2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2002 Championnat d'Europe de football espoirs 2002 Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 2002 Campiunadis Europeans da ballape U21 2002
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	16–28 May
Teams	8 (finals) 47 (qualifying)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	35 (2.33 per match)
Attendance	174,195 (11,613 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Massimo Maccarone (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Petr Čech
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UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.

Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.

The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

Switzerland
Zürich	Basel
Hardturm	St. Jakob-Park
Capacity: 17,666	Capacity: 37,500
Zürich Basel Geneva Lausanne
Geneva	Lausanne
Charmilles Stadium	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Capacity: 9,250	Capacity: 15,700

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Portugal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
England	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Greece	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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	Semi-finals				Final
	25 May – Basel
	France	2
					28 May – Basel
	Switzerland	0
					France	0 (1)
	25 May – Zürich
					Czech Republic (p)	0 (3)
	Czech Republic (a.e.t.)	3
	Italy	2

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GK 1 Mickaël Landreau DF 2 Anthony Réveillère  33' DF 4 Jean-Alain Boumsong DF 6 Jérémie Bréchet DF 3 Julien Escudé MF 10 Steed Malbranque  64' MF 18 Benoît Pedretti MF 5 Mathieu Berson  77'  87' MF 7 Olivier Sorlin FW 11 Péguy Luyindula FW 9 Sidney Govou  76' Substitutions: MF 19 Camel Meriem  64' FW 13 Pierre-Alain Frau  76' MF 8 Julien Sablé  87' Coach: Raymond Domenech

GK 16 Petr Čech DF 17 Tomáš Hübschman DF 2 Martin Jiránek  33' DF 14 David Rozehnal DF 5 Zdeněk Grygera MF 13 Karel Piták  89' MF 8 Lukáš Zelenka  81' MF 4 Petr Voříšek MF 19 Rudolf Skácel FW 9 Milan Baroš  38' FW 10 Štěpán Vachoušek Substitutions: MF 20 Radoslav Kováč  33' MF 11 Michal Pospíšil  38' MF 15 Jan Polák  81' Coach: Miroslav Beránek

Assistant referees: Markku Tiensuu (Finland) Martin Balko (Slovakia) Fourth official: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

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