2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2022) was the 19th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (69th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Slovakia hosted the tournament between 18 June and 1 July 2022.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale hráčov do 19 rokov 2022
Tournament details
Host countrySlovakia
Dates18 June – 1 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (11th title)
Runners-up Israel
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)
Attendance38,555 (2,410 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Loum Tchaouna
(4 goals)

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as the UEFA representatives.

Spain were the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the title was not awarded. They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Romania and Slovakia were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification
Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The UEFA Executive Committee originally decided on 29 May 2019 to test a new qualifying format for the Under-19 Championship in 2022 and 2023.[3] The qualifying competition would have been played in four rounds over a two-year period from autumn 2020 to spring 2022, with teams divided into three leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League.[4] However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the introduction of the new format had been postponed to the 2023 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, and qualification for the 2022 edition would use the previous format involving two rounds only.[5][6]

A total of 54 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Slovakia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams will compete in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: the Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2021, and the Elite round, which took place in spring 2022, to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 9 December 2020, 10:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[7][8]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 SlovakiaHosts2nd2002Third place (2002)
 IsraelElite round Group 1 winners2nd2014Group stage (2014)
 FranceElite round Group 2 winners12th2019Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
 EnglandElite round Group 3 winners11th2018Champions (2017)
 RomaniaElite round Group 4 winners2nd2011Group stage (2011)
 ItalyElite round Group 5 winners8th2019Champions (2003)
 SerbiaElite round Group 6 winners8th2014Champions (2013)
 AustriaElite round Group 7 winners8th2016Semi-finals (2003, 2006, 2014)

Venues
Trnava Dunajská Streda Banská Bystrica
City Aréna - Štadión Antona Malatinského DAC Aréna Štiavničky - Štadión SNP
Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 7,900
Žiar nad Hronom
Mestský štadión Žiar nad Hronom
Capacity: 2,309
Senec
NTC Senec
Capacity: 3,264

Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022.[9]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

All times are local CEST (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
3  Slovakia (H) 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Romania 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Slovakia 0–5 France
Report
  • Tchaouna 16'
  • Bonny 34', 59'
  • Virginius 57', 62'
Attendance: 5,238
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Italy 2–1 Romania
Baldanzi 47'
Volpato 68'		 Report Andronache 53'
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
Slovakia 0–1 Italy
Report Ambrosino 33'
Attendance: 8,235
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Romania 1–2 France
Coubiș 82' Report Tchaouna 12'
Adeline 20'
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 869
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)
Romania 0–1 Slovakia
Report
  • Griger 90+5'
Attendance: 3,485
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
France 4–1 Italy
  • Da Silva 24'
  • Tchaouna 37', 69'
  • Arconte 79'
 Report
  • Volpato 16'
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Israel 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Austria 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Serbia 2–2 Israel
  • Lazetić 8'
  • Leković 90+3'
 Report
  • Gloukh 16'
  • Ibrahim 74'
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 945
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
England 2–0 Austria
  • Chukwuemeka 43'
  • Devine 65'
 Report
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,537
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
Israel 4–2 Austria
  • Abed 5'
  • Lugasi 29'
  • Madmon 52' (pen.)
  • Gloukh 54'
 Report
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
England 4–0 Serbia
  • Scarlett 5', 40'
  • Chukwuemeka 68'
  • Jebbison 90+1'
 Report
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Israel 0–1 England
Report
  • Delap 6'
Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Attendance: 933
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Austria 3–2 Serbia
  • Querfeld 25', 55'
  • Wallner 66'
 Report
  • Lazetić 44'
  • Ratkov 88'
Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,129
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 June – DAC Aréna
 
 
 France1
 
1 July – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
 Israel2
 
 Israel1
 
28 June – NTC Senec
 
 England (a.e.t.)3
 
 England2
 
 
 Italy1
 


 
World Cup play-off
 
  
 
28 June – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
 
 Slovakia1
 
 
 Austria0
 

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Slovakia 1–0 Austria
Kopásek 64' Report
Attendance: 4,087
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

Semi-finals
England 2–1 Italy
  • Scott 58'
  • Quansah 82'
 Report Miretti 12' (pen.)
NTC Senec, Senec
Attendance: 897
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
France 1–2 Israel
Virginius 62' Report
  • Touré 29' (o.g.)
  • Kancepolsky 57'
DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 1,226
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Final
Israel 1–3 (a.e.t.) England
  • Gloukh 40'
 Report
  • Doyle 52'
  • Chukwuemeka 108'
  • Ramsey 116'
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.

4 goals

  • France Loum Tchaouna

3 goals

  • England Carney Chukwuemeka
  • France Alan Virginius
  • Israel Oscar Gloukh

2 goals

  • Austria Leopold Querfeld
  • England Dane Scarlett
  • France Ange-Yoan Bonny
  • Italy Cristian Volpato
  • Serbia Marko Lazetić

1 goal

  • Austria Yusuf Demir
  • Austria Adis Jasic
  • Austria Lukas Wallner
  • England Liam Delap
  • England Alfie Devine
  • England Callum Doyle
  • England Daniel Jebbison
  • England Jarell Quansah
  • England Aaron Ramsey
  • England Alex Scott
  • France Martin Adeline
  • France Taïryk Arconte
  • France Florent Da Silva
  • Israel Tai Abed
  • Israel Ahmed Ibrahim
  • Israel El Yam Kancepolsky
  • Israel Ariel Lugasi
  • Israel Ilay Madmon
  • Italy Giuseppe Ambrosino
  • Italy Tommaso Baldanzi
  • Italy Fabio Miretti
  • Romania Luca Andronache
  • Romania Andrei Coubiș
  • Serbia Stefan Leković
  • Serbia Petar Ratkov
  • Slovakia Adam Griger
  • Slovakia Samuel Kopásek

1 own goal

  • France Souleymane Isaak Touré

Source: UEFA

Team of the tournament

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.[10]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
England Matthew Cox
  • France Brayann Pereira
  • Israel Stav Lemkin
  • England Jarell Quansah
  • England Harvey Vale
  • Israel Ilay Madmon
  • England Carney Chukwuemeka
  • Israel Oscar Gloukh
  • France Loum Tchaouna
  • Italy Giuseppe Ambrosino
  • France Alan Virginius

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[11]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Italy21 June 20227 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019)
 France21 June 20227 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019)
 England22 June 202211 (1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017)
 Israel25 June 20220 (debut)
 Slovakia28 June 20221 (2003)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Sponsors

References
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