1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
- 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1998, which spanned two years (1996-98), had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, comprising 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.
Qualifying
"fbu|21|GRE qualify as group winners"
Greece (16pts) Denmark (16pts) head-to-head:
1-3 in DEN, 2-3 in GRE
.: Greece better (5-4 on aggregate)
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Group 2
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"fbu|21|NOR qualify as group winners"
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Group 4
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"fbu|21|RUS qualify as group winners"
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Group 6
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"fbu|21|NED qualify as group winners"
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Group 8
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"fbu|21|GER qualify as group winners"
*fbu|21|NIR did not enter.
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Group winners
List of qualifying group winners. Teams 1-7 qualify automatically. Teams 8 & 9 play-off for the eighth spot. Only results between top four teams in group are used.
Qualification Playoff
*Greece 2-0 England
*England 4-2 Greece4-4: Greece win 2-0 on away goals"fbu|21|GRE qualify"
Knockout stages
Held in Romania, May 23-31, 1998.
quads
"See 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads"
External links
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/history/index.html Results archive at UEFA.com]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/europe-u21.html RSSSF Results archive at RSSSF]
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