| Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 19 let 2008 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Czech Republic |
| Dates | 14–26 July |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Germany (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 37 (2.47 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Tomáš Necid (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Lars Bender Sven Bender[1] |
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The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic with matches played from 14 July to 26 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup.
Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages. The first qualifying stage divided the remaining 52 UEFA nations (minus the hosts, the Czech Republic) into 13 groups of four teams. Matches in the first stage were played from 24 September 2007 to 15 November 2007. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams then qualified for the elite qualifying stage, where the 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four. Matches in the elite qualifying stage were played from 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008, when the top team from each group advanced to the final tournament.
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
The groups were drawn on 1 June 2008 in Prague by the first vice-chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, Jim Boyce, and senior Czech internationals Petr Čech and Martin Fenin.[2]
In the following tables:
Key: Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points
| Team qualified for the Semi-Final |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Germany
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
 Hungary
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
 Spain
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
 Bulgaria
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 0–1 | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Németh  10' |
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
| Germany | 2–1 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Sukuta-Pasu 7' Toprak 56' |
Report | Alba 66' |
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
| Spain | 0–1 | Hungary |
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| Report | Nagy 71' |
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
| Germany | 3–0 | Bulgaria |
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| Diekmeier 16' Nsereko 43'L. Bender 56' |
Report |
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
| Hungary | 1–2 | Germany |
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| Simon 74' |
Report | Reinartz 36' Risse 76' |
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
| Spain | 4–0 | Bulgaria |
|---|---|---|
| Aarón 14' Nsue 17', 52'Mérida 64' |
Report |
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| Czech Republic
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 England
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
 Greece
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Necid 54', 58' |
Report |
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
| Greece | 1–1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Pavlis 23' |
Report | Paloschi 90' (pen.) |
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
| Czech Republic | 0–0 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 6,623[3]
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
| England | 0–0 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
| Italy | 4–3 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Poli 22', 79' Bonaventura 56'Paloschi 72' (pen.) |
Report | Necid 23' Morávek 58', 86' |
Attendance: 5,000[4]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
| England | 3–0 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Mee 48' Sears 68' (pen.)Sturridge 85' |
Report |
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| 23 July – Mladá Boleslav | |||||
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| Germany (aet) | 2 | ||||
| 26 July – Jablonec nad Nisou | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | ||||
| Germany | 3 | ||||
| 23 July – Plzeň | |||||
| Italy | 1 | ||||
| Italy | 1 | ||||
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| Hungary | 0 | ||||
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| Italy | 1–0 | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| Forestieri 65' |
Report |
Attendance: 3023
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
| Germany | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Risse 17' Sukuta-Pasu 119' |
Report | Necid 24' |
Attendance: 5,000[5]
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
| Germany | 3–1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| L. Bender 24' Sukuta-Pasu 61'Gebhart 80' |
Report | Garibaldi 78' |
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
| 2008 UEFA U-19 European champions |
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 Germany Second title |
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After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 22 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".[6]
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