2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 15 U -21 Football Championship was won by Italy. It was the fourth victory for the Italians. Holders Spain finished in third place. Germany failed to qualify. The final round for the first time to have qualified eight teams, was held in the period from May 27 to June 4, 2000 in Slovakia.

  • 5.1 3rd place match
  • 5.2 final

Qualification

Mode

All registered teams were divided into nine groups. The group winners and the best runners- seven point reached the knockout stages. There, the eight participants were determined on the final round in the return game. In this, the four semi-finalists qualified additionally as European participants for the Olympic football tournament in Sydney in 2000.

Participant

For the tournament, the following U-21 national teams have qualified:

  • Czech Republic Czech Republic
  • Spain (holders )
  • Netherlands The Netherlands
  • Croatia Croatia
  • Italy Italy
  • England England
  • Slovakia Slovakia ( host )
  • Turkey Turkey

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

3rd Place Match

Final

Winning team

1 De Sanctis | 2 Grandoni | Mezzano 3 | 4 Zanchi | Ferrari 5 | 6 Gattuso | Comandini 7 | 8 Baronio | 9 Ventola | 10 Pirlo | 11 Perrotta | 12 Abbiati | 13 Coco | 14 Rivalta | 15 Cirillo | Vannucchi 16 | 17 Zanetti | 18 Firmani | 19 Rossi | 20 Spinesi | Trainer Tardelli

Morgan De Sanctis Alessandro Grandoni Matteo Ferrari Roberto Baronio Nicola Ventola Andrea Pirlo Simone Perrotta Christian Abbiati Francesco Coco Claudio Rivalta Bruno Cirillo Cristiano Zanetti Fabio Firmani Gionatha Spinesi Marco Tardelli
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