2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA U-21 Championship 2009 began on 31 May 2007 and is the 17th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. This competition reverts to a two-year format, after the single-year 2006-07 competition which allowed the change to odd-numbered years.

Sweden will host the final tournament in June 2009, therefore their under-21 team qualify automatically. 51 of the 52 other nations in UEFA's jurisdiction, including Montenegro and Serbia who will compete separately for the first time, will go through a series of qualifiers to decide the seven other teams to join Sweden at the finals. Andorra did not take part. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=506135.html|title=Holders handed Switzerland test|date=13 February 2007|author=UEFA] Players born on or after 1 January 1986 are eligible to play in this competition. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19078.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007/09|date=|author=UEFA]

Qualification

Qualification groups

The 51 nations were divided into ten qualification groups, with group matches scheduled from 31 May 2007 until 10 September 2008. The draw for the qualifying round was made on 13 February 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=506135.html|title=Holders handed Switzerland test|date=13 February 2007|author=UEFA]

Group B

Knockout stage

Round4
2009-06-26 - Gothenburg| Winner of Group A | | Runner-up of Group B |
2009-06-26 - Helsingborg| Winner of Group B | | Runner-up of Group A |
2009-06-29 - Malmö| Winner of SF I | | Winner of SF II
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References

External links

* [http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/ Official site] sv icon
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/index.html uefa.com - UEFA European U-21 Championship]
* [http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19078.pdf uefa.com - Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007/09]


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