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1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

FieldValue
tourney_name1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
countryFrance
dates9 March – 20 April
confederations1
num_teams8
venues2
cities2
champion_other
count2
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches12
goals25
attendance94670
top_scorerPOR João Pinto (3 goals)
playerPOR Luís Figo
prevseason[1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship)
nextseason[1996](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship)

The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the ninth UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted in France between 15 and 20 April 1994.

The qualification stage spanned two years from 1992 to 1994. The qualification process consisted of 32 entrants. After the two-legged quarter-final stage, France was chosen as the first hosts of the final stage, which consisted of four matches in total. The finals included for the first time a third-place play-off.

Italy won the competition for the second consecutive time. Luís Figo won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden player award.

Qualification

Main article: 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The draw for the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying round saw Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain win their respective groups. Greece and Portugal qualified for the tournament as the two best runners-up. France, Italy, Portugal and Spain qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States.

This was the last performance of Czechoslovakia, as the nation actually have split.

List of qualified teams

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament**[1](1)** **[2](2)**
Group 1 winner8 ([1978](1978-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1980](1980-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1984](1984-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1990](1990-uefa-european-under-21-championship), **[1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**)
Group 2 winner4 ([1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1984](1984-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
Group 3 winner5 ([1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1984](1984-uefa-european-under-21-championship), **[1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**, [1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1990](1990-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
Group 4 winner5 ([1978](1978-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1980](1980-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1990](1990-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
Group 5 winner0 (debut)
Group 6 winner4 ([1982](1982-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1984](1984-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship), **[1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship)**)
Best runner-up1 ([1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship))
Second best runner-up0 (debut)

:1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1971 were eligible to play in the tournament.

Results

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 1994.

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First leg

Ouédec

Panucci Negro

Rui Costa

Second leg

Torres

Prieto Guerrero Gálvez

Semi-finals

Ouédec Makélélé Zidane Vieri Berretta Marcolin Carbone

João Pinto

Third-place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

;3 goals

  • POR João Vieira Pinto

;2 goals

  • POR Rui Costa
  • ESP Óscar
  • ESP Thomas Christiansen ;1 goal
  • TCH Zdeněk Svoboda
  • FRA Christophe Dugarry
  • FRA Francis Llacer
  • FRA Nicolas Ouédec
  • FRA Pascal Nouma
  • GRE Grigoris Georgatos
  • ITA Christian Panucci
  • ITA Christian Vieri
  • ITA Paolo Negro
  • ITA Pierluigi Orlandini
  • POL Roman Dąbrowski
  • POR Paulo Torres
  • POR Nélson Gama
  • POR João Oliveira Pinto
  • ESP José Gálvez
  • ESP Julen Guerrero ;Own goal
  • ESP José Miguel Prieto (playing against Greece)

Final ranking

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1421141+3**7**
2430171+6**9**
3421165+1**7**
4421142+2**7**
5211024−2**4**
6210113−3**3**
7200215−4**0**
8200203−3**0**

References

References

  1. "1994: Orlandini blooms as Italy seal double". Union of European Football Associations.
  2. "1994: Luís Figo". Union of European Football Associations.
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