2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The final round of the 31 U-17 Football Championship took place from 5 to 17, 2013 in Slovakia. After the U -21 Football Championship in 2000, it is the second European Football Junior Championships, which took place in Slovakia. She also served as a qualifier for the U-17 World Cup 2013 in the United Arab Emirates. The top six teams qualified for the World Cup.
- 6.1 Semi-finals
- 6.2 final
Qualification
The first qualifying round, except on the host Slovakia attended by all the associations of UEFA, was drawn on November 29, 2011. It started on September 24 2012 and was completed on November 4, 2012.
In the first qualifying round, which took place in mini-tournaments in a respective country, Germany, Switzerland and Austria were able to prevail and reach the Elite round. Germany won all his three games: 5-0 against San Marino, 10:1 against Andorra and 8:1 against host Finland. The Swiss also won their group after a 3-0 win over the Faroe Islands, a 5-1 win against Cyprus and a 1-1 draw against hosts Austria, the Faroe Islands, in turn defeated by 6:0 and 1:1 played against Cyprus and thus debuted at number 2. Liechtenstein failed, however, to Hungary and Italy.
In the elite round, Austria and Switzerland continued as host through in their groups. Austria won two games (1-0 against Serbia and 2-1 against Georgia), after they lost at the start against Ireland 0-1. The Swiss managed two victories ( 2-1 against Israel and a 1-0 win over the Czech Republic ) and a draw ( 0-0 against Poland), which was enough to win the group. Germany was also host group, but two convincing victories ( 5-2 against Bulgaria and 6-0 against Estonia) were not enough for first place, which was won by the Ukrainian players in a direct duel ( 0:1).
Mode
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups played each team once against each other. The group winners and runners reached the semi-finals. Their champion reached the final; Third place was not played. The regular time was twice 40 minutes. From the semi-finals decided at the score is level after regulation time immediately a penalty shootout.
Participant
At the finals the following eight teams participated:
- Italy Italy
- Croatia Croatia
- Austria Austria
- Russia Russia
- Slovakia Slovakia
- Sweden Sweden
- Switzerland Switzerland
- Ukraine Ukraine
Venues
The final round of matches were played in four cities: Žilina ( Štadión pod Dubňom ), as well as in Dubnica nad Váhom ( Mestský Štadión ), Nitra ( Štadión pod Zoborom ) and Zlaté Moravce ( Štadión Zlaté Moravce ).
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was played in two groups of four teams. The two group winners and runners-up qualified for the semifinals. In case of equal first chose the direct comparison and then the goal difference over the ranking.
Group A
Group B
Final round
Semifinal
Final
Top scorers
There were another 16 players, each with one hit.