2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2002 UEFA Europeiske U-19 mesterskapet
Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	21–28 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	49 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernando Torres (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Fernando Torres
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The 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the first tournament of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, after the previous Under-18 competition was changed. The tournament was held in Norway, between 21 July and 28 July 2002. The top three teams from each group qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were available to participate in this competition.

The final tournament took place in seven venues located in seven cities — Bærum, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm, Moss and Oslo. The winners were Spain, who beat Germany to secure their fourth title, and the top scorer was Fernando Torres, with four goals. This edition is also notable for Nelly Viennot becoming the first female official who took part in an UEFA-organised men's football event, after acting as assistant referee at Norway's 1–5 defeat of Slovakia on 21 July 2002.

Qualification

The qualification format consisted of two rounds. In the preliminary round, which took place between August and November 2001, 50 national teams were drawn into 14 groups (six groups of three teams and eight groups of four teams) contested as round-robin mini-tournaments hosted by one of the group teams. The group winners then progressed to the intermediary round, where they were paired and played two-legged ties between March and May 2002. The winners secured qualification for the final tournament, joining Norway who qualified automatically as hosts.^[1]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified to the final tournament:

Country	Qualified as
Norway	Hosts
Belgium	Intermediary round play-off winner
Czech Republic	Intermediary round play-off winner
England	Intermediary round play-off winner
Spain	Intermediary round play-off winner
Germany	Intermediary round play-off winner
Republic of Ireland	Intermediary round play-off winner
Slovakia	Intermediary round play-off winner

Venues

Kongsvinger

Moss

Bærum

Drammen

Oslo

Hønefoss

Lillestrøm

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Location map of the final tournament host cities

The final tournament was held in seven stadiums located in seven Norwegian cities.

Match officials

UEFA named six referees for the final tournament:

Country	Referee
Croatia	Edo Trivković
Estonia	Sten Kaldma
Greece	Georgios Kasnaferis
Macedonia	Emil Božinovski
Portugal	Paulo Costa
Slovenia	Darko Čeferin

Squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Norway	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

21 July 2002

18:00 CET

Norway	1–5	Slovakia
Grindheim  90' (pen.)	Report	Kurty  28' Šebo  37' Konečný  59' Labun  75' Jurko  86'

Gjemselund Stadion, Kongsvinger

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

21 July 2002

18:00 CET

Spain	1–1	Czech Republic
Iniesta  63'	Report	Svěrkoš  78'

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

23 July 2002

18:00 CET

Norway	0–3	Spain
	Report	Reyes  22', 68' Torres  54'

Hønefoss idrettspark, Hønefoss

Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

23 July 2002

18:00 CET

Slovakia	5–2	Czech Republic
Žofčák  16' Halenár  33' (pen.) Šebo  46', 65' Sloboda  87'	Report	Fořt  21' (pen.) Dosoudil  34'

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

25 July 2002

18:00 CET

Czech Republic	1–0	Norway
Rada  4'	Report

Nadderud Stadion, Bærum

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

25 July 2002

18:00 CET

Slovakia	1–3	Spain
Čech  6'	Report	García  15' Torres  65', 90+1'

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6
England	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2
Belgium	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

22 July 2002

18:00 CET

England	3–3	Germany
Ashton  9' Thomas  30' Cole  73'	Report	Volz  4' Lahm  90' Hanke  90+3'

Nadderud Stadion, Bærum

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

22 July 2002

18:00 CET

Belgium	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Blondel  51'	Report	Daly  26' (pen.), 69'

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

24 July 2002

18:00 CET

England	1–1	Belgium
Ashton  75'	Report	Janssens  82'

Gjemselund Stadion, Kongsvinger

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

24 July 2002

18:00 CET

Germany	3–0	Republic of Ireland
Riether  22' Trochowski  57' Hanke  79'	Report

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

26 July 2002

18:00 CET

Republic of Ireland	3–2	England
Daly  54' (pen.) Paisley  73' Kelly  74'	Report	Carter  11' Ashton  45' (pen.)

Hønefoss idrettspark, Hønefoss

Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

26 July 2002

18:00 CET

Germany	2–1	Belgium
Volz  36' Odonkor  72'	Report	Vandenbergh  32'

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

Third place play-off

28 July 2002

13:00 CET

Slovakia	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Bruško  56' Jurko  75'	Report	Brennan  53'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Final

28 July 2002

20:00 CET

Spain	1–0	Germany
Torres  55' '	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 16,464

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

2002 UEFA U-19 European Champions
Spain Fourth title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Fernando Torres

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship:

•  Czech Republic
•  England
•  Spain
•  Germany
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Slovakia

References

Other websites

• Official website at UEFA.com
• Match list at rsssf.com