2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Kampjonat Ewropew 2023 ta' Taħt id-19-il sena

Tournament details
Host country	Malta
Dates	3–16 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	49 (3.27 per match)
Attendance	20,539 (1,369 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Víctor Barberà (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Luis Hasa^[1]
← 2022 2024 →

England were the defending champions.^[3] They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition. Italy were crowned champions for the fourth time after beating Portugal 1–0 in the final.^[4]

Malta was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.^[5]^[6]

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Malta	Hosts	1st	Debut
Norway	Elite round Group 1 winners	6th	2019 (Group stage)	Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019)
Italy	Elite round Group 2 winners	9th	2022 (Semi-finals)	Champions (2003)
Spain	Elite round Group 3 winners	13th	2019 (Champions)	Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
Portugal	Elite round Group 4 winners	12th	2019 (Runners-up)	Champions (2018)
Greece	Elite round Group 5 winners	7th	2015 (Semi-finals)	Runners-up (2007, 2012)
Poland	Elite round Group 6 winners	3rd	2006 (Group stage)	Group stage (2004, 2006)
Iceland	Elite round Group 7 winners	1st	Debut

Ta'Qali		Paola
National Stadium	Centenary Stadium	Tony Bezzina Stadium
Capacity: 16,997	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,968

Xewkija (Gozo)	Ta'Qali Paola Xewkija
Gozo Stadium
Capacity: 1,644

The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CESTatManoel Theatre, Valletta.^[7]

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Knockout stage
3	Poland	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Malta	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

3 July 2023

18:00 CEST

Poland	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Brás 4' H. Félix 60'

Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola

Attendance: 772

Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

3 July 2023

21:00 CEST

Malta	0–4	Italy
	Report	Ndour 19' (pen.) Esposito 32' (pen.) D'Andrea 47' Vignato 90+2' (pen.)

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,427

Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

6 July 2023

18:00 CEST

Portugal	5–1	Italy
R. Ribeiro 35' Sá 57' Brás 68' H. Félix 89' Vasconcelos 90+1'	Report	Lipani 6'

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,328

Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

6 July 2023

21:15 CEST

Malta	0–2	Poland
	Report	Strzałek 59' Pieńko 82'

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,618

Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

9 July 2023

18:00 CEST

Portugal	2–1	Malta
Falé 8' Vasconcelos 75'	Report	Tuma 72'

Gozo Stadium, Xewkija

Attendance: 894

Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)

9 July 2023

18:00 CEST

Italy	1–1	Poland
Hasa 34'	Report	Strzałek 8'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,053

Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Norway	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5	Knockout stage
3	Iceland	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Greece	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

4 July 2023

18:00 CEST

Norway	5–4	Greece
Roaldsøy 6' Ødegård 15', 44' Flataker 18' Skogvold 36'	Report	Tzimas 51', 81' Stavropoulos 80' Kalogeropoulos 90+5'

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 586

Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)

4 July 2023

21:15 CEST

Iceland	1–2	Spain
Þorsteinsson 90+1'	Report	Gasiorowski 16' Barberà 47'

Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 753

Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

7 July 2023

18:00 CEST

Greece	0–5	Spain
	Report	Barberà 11', 45+1' Ángel 14' Palacios 17' Casas 57'

Gozo Stadium, Xewkija

Attendance: 479

Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

7 July 2023

21:00 CEST

Iceland	1–1	Norway
Guðmundsson 89'	Report	Roaldsøy 65' (pen.)

Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola

Attendance: 532

Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

10 July 2023

21:00 CEST

Greece	0–0	Iceland
	Report

Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola

Attendance: 324

Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

10 July 2023

21:00 CEST

Spain	0–0	Norway
	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 704

Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Bracket

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Semi-finals		Final

13 July – Paola

Portugal	5
		16 July – Ta' Qali
Norway	0
		Portugal	0
13 July – Ta' Qali
		Italy	1
Spain	2

Italy	3

Semi-finals

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13 July 2023

18:00 CEST

Portugal	5–0	Norway
Sá 6' H. Félix 17' (pen.) Ribeiro 31', 66' Forbs 69'	Report

Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola

Attendance: 709

Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

13 July 2023

21:00 CEST

Spain	2–3	Italy
Barberà 58' Gasiorowski 74'	Report	Vignato 52' Pisilli 66' Lipani 85'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,712

Referee: Italian

Final

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16 July 2023

21:00 CEST

Portugal	0–1	Italy
	Report	Kayode 19'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 5,648^[8]

Referee: (Italian)

There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.

4 goals

Víctor Barberà

3 goals

Hugo Félix

Rodrigo Ribeiro

2 goals

Stefanos Tzimas

1 goal

Alexios Kalogeropoulos

Christos Stavropoulos

Eggert Aron Guðmundsson

Ágúst Orri Þorsteinsson

Luca D'Andrea

Francesco Pio Esposito

Source: UEFA

Portugal and Italy teams right before the beginning of the final match of the tournament.

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.^[9]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Gonçalo Ribeiro	Filippo Missori Alessandro Dellavalle Gabriel Brás Álex Valle	Niklas Ødegård César Palacios Luis Hasa	Hugo Félix Víctor Barberà Carlos Forbs

^ "2023: Luis Hasa". UEFA.com. 20 July 2023.

^ "2023 U19 EURO finals in Malta: Tournament information". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

^ "2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Final". UEFA. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

^ "Portugal 0-1 Italy: Kayode heads resilient Azzurrini to second Under-19 title". UEFA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

^ "Decision on remaining EURO 2020 venues to be made on 23 April". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

^ "Malta, Northern Ireland and Romania to stage U19 EURO in 2023, 2024, 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

^ "2023 U19 EURO finals draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

^ "Portugal U19 0-1 Italy U19 (Jul 16, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

^ "2023 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Contents

Host selection

Qualification

Qualified teams

Venues

Draw

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers

Team of the Tournament

References

External links

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