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2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Campionatul European de Fotbal sub 19 ani 2021
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Host country	Romania
Dates	Cancelled (originally 30 June – 13 July)
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2021) was scheduled to be 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. Romania were scheduled to host the tournament between 30 June and 13 July 2021.^[1] A total of eight teams were to play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate.^[2]

On 23 February 2021, UEFA announced the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[3]

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:^[4]

11 January 2019: bidding procedure launched
28 February 2019: deadline to express interest
27 March 2019: Announcement by UEFA that declaration of interest were received from 17 member associations to host one of the UEFA national team youth final tournaments (UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, UEFA European Under-17 Championship, UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship) in 2021 and 2022 (although it was not specified which association were interested in which tournament)
28 June 2019: Submission of bid dossiers
24 September 2019: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Ljubljana

For the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament of 2021, Romania was selected as host.^[1]

Qualification

A total of 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Romania qualifying automatically, the original format would have seen the other 53 teams competing in the qualifying competition, which would have consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which would have taken place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which would have also taken place in spring 2021, to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.^[5] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was initially delayed to March 2021, and the elite round was abolished and replaced by play-offs, contested in May 2021 by the 13 qualifying round group winners and the top seed by coefficient ranking, Portugal (which originally would receive a bye to the elite round), to determine the teams qualifying for the final tournament.^[6]^[7]

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
Romania	Hosts	2nd	2011 (group stage)	Group stage (2011)
N/A	Play-off winners
N/A	Play-off winners
N/A	Play-off winners
N/A	Play-off winners
N/A	Play-off winners
N/A	Play-off winners
N/A	Play-off winners

Venues

All 4 tournament venues were to be located near the capital Bucharest.^[8]

Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ploiești	Stadionul Ilie Oană	15,073
Bucharest	Rapid Arena	14,047
Bucharest	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf	8,155
Voluntari	Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu	4,518

References

^ ^a ^b "Romania, Slovakia to stage U19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019.
^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2020/21". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 July 2020.
^ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 February 2021.
^ "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2019.
^ "2020/21 U19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 October 2019.
^ "UEFA postpones youth national team competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 August 2020.
^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ UEFA a stabilit data la care România va găzdui Europenele Under 19. Pe ce stadioane se va juca

External links

Official website

[hosts-1] "Romania, Slovakia to stage U19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019.

[regulations-2] "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2020/21". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 July 2020.

[3] "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 February 2021.

[4] "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 March 2019.

[5] "2020/21 U19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 October 2019.

[UEFA20200813-6] "UEFA postpones youth national team competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 August 2020.

[updated_calendar-7] "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[8] UEFA a stabilit data la care România va găzdui Europenele Under 19. Pe ce stadioane se va juca

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-The '''2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship''' (also known as '''UEFA Under-19 Euro 2021''') will be the 20th edition of the [[UEFA European Under-19 Championship]] (70th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth [[association football|football]] championship organised by [[UEFA]] for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. [[Romania]] will host the tournament.<ref name="hosts">{{cite web|title=Romania, Slovakia to stage U19 EURO in 2021 and 2022|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0257-0debe6d21fe9-767a117bd75d-1000--romania-slovakia-to-stage-u19-euro-in-2021-and-2022/?iv=true|last=|first=|date=24 September 2019|website=|publisher=UEFA.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate.
+The '''2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship''' (also known as '''UEFA Under-19 Euro 2021''') was scheduled to be 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 [[association football|football]] championship organised by [[UEFA]] for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. [[Romania]] were scheduled to host the tournament between 30 June and 13 July 2021.<ref name="hosts">{{cite web|title=Romania, Slovakia to stage U19 EURO in 2021 and 2022|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0257-0debe6d21fe9-767a117bd75d-1000--romania-slovakia-to-stage-u19-euro-in-2021-and-2022/?iv=true|date=24 September 2019|website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}</ref> A total of eight teams were to play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate.<ref name="regulations">{{cite web|url=https://documents.uefa.com/reader/IzUKXUJ6DXFxEx_JogUwpQ/root|title=Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2020/21|website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=13 July 2020}}</ref>
+On 23 February 2021, UEFA announced the tournament was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0266-11a56ec11741-2377dafed677-1000--2020-21-under-19-euro-cancelled/|title=2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled|website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=23 February 2021}}</ref>
 ==Host selection==
-The timeline of host selection was as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/newsid=2598094.html|title=17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022|publisher=UEFA.com|date=27 March 2019}}</ref>
+The timeline of host selection was as follows:<ref>{{cite web|date=27 March 2019|title=17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022|url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/news/024f-0f8e69ccd1e7-7100d7bd1148-1000--17-member-associations-interested-in-hosting-uefa-youth-nationa/?referrer=%2finsideuefa%2fnews%2fnewsid%3d2598094|website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}</ref>
 *11 January 2019: bidding procedure launched
 *28 February 2019: deadline to express interest
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 *24 September 2019: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in [[Ljubljana]]
-For the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Romania and Slovakia were selected as hosts respectively.<ref name="hosts"/>
+For the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament of 2021, Romania was selected as host.<ref name="hosts"/>
 ==Qualification==
 {{main|2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification}}
-A total of 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Romania qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0257-0debe6d21fe9-3db82fce00e9-1000--2020-21-u19-qualifying-round-draw-made/|title=2020/21 U19 qualifying round draw|publisher=UEFA.com|date=14 October 2019}}</ref> The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: '''Qualifying round''', which takes place in autumn 2020, and '''Elite round''', which takes place in spring 2021.
+A total of 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Romania qualifying automatically, the original format would have seen the other 53 teams competing in the qualifying competition, which would have consisted of two rounds: '''Qualifying round''', which would have taken place in autumn 2020, and '''Elite round''', which would have also taken place in spring 2021, to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0257-0debe6d21fe9-3db82fce00e9-1000--2020-21-u19-qualifying-round-draw-made/|title=2020/21 U19 qualifying round draw|website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=14 October 2019}}</ref> However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe]], UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was initially delayed to March 2021, and the elite round was abolished and replaced by play-offs, contested in May 2021 by the 13 qualifying round group winners and the top seed by coefficient ranking, [[Portugal national under-19 football team|Portugal]] (which originally would receive a bye to the elite round), to determine the teams qualifying for the final tournament.<ref name="UEFA20200813">{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/news/0260-101ee4c9e45e-a48d51d6fdeb-1000--uefa-postpones-youth-competitions/|title=UEFA postpones youth national team competitions|website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=13 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="updated calendar">{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/newsid=2641731.html |title=Updated UEFA competitions calendar |website=UEFA.com|publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 June 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref>
 ===Qualified teams===
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 | {{fbu|19|ROU}} || {{sort|*|Hosts}} || 2nd || [[2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2011]] (group stage) || {{sort|05|Group stage}} ([[2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2011]])
 |-
-| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->TBD || {{sort|1|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Group 1 2|Elite round Group 1]] winners}} || || ||
+| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->N/A || {{sort|1|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Play-offs|Play-off]] winners}} || || ||
 |-
-| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->TBD || {{sort|2|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Group 2 2|Elite round Group 2]] winners}} || || ||
+| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->N/A || {{sort|2|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Play-offs|Play-off]] winners}} || || ||
 |-
-| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->TBD || {{sort|3|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Group 3 2|Elite round Group 3]] winners}} || || ||
+| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->N/A || {{sort|3|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Play-offs|Play-off]] winners}} || || ||
 |-
-| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->TBD || {{sort|4|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Group 4 2|Elite round Group 4]] winners}} || || ||
+| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->N/A || {{sort|4|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Play-offs|Play-off]] winners}} || || ||
 |-
-| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->TBD || {{sort|5|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Group 5 2|Elite round Group 5]] winners}} || || ||
+| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->N/A || {{sort|5|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Play-offs|Play-off]] winners}} || || ||
 |-
-| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->TBD || {{sort|6|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Group 6 2|Elite round Group 6]] winners}} || || ||
+| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->N/A || {{sort|6|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Play-offs|Play-off]] winners}} || || ||
 |-
-| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->TBD || {{sort|7|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Group 7 2|Elite round Group 7]] winners}} || || ||
+| <!--{{fbu|19|}}-->N/A || {{sort|7|[[2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Play-offs|Play-off]] winners}} || || ||
 |}
 ==Venues==
+All 4 tournament venues were to be located near the capital [[Bucharest]].<ref>[https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/echipa-nationala/uefa-a-stabilit-data-la-care-romania-va-gazdui-europenele-under-19-pe-ce-stadioane-se-va-juca-879133 UEFA a stabilit data la care România va găzdui Europenele Under 19. Pe ce stadioane se va juca]</ref>
-Here are the 4 stadiums in Bucharest, Ploiești and Voluntari that were nominated by FRF in the winning application file! UEFA will confirm the arena following a working visit that representatives of the continental forum will make until the end of this year.
+{|class="wikitable"
-Ilie Oană Stadium - Ploiești (15,073 seats)
+|-
-“Giulești” Stadium - Bucharest (14,047 seats)
+!Location
-“Arc de Triomphe” stadium - Bucharest (8,155 places)
+!Stadium
-“Anghel Iordănescu” Stadium - Volunteers (4,518 seats).
+!Capacity
+|-
+|[[Ploiești]]
+|[[Ilie Oană Stadium|Stadionul Ilie Oană]]
+|align=center|15,073
+|-
+|[[Bucharest]]
+|[[Rapid Arena]]
+|align=center|14,047
+|-
+|[[Bucharest]]
+|[[Stadionul Arcul de Triumf]]
+|align=center|8,155
+|-
+|[[Voluntari]]
+|[[Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu]]
+|align=center|4,518
+|}
 ==References==
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 [[Category:2020–21 in UEFA football|Under-19 Championship]]
 [[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Romania|2021 Uefa European Under-19 Championship]]
-<!--[[Category:2020–21 in Romanian football]]-->
+[[Category:2020–21 in Romanian football]]
 [[Category:2021 in youth association football]]
-[[Category:Scheduled association football competitions]]
+[[Category:Association football events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic]]
+[[Category:June 2021 sports events in Europe]]
+[[Category:July 2021 sports events in Europe]]

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