2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2002 UEFA Europeiske U-19 mesterskapet
Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	21–28 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	49 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernando Torres (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Fernando Torres
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The 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the first edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, after the previous Under-18 competition was renamed. The tournament was held in Norway, between 21 July and 28 July 2002. The top three teams from each group qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in this competition.

The final tournament took place in seven venues located in seven cities — Bærum, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm, Moss and Oslo. The winners were Spain, who beat Germany to secure their fourth title, and the top scorer was Fernando Torres, with four goals. This edition is also notable for Nelly Viennot becoming the first female official who participated in an UEFA-organised men's football event, after acting as assistant referee at Norway's 1–5 defeat of Slovakia on 21 July 2002.

Qualification

The qualification format consisted of two rounds. In the preliminary round, which took place between August and November 2001, 50 national teams were drawn into 14 groups (six groups of three teams and eight groups of four teams) contested as round-robin mini-tournaments hosted by one of the group teams. The group winners then progressed to the intermediary round, where they were paired and played two-legged ties between March and May 2002. The winners secured qualification for the final tournament, joining Norway who qualified automatically as hosts.^[1]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified to the final tournament:

Country	Qualified as
Norway	Hosts
Belgium	Intermediary round play-off winner
Czech Republic	Intermediary round play-off winner
England	Intermediary round play-off winner
Spain	Intermediary round play-off winner
Germany	Intermediary round play-off winner
Republic of Ireland	Intermediary round play-off winner
Slovakia	Intermediary round play-off winner

Venues

Kongsvinger

Moss

Bærum

Drammen

Oslo

Hønefoss

Lillestrøm

Location map of the final tournament host cities

The final tournament was held in seven stadiums located in seven Norwegian cities.

Match officials

UEFA named six referees for the final tournament:

Country	Referee
Croatia	Edo Trivković
Estonia	Sten Kaldma
Greece	Georgios Kasnaferis
Macedonia	Emil Božinovski
Portugal	Paulo Costa
Slovenia	Darko Čeferin

Squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Norway	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

21 July 2002

18:00 CET

Norway	1–5	Slovakia
Grindheim 90' (pen.)	Report	Kurty 28' Šebo 37' Konečný 59' Labun 75' Jurko 86'

Gjemselund Stadion, Kongsvinger

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

21 July 2002

18:00 CET

Spain	1–1	Czech Republic
Iniesta 63'	Report	Svěrkoš 78'

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

23 July 2002

18:00 CET

Norway	0–3	Spain
	Report	Reyes 22', 68' Torres 54'

Hønefoss idrettspark, Hønefoss

Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

23 July 2002

18:00 CET

Slovakia	5–2	Czech Republic
Žofčák 16' Halenár 33' (pen.) Šebo 46', 65' Sloboda 87'	Report	Fořt 21' (pen.) Dosoudil 34'

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

25 July 2002

18:00 CET

Czech Republic	1–0	Norway
Rada 4'	Report

Nadderud Stadion, Bærum

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

25 July 2002

18:00 CET

Slovakia	1–3	Spain
Čech 6'	Report	García 15' Torres 65', 90+1'

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
England	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2
Belgium	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

22 July 2002

18:00 CET

England	3–3	Germany
Ashton 9' Thomas 30' Cole 73'	Report	Volz 4' Lahm 90' Hanke 90+3'

Nadderud Stadion, Bærum

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

22 July 2002

18:00 CET

Belgium	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Blondel 51'	Report	Daly 26' (pen.), 69'

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

24 July 2002

18:00 CET

England	1–1	Belgium
Ashton 75'	Report	Janssens 82'

Gjemselund Stadion, Kongsvinger

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

24 July 2002

18:00 CET

Germany	3–0	Republic of Ireland
Riether 22' Trochowski 57' Hanke 79'	Report

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

26 July 2002

18:00 CET

Republic of Ireland	3–2	England
Daly 54' (pen.) Paisley 73' Kelly 74'	Report	Carter 11' Ashton 45' (pen.)

Hønefoss idrettspark, Hønefoss

Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

26 July 2002

18:00 CET

Germany	2–1	Belgium
Volz 36' Odonkor 72'	Report	Vandenbergh 32'

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

Third place play-off

28 July 2002

13:00 CET

Slovakia	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Bruško 56' Jurko 75'	Report	Brennan 53'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Final

28 July 2002

20:00 CET

Spain	1–0	Germany
Torres 55'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 16,464

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

2002 UEFA U-19 European champions
Spain Fourth title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Fernando Torres

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship:

•  Czech Republic
•  England
•  Spain
•  Germany
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Slovakia

References

External links

• Official website at UEFA.com
• Match list at rsssf.com

This page was last edited on 7 January 2024, at 12:31