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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
Dates | 9 March – 20 April |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Italy (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Portugal |
Third place | Spain |
Fourth place | France |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 25 (2.08 per match) |
Attendance | 94,670 (7,889 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | João Pinto (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Luís Figo |
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.[1] Luís Figo won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden player award.[2]
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.
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 2 |
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Italy | Group 1 winner | 8 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992) |
Poland | Group 2 winner | 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992) |
Spain | Group 3 winner | 5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990) |
Czechoslovakia | Group 4 winner | 5 (1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992) |
Russia | Group 5 winner | 0 (debut) |
France | Group 6 winner | 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988) |
Greece | Best runner-up | 1 (1988) |
Portugal | Second best runner-up | 0 (debut) |
Only players born on or after 1 January 1971 were eligible to play in the tournament.
The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 1994.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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France | 3–0 | Russia | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Italy | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Poland | 1–5 | Portugal | 1–3 | 0–2 |
Spain | 4–2 | Greece | 0–0 | 4–2 |
Italy | 3–0 | Czechoslovakia |
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Vieri 7' Panucci 9' Negro 79' |
Report |
Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | Italy |
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Svoboda 89' | Report |
France | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Carotti Ouédec Makélélé Zidane |
3–5 | Panucci Vieri Berretta Marcolin Carbone |
Portugal | 2–0 | Spain |
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Rui Costa 48' João Pinto 82' |
Report |
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
2 | Portugal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
3 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
4 | France | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
5 | Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
7 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
8 | Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |