2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale hráčov do 21 rokov 2025 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Slovakia |
Dates | 12–29 June |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2025) will be the 25th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (28th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe.
The tournament will be hosted by Slovakia.[1] A total of 16 teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to participate.
Host selection
[edit]UEFA Executive Committee chose Slovakia as a host in 25 January 2023.[1]
Venues
[edit]Bratislava | Trnava | Dunajská Streda | Košice |
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Národný futbalový štadión | Anton Malatinský Stadium | MOL Aréna | Košická futbalová aréna |
Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 18,200 | Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 12,555 |
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Slovakia) | |||
Žilina | Trenčín | Nitra | Prešov |
Štadión pod Dubňom | Štadión Sihoť | Štadión pod Zoborom | Futbal Tatran Arena |
Capacity: 10,897 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,480 | Capacity: under construction |
Qualification
[edit]Qualified teams
[edit]The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Appearance | First appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Slovakia | Hosts | 25 January 2023 | 3rd (9th incl. Czechoslovakia) | 2000 | 2017 | Fourth place (2000) |
Netherlands | Group C winners | 9 September 2024 | 10th | 1988 | 2023 | Champions (2006, 2007) |
Spain | Group B winners | 10 September 2024 | 17th | 1982 | 2023 | Champions (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019) |
Group stage
[edit]The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
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Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Slovakia (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | C4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | D4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Preparations
[edit]In October 2023, UEFA official came to Slovakia to further inspect their venues and were satisfied with them.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2025 Under-21 EURO in Slovakia: Tournament information". UEFA. Basel. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "UEFA navštívila Slovensko, s infraštruktúrou na ME 2025 vyjadrila spokojnosť" [UEFA visited Slovakia, expressed satisfaction with 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship infrastructure]. News Agency of the Slovak Republic (in Slovak). 11 October 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.