The UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 began in August 2004. On December 15, 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place May 23 - June 4, 2006. The tournament was won by the Netherlands, who beat Ukraine 3-0 in the final.

The finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals.
The draw for the finals groups took place on February 8, 2006.

[edit] Qualification

See 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

[edit] The Finals

The finals took place May 23 - June 4, 2006 in Portugal.

[edit] Venues

• Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda
• Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
• Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos
• Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
• Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
• Estádio do Bessa, Porto

[edit] Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads.

Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.

[edit] Finals Groups

[edit] Group A

Group A		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	0	6	0	9
2	Serbia and Montenegro	3	1	0	2	2	3	3
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	1	3	3
4	Germany	3	1	0	2	1	4	3

[edit] Group B

Group B		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	4	3	6
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	3	4
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
4	Denmark	3	0	2	1	5	6	2

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] Final

4 June 2006	Netherlands	3-0	Ukraine	Estádio do Bessa, Porto Referee: Martin Hansson
	Huntelaar  11', 43' (pen.) Hofs  90'	(Report)

[edit] Result

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winners
Netherlands 1st Title

[edit] Player awards

Top Goalscorers Name Country Matches Goals Klaas-Jan Huntelaar  Netherlands 5 4 Thomas Kahlenberg  Denmark 3 3 Nicky Hofs  Netherlands 5 3 Artem Milevskiy  Ukraine 5 2 Ruslan Fomin  Ukraine 5 2 Bryan Bergougnoux  France 4 2 Jérémy Toulalan  France 4 1 Rio Antonio Mavuba  France 4 1 Yoan Gouffran  France 4 1 Julien Faubert  France 4 1 Eugen Polanski  Germany 3 1 Rolando Bianchi  Italy 3 1 Giorgio Chiellini  Italy 3 1 Raffaele Palladino  Italy 3 1 Alessandro Potenza  Italy 3 1 Florent Sinama-Pongolle  France 4 1 Rasmus Würtz  Denmark 3 1 Leon Andreasen  Denmark 3 1 Daniël de Ridder  Netherlands 5 1 Gijs Luirink  Netherlands 5 1 João Moutinho  Portugal 3 1 Branislav Ivanović  Serbia and Montenegro 4 1

UEFA Team of the Tournament [1] Mandanda Chygrynskiy Stepanov Emanuelson Tiendalli Kahlenberg Mavuba Aissati Toulalan Milevskiy Huntelaar

[edit] External links

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