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2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship
Europees kampioenschap voetbal onder 21 - 2007
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Tournament details
Host countryBERJAYA Netherlands
Dates10–23 June
Teams8 (finals)
51 (qualifying) (from 1 confederation)
Venues4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBERJAYA Netherlands (2nd title)
Runners-upBERJAYA Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored34 (2.27 per match)
Attendance211,999 (14,133 per match)
Top scorerNetherlands Maceo Rigters (4 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Royston Drenthe
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The UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 to 23 June 2007. It was the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship.

Summary

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For the first time, a host nation was chosen ahead of the competition – the Netherlands, who were also the defending champions, were exempt from qualifying. The host nation was chosen on 15 December 2005. England, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, and Sweden also submitted bids. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the Faroe Islands did not compete in the qualification round for the tournament. That left 50 nations attempting to qualify for the seven remaining spots at the finals.

This was the first time that the competition's final matches took place in an odd-numbered year. UEFA took this decision with the will to give more visibility to the tournament, since during even-numbered years the competition was clouded by the approaching FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship.

The tournament also served as the European qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics, with a place for the four semi-finalists of the tournament.[1][2] However, as England is not an Olympic nation, their team was ineligible for the Olympics; since England reached the semi-finals, a fifth-place playoff was necessary.

In this competition, a new UEFA penalty shoot-out record was established.[3] The semi final between The Netherlands U21 and England U21 finished 1–1. Thirty-two penalties had to be taken before the tie was decided. The Netherlands U21 won 13–12,[4] and went on to win the tournament by defeating Serbia U21 4–1 in the final.[5]

After the final, some commotion arose in the Netherlands because several Dutch internationals with Surinamese roots carried the flag of Suriname with them during the trophy presentation.[citation needed] Dutch coach Foppe de Haan expressed the actions of these players as "inappropriate".[citation needed]

Qualification

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Steward outfit displaying the logo of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007

In order to make the switch from even to odd-numbered years, the 2007 edition was a shortened version, condensed from a two-year campaign into a one-year campaign. Therefore, a completely new qualification format was devised to eliminate the weaker nations early, and saw a decrease in the size and duration of qualification groups.

Finals tournament

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Draw

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The Dutch team celebrating their victory after the final

The draw for the finals took place in Arnhem on 24 November 2006, putting the eight qualifying nations into two groups. The provisional dates for the group games are 10 June to 17 June 2007, with Heerenveen and Arnhem each staging a semi-final on 20 June. The final took place on Saturday 23 June at Euroborg in Groningen.

The opening game was between the Netherlands and Israel at 10 June.

Venues

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City Stadium Capacity
Arnhem Gelredome 25,000
Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,100
Groningen Euroborg 20,000
Nijmegen De Goffert 13,000

Squads

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Group stage

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The final, Netherlands–Serbia, in the rain
Team qualified for the knockout stage
Team went to play-off for Olympics

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
BERJAYA Netherlands 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
BERJAYA Belgium 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
BERJAYA Portugal 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
BERJAYA Israel 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Netherlands BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Israel
Maduro BERJAYA 10' Report
Attendance: 22,013
Portugal BERJAYA0–0BERJAYA Belgium
Report
Attendance: 7,197
Israel BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA Belgium
Report Mirallas BERJAYA 82'
Attendance: 5,239
Netherlands BERJAYA2–1BERJAYA Portugal
Babel BERJAYA 33' (pen.)
Rigters BERJAYA 75'		 Report Veloso BERJAYA 77'
Attendance: 19,498
Netherlands BERJAYA2–2BERJAYA Belgium
Rigters BERJAYA 13'
Drenthe BERJAYA 37'		 Report Mirallas BERJAYA 9'
Pocognoli BERJAYA 70'
Attendance: 24,099
Israel BERJAYA0–4BERJAYA Portugal
Report Fernandes BERJAYA 37'
Vaz Tê BERJAYA 45'
Veloso BERJAYA 49'
Nani BERJAYA 50'
Attendance: 10,833

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
BERJAYA Serbia 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 6
BERJAYA England 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
BERJAYA Italy 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
BERJAYA Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Czech Republic BERJAYA0–0BERJAYA England
Report
Attendance: 9,382
Serbia BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Italy
Milovanović BERJAYA 63' Report
Attendance: 8,347
Czech Republic BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA Serbia
Report Janković BERJAYA 90+3'
Attendance: 6,109
England BERJAYA2–2BERJAYA Italy
Nugent BERJAYA 24'
Lita BERJAYA 26'		 Report Chiellini BERJAYA 36'
Aquilani BERJAYA 69'
Attendance: 17,103
Italy BERJAYA3–1BERJAYA Czech Republic
Aquilani BERJAYA 4'
Chiellini BERJAYA 29'
Rossi BERJAYA 45+1'		 Report Papadopulos BERJAYA 14'
Attendance: 7,167
England BERJAYA2–0BERJAYA Serbia
Lita BERJAYA 5'
Derbyshire BERJAYA 77'		 Report
Attendance: 9,133

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 June – Heerenveen
 
 
BERJAYA Netherlands1 (13)
 
23 June – Groningen
 
BERJAYA England1 (12)
 
BERJAYA Netherlands4
 
20 June – Arnhem
 
BERJAYA Serbia1
 
BERJAYA Serbia2
 
 
BERJAYA Belgium0
 

Semi-finals

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Serbia BERJAYA2–0BERJAYA Belgium
Kolarov BERJAYA 4'
Mrđa BERJAYA 87'		 Report
Attendance: 17,438

Final

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The Serbian and Dutch teams enter the pitch for the final
Netherlands BERJAYA4–1BERJAYA Serbia
Bakkal BERJAYA 17'
Babel BERJAYA 60'
Rigters BERJAYA 67'
Bruins BERJAYA 87'		 Report Mrđa BERJAYA 79'
Attendance: 19,813
GK1Boy Waterman
RB2Gianni Zuiverloon
CB18Ryan Donk
CB4Arnold Kruiswijk
LB5Erik Pietersdownward-facing red arrow 89'
DM6Hedwiges Maduro (c)
RM13Maceo Rigtersdownward-facing red arrow 69'
LM8Royston DrentheYellow card 9'downward-facing red arrow 78'
AM10Otman Bakkal
CF11Daniël de Ridder
CF9Ryan Babel
Substitutes:
MF12Luigi Bruinsupward-facing green arrow 69'
FW14Roy BeerensYellow card 89'upward-facing green arrow 78'
DF19Calvin Jong-a-Pinupward-facing green arrow 89'
Coach:
Netherlands Foppe de Haan
GK1Damir Kahriman
RB3Antonio RukavinaYellow card 89'
CB2Branislav Ivanović (c)Yellow card 62'
CB11Duško TošićYellow card 43'
LB6Aleksandar KolarovYellow card 28' Yellow-red card 62'
CM7Milan Smiljanić
CM13Nikola Drinčićdownward-facing red arrow 65'
RW19Dušan Bastadownward-facing red arrow 73'
AM10Dejan Milovanović
LW8Boško Janković
CF9Đorđe Rakićdownward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutes:
MF21Zoran Tošićupward-facing green arrow 65'
MF14Stefan Babovićupward-facing green arrow 73'
FW18Dragan MrđaYellow card 82'upward-facing green arrow 73'
Coach:
Serbia Miroslav Đukić

Man of the Match:
Ryan Babel (Netherlands)

Assistant referees:
Manuel Navarro (Switzerland)
Tomáš Mokoš (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Awards

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Best player

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Team of the tournament

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Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

England Scott Carson
Portugal Paulo Ribeiro

Serbia Branislav Ivanović
Italy Giorgio Chiellini
England Leighton Baines
England Steven Taylor
Portugal Manuel da Costa
Netherlands Gianni Zuiverloon
Serbia Duško Tošić
Belgium Jan Vertonghen
England Ashley Young

Netherlands Royston Drenthe
Netherlands Otman Bakkal
England Nigel Reo-Coker
Portugal Miguel Veloso
Portugal Manuel Fernandes
Italy Alessandro Rosina
Italy Alberto Aquilani

Belgium Kevin Mirallas
Netherlands Maceo Rigters
England Leroy Lita
England David Nugent
Netherlands Ryan Babel

Goalscorers

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4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Medal table and Olympic qualifiers

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s) BERJAYA Netherlands (H) 5 3 2 0 10 5 +5 11 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BERJAYA Serbia 5 3 0 2 5 6 −1 9 Runners-up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) BERJAYA England 4 1 3 0 5 3 +2 6 Eliminated in
semi-finals
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) BERJAYA Belgium 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 5
5 BERJAYA Portugal 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6 BERJAYA Italy 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
7 BERJAYA Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
8 BERJAYA Israel 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

Olympic qualifying play-off

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The 2007 European Under-21 Championship also served as the European qualifying round for the 2008 Olympic football tournament. Europe's four places at the Olympics were to be filled by the four semi-finalists; however, because England, one of the semi-finalists, cannot compete independently at the Olympics, a play-off match between Portugal and Italy, the two third-placed teams in each group, was arranged to identify the fourth European team to go to Beijing. Italy defeated Portugal through a penalty shoot-out.

References

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  1. ↑ "De Sart wants Belgium's backing". David Bano & Michael Harrold. Archived from the original on 21 September 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "Match schedule". UEFA. Archived from the original on 4 June 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  3. ↑ "Netherlands News". UEFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  4. ↑ "Holland U21 1-1 Eng U21 (aet)". BBC Sport. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
  5. ↑ "Holland U21 4-1 Serbia U21". BBC Sport. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
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