The UEFA U-21 Championship 2002, which spanned two years (2000-2002), had 47 entrants. Of the teams to reach the final eight, Switzerland were chosen as the hosts.

Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.

The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four + five groups of 5 + three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

[edit] Qualifying

[edit] Group 1 Qualifying Group 1 P W D L F A Pts 1  Switzerland 8 4 4 0 22 10 16 2  Russia 8 4 3 1 23 9 15 3  F.R. Yugoslavia 8 4 3 1 22 11 15 4  Slovenia 8 2 2 4 10 10 8 5  Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 1 38 0 Switzerland 3-1 Russia Luxem. 0-3 F.R.Yugoslavia Luxembourg 1-5 Slovenia Slovenia 0-0 Switzerland Russia 2-0 Luxembourg F.R.Yugoslavia 3-3 Switz. Russia 0-0 Slovenia Switzerland 6-0 Luxembourg Slovenia 1-2 F.R.Yugoslavia F.R.Yugoslavia 2-2 Russia Slovenia 1-0 Luxembourg Russia 2-0 F.R.Yugoslavia Switzerland 2-1 Slovenia Luxembourg 0-10 Russia Switz. 2-2 F.R.Yugoslavia Slovenia 1-3 Russia Luxembourg 0-3 Switzerland F.R.Yugoslavia 2-1 Slovenia F.R.Yugoslavia 8-0 Luxem. Russia 3-3 Switzerland  Switzerland qualify as group winners  Russia fail to qualify as one of best runners-up Russia (15pts) F.R.Yugoslavia (15pts) head-to-head: 2-2 in FRY, 2-0 in RUS .: Russia better (4-2 on aggregate)

[edit] Group 2 Qualifying Group 2 P W D L F A Pts 1  Portugal 8 6 1 1 22 4 19 2  Netherlands 8 5 2 1 20 7 17 3  Republic of Ireland 8 4 1 3 10 7 13 4  Cyprus 8 3 0 5 9 17 9 5  Estonia 8 0 0 8 2 28 0 Netherlands 2-0 Ireland Estonia 1-3 Portugal Cyprus 0-1 Netherlands Portugal 3-1 Ireland Netherlands 1-1 Portugal Ireland 1-0 Estonia Cyprus 0-1 Ireland Cyprus 3-1 Estonia Portugal 3-0 Netherlands Netherlands 4-2 Cyprus Estonia 0-5 Netherlands Ireland 0-1 Portugal Estonia 0-3 Ireland Portugal 7-0 Cyprus Estonia 0-3 Cyprus Ireland 1-1 Netherlands Cyprus 1-0 Portugal Netherlands 6-0 Estonia Ireland 3-0 Cyprus Portugal 4-0 Estonia  Portugal qualify as group winners  Netherlands qualify as one of best runners-up

[edit] Group 3 Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts 1  Czech Republic 10 9 0 1 28 5 27 2  Bulgaria 10 5 3 2 16 17 18 3  Denmark 10 4 3 3 18 12 15 4  Iceland 10 3 2 5 13 17 11 5  Northern Ireland 10 2 2 6 12 21 8 6  Malta 10 0 4 6 5 20 4 Bulgaria 1-0 Czech Rep. Iceland 0-0 Denmark N. Ireland 1-1* Malta Bulgaria 2-0 Malta Czech Rep. 2-1 Iceland N. Ireland 0-3 Denmark Denmark 2-2 Bulgaria Malta 0-1 Czech Rep. Iceland 2-5 N. Ireland Malta 0-0 Denmark N. Ireland 0-2 Czech Rep. Bulgaria 1-0 Iceland Bulgaria 2-0 N. Ireland Czech Rep. 3-0 Denmark Malta 1-1 Iceland Denmark 3-4 Czech Rep. Iceland 3-0 Malta N. Ireland 1-1 Bulgaria Denmark 3-0 Malta Iceland 3-2 Bulgaria Czech Rep. 4-0 N. Ireland Denmark 2-0 N. Ireland Iceland 0-1 Czech Rep. Malta 2-2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3-1 Denmark Czech Rep. 3-0 Malta N. Ireland 1-3 Iceland Denmark 4-0 Iceland Malta 2-2 N. Ireland Czech Rep. 8-0 Bulgaria (*) Match awarded 3-0 to N.Ireland due to Malta fielding an ineligible player.  Czech Republic qualify as group winners  Bulgaria fail to qualify as one of best runners-up

[edit] Group 4 Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts 1  Turkey 10 7 2 1 19 6 23 2  Sweden 10 5 4 1 19 6 19 3  Slovakia 10 4 4 2 13 7 16 4  Moldova 10 2 3 5 6 13 9 5  Azerbaijan 10 2 3 5 4 17 9 6  Macedonia 10 1 2 7 6 18 5 Azerbaijan 0-5 Sweden Turkey 1-0 Moldova Slovakia 2-0 R. Macedonia Moldova 0-3 Slovakia R. Macedonia 1-2 Azerbaijan Sweden 0-0 Turkey Moldova 3-0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 1-2 Turkey Slovakia 1-1 Sweden Turkey 0-1 Slovakia Sweden 2-0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 0-0 Moldova R. Macedonia 1-4 Turkey Slovakia 5-0 Azerbaijan Moldova 0-2 Sweden Turkey 3-0 Azerbaijan Sweden 4-0 Slovakia R. Macedonia 2-0 Moldova Turkey 2-0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 0-0 Slovakia Sweden 3-0 Moldova Slovakia 0-1 Turkey Moldova 1-0 Azerbaijan R. Macedonia 1-1 Sweden Turkey 4-1 Sweden Azerbaijan 1-0 R. Macedonia Slovakia 0-0 Moldova Moldova 2-2 Turkey Sweden 0-0 Azerbaijan R. Macedonia 1-1 Slovakia  Turkey qualify as group winners  Sweden qualify as one of best runners-up

[edit] Group 5 Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts 1  Ukraine 10 6 1 3 14 13 19 2  Poland 10 5 3 2 20 14 18 3  Norway 10 6 0 4 21 12 18 4  Belarus 10 5 1 4 21 14 16 5  Armenia 10 4 2 4 10 15 14 6  Wales 10 0 1 9 4 22 1 Belarus 4-1 Wales Norway 5-1 Armenia Ukraine 2-2 Poland Armenia 1-2 Ukraine Poland 0-4 Belarus Wales 0-2 Norway Belarus 5-0 Armenia Poland 2-1 Wales Norway 3-1 Ukraine Armenia 1-0 Wales Ukraine 1-0 Belarus Norway 1-2 Poland Belarus 1-0 Norway Poland 1-1 Armenia Wales 0-3 Ukraine Armenia 1-0 Belarus Ukraine 1-3 Norway Wales 0-4 Poland Norway 5-1 Belarus Armenia 2-0 Poland Ukraine 1-0 Wales Belarus 1-2 Ukraine Wales 1-1 Armenia Poland 3-0 Norway Ukraine 1-0 Armenia Belarus 3-3 Poland Norway 2-0 Wales Armenia 2-0 Norway Poland 3-0 Ukraine Wales 1-2 Belarus  Ukraine qualify as group winners  Poland qualify as one of best runners-up

[edit] Group 6 Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts 1  Belgium 6 4 1 1 8 2 13 2  Croatia 6 3 2 1 9 6 11 3  Scotland 6 2 2 2 6 6 8 4  Latvia 6 0 1 5 3 12 1  Latvia 1 - 3  Scotland  Belgium 2 - 1  Croatia Latvia 0-2 Belgium Croatia 3-1 Scotland Croatia 2-1 Latvia Scotland 0-1 Belgium Belgium 3-0 Latvia Latvia 1-1 Croatia Scotland 7-1 Croatia Belgium 0-0 Scotland Croatia 1-0 Belgium Scotland 1-0 Latvia  Belgium qualify as group winners  Croatia qualify as one of best runners-up

[edit] Group 7 Qualifying Group 7 P W D L F A Pts 1  France 8 6 2 0 16 6 20 2  Spain 8 5 1 2 13 7 16 3  Israel 8 4 0 4 16 13 12 4  Austria 8 2 2 4 7 14 8 5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 0 1 7 5 17 1 Bosnia & Herz. 0-2 Spain France 3-0 Israel France 2-1 Austria Spain 1-0 Israel Austria 2-1 Spain Israel 2-1 Bosnia & Herz. Bosnia & Herz. 0-1 France Israel 3-4 France Bosnia & Herz. 0-0 Austria Spain 1-1 France Austria 0-2 Israel Austria 1-1 France Spain 5-1 Bosnia & Herz. Israel 0-1 Spain Spain 2-0 Austria Bosnia & Herz. 2-4 Israel Austria 2-1 Bosnia & Herz. France 3-0 Spain France 1-0 Bosnia & Herz. Israel 5-1 Austria  France qualify as group winners  Spain qualify as one of best runners-up

[edit] Group 8 Qualifying Group 8 P W D L F A Pts 1  Italy 8 6 1 1 14 5 19 2  Romania 8 5 1 2 13 5 16 3  Hungary 8 5 0 3 12 9 15 4  Lithuania 8 2 0 6 5 17 6 5  Georgia 8 1 0 7 9 17 3 Romania 2-0* Lithuania Hungary 0-3 Italy Lithuania 2-1 Georgia Italy 1-1 Romania Lithuania 0-1 Hungary Italy 3-2 Georgia Hungary 4-1 Lithuania Romania 0-1 Italy Georgia 0-3 Romania Italy 1-0 Lithuania Romania 1-0 Hungary Georgia 0-2 Italy Lithuania 1-0 Romania Hungary 2-1 Georgia Georgia 0-2 Hungary Lithuania 0-3 Italy Hungary 1-3 Romania Georgia 4-1 Lithuania Italy 0-2 Hungary Romania 2-1 Georgia (*) Match awarded 3-0 to Romania due to Lithuania fielding an ineligible player.  Italy qualify as group winners  Romania qualify as one of best runners-up

[edit] Group 9 Qualifying Group 9 P W D L F A Pts 1  England 8 5 2 1 18 8 17 2  Greece 8 5 1 2 14 6 16 3  Germany 8 5 1 2 18 7 16 4  Finland 8 1 1 6 7 20 4 5  Albania 8 1 1 6 3 19 4 Finland 3-0 Albania Germany 2-1 Greece England 1-1 Germany Greece 3-1 Finland Finland 2-2 England Albania 0-1 Greece Germany 8-0 Albania England 4-0 Finland Albania 0-1 England Greece 2-0 Germany Finland 1-3 Germany Greece 0-0 Albania Greece 3-1 England Albania 0-1 Germany Germany 1-2 England Albania 3-0 Finland England 5-0 Albania Finland 0-3 Greece England 2-1 Greece Germany 2-0 Finland  England qualify as group winners  Greece qualify as one of best runners-up Greece (16pts) Germany (16pts) head-to-head: 2-1 in GER, 2-0 in GRE .: Greece better (3-2 on aggregate)

[edit] Runners-up Runners-up P W D L F A Pts 1  Greece 6 4 0 2 14 6 12 2  Sweden 6 3 2 1 11 5 11 3  Poland 6 3 2 1 13 10 11 4  Croatia 6 3 2 1 9 6 11 5  Netherlands 6 3 2 1 9 7 11 6  Romania 6 3 1 2 8 4 10 7  Spain 6 3 1 2 6 6 10 8  Bulgaria 6 3 1 2 9 14 10 9  Russia 6 2 3 1 11 9 9 List of qualifying group runners-up. Teams 1-7 go into playoff with the nine group winners. Only results between top four teams in group are used.

[edit] Qualification Playoffs

Netherlands 2-2 England England 1-0 Netherlands  England win 3-2 on aggregate

Poland 2-5 Italy Italy 0-0 Poland  Italy win 5-2 on aggregate

Croatia 1-1 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0-0 Croatia 1-1:  Czech Republic win 1-0 on away goals

Greece 3-0 Turkey Turkey 2-1 Greece  Greece win 4-2 on aggregate

Romania 0-1 France France 4-0 Romania  France win 5-0 on aggregate

Spain 2-1 Portugal Portugal 1-0 Spain 2-2:  Portugal win 1-0 on away goals

Ukraine 1-2 Switzerland Switzerland 2-1 Ukraine  Switzerland win 4-2 on aggregate

Sweden 3-2 Belgium Belgium 2-0 Sweden  Belgium win 4-3 on aggregate

[edit] Finals Tournament

Held in Switzerland, May 16-28, 2002

[edit] Squads

See 2002 UEFA U-21 Championship (squads)

[edit] Finals Groups

Group A P W D L F A Pts 1  Italy 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 2  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 3  Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4  England 3 1 0 2 4 6 3 May 17 Italy 1-1 Portugal Basel England 2-1 Switzerland Zürich May 20 Italy 2-1 England Basel Portugal 0-2 Switzerland Zürich May 22 Switzerland 0-0 Italy Basel Portugal 3-1 England Zürich

Group B P W D L F A Pts 1  France 3 3 0 0 7 1 9 2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 3  Belgium 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 4  Greece 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 May 16 Greece 1-2 Belgium Lausanne France 2-0 Czech Republic Geneva May 19 Greece 1-3 France Lausanne Belgium 0-1 Czech Republic Geneva May 21 Czech Republic 1-1 Greece Lausanne Belgium 0-2 France Geneva

[edit] Knockout Matches

[edit] External links

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