2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic with matches played from 14 July to 26 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup.

2008 UEFA Under-19 Championship
Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 19 let 2008
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
Dates14 July – 26 July
Teams8
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored37 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tomáš Necid (4 goals)
Best player(s) Lars Bender
Sven Bender[1]

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages. The first qualifying stage divided the remaining 52 UEFA nations (minus the hosts, the Czech Republic) into 13 groups of four teams. Matches in the first stage were played from 24 September 2007 to 15 November 2007. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams then qualified for the elite qualifying stage, where the 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four. Matches in the elite qualifying stage were played from 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008, when the top team from each group advanced to the final tournament.

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Squads
For the complete list of players, see 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Final group stage

The groups were drawn on 1 June 2008 in Prague by the first vice-chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, Jim Boyce, and senior Czech internationals Petr Čech and Martin Fenin.[2]

In the following tables:

Key: Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points

Team qualified for the Semi-Final

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 330072+59
 Hungary 320132+16
 Spain 310253+23
 Bulgaria 300308−80
Bulgaria 0–1 Hungary
Report Németh  10'
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
Germany 2–1 Spain
Sukuta-Pasu  7'
Toprak  56'		 Report Alba  66'
Spain 0–1 Hungary
Report Nagy  71'
Germany 3–0 Bulgaria
Diekmeier  16'
Nsereko  43'
L. Bender  56'		 Report
Hungary 1–2 Germany
Simon  74' Report Reinartz  36'
Risse  76'
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
Spain 4–0 Bulgaria
Aarón  14'
Nsue  17', 52'
Mérida  64'		 Report
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 312054+15
 Czech Republic 311154+14
 England 311132+14
 Greece 302114−32
Czech Republic 2–0 England
Necid  54', 58' Report
Greece 1–1 Italy
Pavlis  23' Report Paloschi  90' (pen.)
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
Czech Republic 0–0 Greece
Report
Attendance: 6,623[3]
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
England 0–0 Italy
Report
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
Italy 4–3 Czech Republic
Poli  22', 79'
Bonaventura  56'
Paloschi  72' (pen.)		 Report Necid  23'
Morávek  58', 86'
Attendance: 5,000[4]
England 3–0 Greece
Mee  48'
Sears  68' (pen.)
Sturridge  85'		 Report

Knock-out stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 July – Mladá Boleslav
 
 
 Germany (aet)2
 
26 July – Jablonec nad Nisou
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 Germany3
 
23 July – Plzeň
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy1
 
 
 Hungary0
 

Semi-finals
Italy 1–0 Hungary
Forestieri  65' Report
Attendance: 3023
Germany 2–1 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Risse  17'
Sukuta-Pasu  119'		 Report Necid  24'
Attendance: 5,000[5]
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Final
Germany 3–1 Italy
L. Bender  24'
Sukuta-Pasu  61'
Gebhart  80'		 Report Garibaldi  78'
Attendance: 4,100
 2008 UEFA U-19 European Champions 

Germany
Second title

Goalscorers

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Team of the tournament

After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 22 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".[6]

References
  1. "2008: Lars & Sven Bender". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. Spain steeled for Germany test UEFA.com
  3. http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match3.asp
  4. http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match2.asp
  5. http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match4.asp
  6. "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 25. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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