1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
The 15 U-16 Football Championship was held in the period from April 28 to May 10, 1997 in Germany. The winner was Spain with a 5-4 victory on penalties against Austria. The German team was after a 3-1 victory over Switzerland third. Defending Portugal, as well as final opponents France could not qualify.
- 4.1 Group A
- 4.2 Group B
- 4.3 Group C
- 4.4 Group D
Mode
The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups played each team once against each other. The group winners and runners reached the quarter- finals. From there it went on in the all-in - system.
Participant
At the tournament the following teams participated:
- Belgium
- Germany Germany ( organizer )
- Georgia, 1990 Georgia
- Iceland Iceland
- Israel Israel
- Italy Italy
- Austria Austria
- Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
- Poland Poland
- Switzerland Switzerland
- Slovakia Slovakia
- Slovenia Slovenia
- Spain
- Turkey Turkey
- Ukraine Ukraine
- Hungary Hungary
Squad of the DFB
Venues
It was played in the cities Barsinghausen, Blankenburg, Braunschweig, Bremen, Biickeburg, Celle, Einbeck, Goslar, Hamburg, Hameln, Hanover, Hettstedt, Hildesheim, Kiel, Taught, Lübeck, Luebtheen, Minden, New Monastery, Neustadt- Glewe Nienburg / Weser, Norderstedt, Nordhausen, Polz, Rendsburg, Schoenberg, Schwerin, Thale, Vöhrum and Wernigerode.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round
1 win on penalties
The U-16 national team of Spain thus became the fourth European football champions of U16/U17-Junioren.
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