2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

The UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years (1998-2000), had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams, Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.

Italy U-21s won the competition for the fourth time.

The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (seven groups of 5 + two groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

The top four teams in this competition qualified for Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Qualifying

"fbu|21|ITA qualify as group winners"
"fbu|21|SUI fail to qualify as one of best runners-up"

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Group 2

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"fbu|21|TUR qualify as group winners"
"fbu|21|GER fail to qualify as one of best runners-up"
Germany (13pts) Finland (13pts) head-to-head:
2-0 in GER, 3-1 in FIN
.: Germany better (1-0 on away goals)

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Group 4

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"fbu|21|ENG qualify as group winners"
"fbu|21|POL qualify as one of best runners-up"

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Group 6

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"fbu|21|SVK qualify as group winners"
"fbu|21|POR qualify as one of best runners-up"

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Group 8

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"fbu|21|BEL qualify as group winners"
"fbu|21|CZE qualify as one of best runners-up"

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Runners-up

Finals Tournament

Held in Slovakia, May 27-June 3, 2000

quads

"See 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads"

Finals Groups

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Rankings Matches

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fbu|21|ITA finish as Champions
fbu|21|CZE finish as runners-up
fbu|21|ESP finish third
fbu|21|SVK finish fourth

Olympic Qualifiers

* Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia and Spain qualify for the Olympic games finals.

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.com