2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA U21-EM 2011 (Danish)
Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Dates	June 11 – June 25
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runner-up	Switzerland
Third place	Belarus
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	36 (2.25 per match)
Attendance	101,955 (6,372 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adrián López (5 goals)
Best player	Juan Mata
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The mascot Andy.

The 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship was the 18th UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship tournament. It took place during June 11 to June 25. Spain defeated Switzerland 2–0 in the final.

Qualification

Ten groups of teams wanted to qualify. The following teams qualified:

• Belarus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark (Host)
• England
• Iceland
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Ukraine

Venues

All stadiums were in Jutland, at stadiums in Aarhus, Aalborg, Herning, Viborg. Aarhus Stadion hosted the final.

Aarhus	Aalborg	Herning	Viborg
56°7′55″N 10°11′47″E	57°3′5.4″N 9°53′56.76″E	56°7′1″N 8°57′6″E	56°27′21.23″N 9°24′7.43″E

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the quarter-finals
Team was not able to advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Belarus	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	3
Iceland	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	3
Denmark	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	3

Belarus, Iceland and Denmark played on a three-way tie to find the one team who will qualify. Belarus won, and they qualified.

11 June 2011
Belarus	2 – 0	Iceland
Denmark	0 – 1	Switzerland
14 June 2011
Switzerland	2 – 0	Iceland
Denmark	2 – 1	Belarus
18 June 2011
Iceland	3 – 1	Denmark
Switzerland	3 – 0	Belarus

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
England	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1

12 June 2011
Czech Republic	2 – 1	Ukraine
Spain	1 – 1	England
15 June 2011
Czech Republic	0 – 2	Spain
Ukraine	0 – 0	England
19 June 2011
England	1 – 2	Czech Republic
Ukraine	0 – 3	Spain

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 22
	Switzerland	1
	Czech Republic	0
					June 25
					Switzerland	0
					Spain	2
					Third place
	June 22			June 25
	Spain	3		Czech Republic	0
	Belarus	1			Belarus	1