2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2013 UEFA U-21 Championship was the 19th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship

The final tournament was hosted by Israel during June 5-18,2013

Qualification

• The draw for the group stage of qualifying for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship took place on 3 February in Nyon, Switzerland

• 52 national teams took part in the qualifying

• The group stage of qualifying began on 25 March 2011

• There were a total of ten groups, consisting of five or six teams each. All the teams in each group faced each other two times, at home and away. 

• The team at the top of each group and the four best second-placed teams qualified to the Play-Off

• In the playoff round, the 14 teams were drawn to play seven two-legged matches. The winners joined Israel in the tournament finals

Teams qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
England
Germany
Israel(Host)
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Russia
Spain

Venues
The Competition was played at four venues, Bloomfield (Tel Aviv), Teddy (Jerusalem), HaMoshava (Petah Tikva) and Netanya Municipal Stadium.
  

Teams That Qualified for the SF's

• Spain
• Norway
• Italy
• Netherlands

SF 1 - Spain Vs Norway
Spain Defeats Norway 3-0

SF 2 -Italy Vs Netherlands
Italy Defeats Netherlands 1-0

Finals - Spain Vs Italy at Jerusalem,Israel on Tuesday June 18,2013


Spain Defeats Italy 4-2

Squads

Spain
De Gea, Montoya, Bartra, Martinez, Moreno, Koke (Camacho 86), Illarramendi, Thiago, Tello (Muniain 70), Morata (Rodrigo 80),Isco

Italy

Bardi, Donati, Bianchetti, Caldirola, Regini, Florenzi (Saponara 58), Rossi, Verratti (Crimi 76), Insigne, Borini, Immobile (Gabbiadini 58)

Goal Scorers
For Spain -Thiago Alcantra(6,31&38) and Isco 66th minute penalty

For Italy - Ciro Immobile10 and Fabio Borini 80th minute

A hat-trick by inspirational captain Thiago Alcantara saw Spain easily retain their European Under-21 title in Jerusalem on Tuesday with a 4-2 win over Italy.

Group Stage Teams Position

Group A

Country	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	Diff	Points
Italy	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Norway	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Israel	3	1	1	1	3	6	-3	4
England	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0

 
 Group B

Country	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	Diff	Points
Spain	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
Germany	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
Russia	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0