2017 European Under-21 Championship

The 2017 European Under-21 Championship is being hosted by Poland and, unlike previous years, will feature an expanded 12-team format with three groups of four teams. Teams face each other once in the group stage before the group winners progress to the semi-finals along with the best runner-up.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament takes place in two stages, with the initial qualifying round staged from September 2015 through to October 2016 and the play-off round held in November 2016. For more on the qualification rounds for the Championships, see 2017 European Under-21 Championship (Qualifying).

Teams

11 teams qualified for the final tournament in Poland, alongside the hosts: Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	England	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Sweden	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	Poland	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0

Sweden v England

16th June 2017	Sweden	0-0	England	Kolporter Arena, Kielce
				Referee: Tobias Stieler

Poland v Slovakia

16th June 2017	Poland	1-2	Slovakia	Arena Lublin, Lublin
	Patryk Lipski '1		Martin Valjent '20 Pavol Safranko '78	Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk

Slovakia v England

19th June 2017	Slovakia	1-2	England	Kolporter Arena, Kielce
	Martin Chrien '23		Alfie Mawson '50 Nathan Redmond '61	Referee: Gediminas Mazeika

Poland v Sweden

19th June 2017	Poland	v	Sweden	Arena Lublin, Lublin

England v Poland

22 June 2017	England	v	Poland	Kolporter Arena, Kielce

Slovakia v Sweden

22 June 2017	Slovakia	v	Sweden	Arena Lublin, Lublin

Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Spain	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	3
2	Portugal	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
3	Serbia	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
4	Macedonia	1	0	0	1	0	5	-5	0

Portugal v Serbia

17 June 2017	Portugal	2-0	Serbia	Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza
	Goncalo Guedes '37 Bruno Fernandes '88			Referee: Benoit Bastien

Spain v Macedonia

17 June 2017	Spain	5-0	Macedonia	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
	Saul Niguez '10 Marco Asensio '16, '54, '72 Gerard Deulofeu (pen) '35			Referee: Harald Lechner

Serbia v Macedonia

20 June 2017	Serbia	v	Macedonia	Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza

Portugal v Spain

20 June 2017	Portugal	v	Spain	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia

Macedonia v Portugal

23 June 2017	Macedonia	v	Portugal	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia

Serbia v Spain

23 June 2017	Serbia	v	Spain	Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza

Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Germany	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
2	Italy	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
3	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
4	Denmark	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0

Germany v Czech Republic

18 June 2017	Germany	2-0	Czech Republic	Stadion Miejski, Tychy
	Max Meyer '44 Serge Gnabry '50			Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano

Denmark v Italy

18 June 2017	Denmark	0-2	Italy	Stadion Cracovia, Krakow
			Lorenzo Pellegrini '54 Andrea Petagna '86	Referee: Ivan Kruzliak

Czech Republic v Italy

21 June 2017	Czech Republic	v	Italy	Stadion Miejski, Tychy

Germany v Denmark

21 June 2017	Germany	v	Denmark	Stadion Cracovia, Krakow

Italy v Germany

24 June 2017	Italy	v	Germany	Stadion Cracovia, Krakow

Czech Republic v Denmark

24 June 2017	Czech Republic	v	Denmark	Stadion Miejksi, Tychy

Semi-Finals

Group A Winner v Group B/C Runner-Up or Group C Winner

27 June 2017	Group A Winner	v	Group B/C Runner-Up or Group C Winner

Group B Winner v Group A Runner-Up or Group C Winner

27 June 2017	Group B Winner	v	Group A Runner-Up or Group C Winner

Final

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30 June 2017		v		Stadion Cracovia, Krakow

Goalscorers

A list of all the goalscorers at the tournament.

3 Goals

• Marco Asensio (Spain)

1 Goal

• Serge Gnabry (Germany)
• Max Meyer (Germany)
• Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy)
• Andrea Petagna (Italy)
• Patryk Lipski (Poland)
• Goncalo Guedes (Portugal)
• Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
• Martin Valjent (Slovakia)
• Pavol Safranko (Slovakia)
• Saul Niguez (Spain)
• Gerard Deulofeu (Spain)