (NRGi Park) 57°3′5.4″N 9°53′56.76″E / 57.051500°N 9.8991000°E / 57.051500; 9.8991000 (Energi Nord Arena) 56°7′1″N 8°57′6″E / 56.11694°N 8.95167°E / 56.11694; 8.95167 (MCH Arena) 56°27′21.23″N 9°24′7.43″E / 56.4558972°N 9.4020639°E / 56.4558972; 9.4020639 (Viborg Stadion)
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,500 Capacity: 9,600 Capacity: 9,566
Atletion.jpg Aalborg Stadion.jpg MCH Arena.jpg Viborg Stadion (1).jpg
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Group stage

The draw took place on 9 November 2010 in Aalborg, Denmark.[1]

Group A

In Group A, tie-breakers were needed to determine who qualified for the quarter-finals. Belarus qualified due to having a better goal difference in the matches between the three teams in the tie-breaker.[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Switzerland 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9
 Belarus 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
 Iceland 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3

3 Way Tie-Breaker

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belarus 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
 Iceland 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
 Denmark 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3

All times are UTC+2.

11 June 2011
18:00
Belarus  2–0  Iceland Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 2,815
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Varankow Goal 77' (pen.)
Skavysh Goal 87'
Report
11 June 2011
20:45
Denmark  0–1  Switzerland Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 9,678
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Report Shaqiri Goal 48'

14 June 2011
18:00
Switzerland  2–0  Iceland Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 1,903
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
Frei Goal 1'
Emeghara Goal 40'
Report
14 June 2011
20:45
Denmark  2–1  Belarus Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 18,152
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Eriksen Goal 22'
Jørgensen Goal 71'
Report Baha Goal 20'

18 June 2011
20:45
Iceland  3–1  Denmark Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 9,308
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Sigþórsson Goal 58'
Bjarnason Goal 60'
Valgarðsson Goal 90+2'
Report Kadrii Goal 81'
18 June 2011
20:45
Switzerland  3–0  Belarus Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Mehmedi Goal 6' (pen.)43'
Feltscher Goal 90+3'
Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 England 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Ukraine 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1

All times are UTC+2.

12 June 2011
18:00
Czech Republic  2–1  Ukraine Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Attendance: 4,251
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Dočkal Goal 49'56' Report Bilyi Goal 87'
12 June 2011
20:45
Spain  1–1  England Herning Stadium, Herning
Attendance: 8,046
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Herrera Goal 14' Report Welbeck Goal 88'

15 June 2011
18:00
Czech Republic  0–2  Spain Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Report Adrián Goal 27'47'
15 June 2011
20:45
Ukraine  0–0  England Herning Stadium, Herning
Attendance: 3,495
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Report

19 June 2011
20:45
England  1–2  Czech Republic Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Attendance: 5,262
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Welbeck Goal 76' Report Chramosta Goal 89'
Pekhart Goal 90+4'
19 June 2011
20:45
Ukraine  0–3  Spain Herning Stadium, Herning
Attendance: 3,302
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
Report Mata Goal 10'72' (pen.)
Adrián Goal 27'

Knockout stage

Knockout map

  Semifinals Final
22 June – Herning
  Switzerland (a.e.t.)  1  
  Czech Republic  0  
 
25 June – Aarhus
      Switzerland  0
    Spain  2
Olympic play-off
22 June – Viborg 25 June – Aalborg
  Spain (a.e.t.)  3   Czech Republic  0
  Belarus  1     Belarus  1

Semifinals

The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The two losers had to play a play-off to qualify for the Summer Olympics.

22 June 2011
18:00
Spain  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Belarus Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Attendance: 7,521
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Adrián Goal 89'105'
Jeffrén Goal 113'
Report Varankow Goal 38'

22 June 2011
21:00
Switzerland  1–0
(a.e.t.)
 Czech Republic Herning Stadium, Herning
Attendance: 5,038
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Mehmedi Goal 114' Report

Olympic play-off

25 June 2011
15:00
Czech Republic  0–1  Belarus Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 870
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Report Filipenko Goal 88'

Final

25 June 2011 (2011-06-25)
20:45
Switzerland  0–2  Spain Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 16,110
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2003419--switzerland-vs-spain/ Herrera Goal 41'
Thiago Goal 81'

2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Media

References

  1. Agenda set for Under-21 finals draw in Aalborg. UEFA (3 November 2010). Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. Switzerland and Belarus make it through (18 June 2011)UEFA. Retrieved 19 June 2011.