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1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship |
| other_titles | Campionatul European de Fotbal sub 21 UEFA 1998 |
| country | Romania |
| dates | 23–31 May |
| confederations | 1 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| venues | 3 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 2 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 12 |
| goals | 22 |
| top_scorer | NOR Steffen Iversen |
| Nikos Liberopoulos<ref name | "auto"/ (3 goals) |
| player | Spain Francesc Arnau |
| prevseason | [1996](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship) |
| nextseason | [2000](2000-uefa-european-under-21-championship) |
GRE Nikos Liberopoulos (3 goals)
The 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1996–98), had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total.
The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ended. Bosnia and Herzegovina was another former state of Yugoslavia who competed, for the first time. Spain won the competition for the second time.
The 46 national teams were divided into nine groups (eight groups of 5 + one group of 6). The records of the nine group winners were compared, and the eighth and ninth ranked teams played-off against each other for the eight quarter finals spot. One of the eight quarter-finalist were then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
Qualification
Main article: 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
The qualifying stage for the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship saw Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden win their respective groups. Greece and England finished first in their group but were the two worst first placed group winners. Greece defeated England in a playoff to qualify for the tournament.
Qualified teams
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament**[1](1)** **[2](2)** |
|---|---|---|
| Norway Norway | Group 3 Winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Sweden Sweden | Group 4 Winner | 3 ([1986](1986-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1990](1990-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship)) |
| Russia Russia | Group 5 Winner | 1 ([1994](1994-uefa-european-under-21-championship)) |
| Spain Spain | Group 6 Winner | 7 ([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), [1994](1994-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1996](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship)) |
| Netherlands Netherlands | Group 7 Winner | 2 ([1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship)) |
| Romania Romania | Group 8 Winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Germany Germany | Group 9 Winner | 2 ([1992](1992-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1996](1996-uefa-european-under-21-championship)) |
| Greece Greece | Playoff Winner | 1 ([1988](1988-uefa-european-under-21-championship), [1994](1994-uefa-european-under-21-championship)) |
:1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Venues
The final tournament was held in Bucharest, the hosts being only three arenas.
| {{Location map+ | float=middle | Romania | width=400 | caption= | places= | Bucharest (Vatra Luminoasă) | Bucharest (Ghencea) | Bucharest (Cotroceni) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadionul Lia Manoliu | Stadionul Steaua | |||||||
| Capacity: **60,120** | Capacity: **28,365** | |||||||
| [[File:National Stadium, Bucharest.JPG | 200x200px]] | [[File:Stadionul Steaua.jpg | 200x200px]] | |||||
| Stadionul Cotroceni | ||||||||
| Capacity: **14,542** | ||||||||
| [[File:StadiumCotroceniProgresulBucharest1.jpg | 200x200px]] |
Match officials
| Country | Referee |
|---|---|
| FR Yugoslavia | Miroslav Radoman |
| Luxembourg | Alain Hamer |
| Senegal | Falla N'Doye |
| Slovakia | Ľuboš Micheľ |
| Turkey | Metin Tokat |
Squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1975 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each nation had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of which had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured seriously enough to prevent his taking part in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.
Results
Bracket
|RD3-team1 = |RD3-score1 = 2 |RD3-team2 = |RD3-score2 = 1 |RD3-team3 = |RD3-score3 = 0 |RD3-team4 = |RD3-score4 = 1 |RD3-team5 = |RD3-score5 = 1 |RD3-team6 = |RD3-score6 = 0 |RD3-team7 = |RD3-score7 = 1 |RD3-team8 = |RD3-score8 = 0
|RD4-team1 = |RD4-score1 = 0 |RD4-team2 = |RD4-score2 = 3 |RD4-team3 = |RD4-score3 = 0 |RD4-team4 = (aet) |RD4-score4 = 1
|RD5-team1 = |RD5-score1 = 0 |RD5-team2 = |RD5-score2 = 1
|RD5b-team1 = |RD5b-score1 = 0 |RD5b-team2 = |RD5b-score2 = 2
|RD2-team1 = |RD2-score1 = 0 |RD2-team2 = (aet) |RD2-score2 = 1 |RD2-team3 = |RD2-score3 = 2 |RD2-team4 = |RD2-score4 = 0
|RD1-team1 = |RD1-score1 = 2 |RD1-team2 = |RD1-score2 = 1
|RD1b-team1 = |RD1b-score1 = 1 |RD1b-team2 = |RD1b-score2 = 2
Quarter-finals
de Jong
5th-8th places
Bärlin
Semi-finals
Antzas
7th place
5th place
Frings
Third place
Final
References
References
- (1 June 1998). "1998: Iván Pérez applies finishing touch". [[UEFA]].com.
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