European Under-21 Guide 2023: fixtures, results, calendar, classifications, groups, when and where it is, dates, venues, classified teams and how it works

The 2023 Euro Under-21 Cup is looking for a champion and will do so from June 21, the date on which the final leg of the continental competition will officially start.

Like the previous under-21 championships that took place a year before the Olympic Games, this tournament will serve as the European qualifier for the Olympic football tournament.

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With the exception of France, which automatically qualifies as Olympic hosts, and England, which cannot qualify for the Olympics, the eligible teams will compete for qualification for the men’s football tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they will are represented by their under-23 national teams with a maximum of three surplus players allowed.

The Spain national team, led from the bench by Santi Denia, will go in Romania and Georgia, the two venues where the championship will be played, in search of the sixth title in its history, the country that has won the trophy the most times in this category together with Italy.

DATE, SCHEDULES, MATCHES, RESULTS AND CALENDAR OF THE EUROPEAN SUB-21

The stages of the four pools of the tournament (A, B, C and D) will be played from 21 to 28 June of the same month. All matches are played in one match, without a second leg. The top two finishers in each group will advance to the quarterfinals.

Wednesday, June 21

group A

Georgia 2-0 Portugal (18:00, Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi)

Belgium 0-0 Netherlands (18:00, Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi)

B group

Ukraine 2-0 Croatia (18:00, Giulești Stadium, Bucharest)

Romania 0-3 Spain (20:45, Steaua Stadium, Bucharest)

Thursday June 22
Group C

Czech Republic 0-2 England (18:00, Batumi Arena, Batumi)

Germany 1-1 Israel (18:00, Shengelia Arena, Kutaisi)

Group D

Norway 1-2 Switzerland (18:00 CFR Cluj Stadium, Cluj-Napoca)

France 2-1 Italy (20:45, Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca)

Saturday June 24
group A

Georgia 2-2 Belgium (18:00, Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi)

Portugal 1-1 Netherlands (18:00, Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi)

B group

Romania 0-1 Ukraine (18:00, Steaua Stadium, Bucharest)

Spain 1-0 Croatia (20:45, Giulești Stadium, Bucharest)

Sunday June 25
Group C

Czech Republic 2-1 Germany (18:00, Batumi Arena, Batumi)

England 2-0 Israel (18:00, Shengelia Arena, Kutaisi)

Group D

Switzerland 2-3 Italy (18:00 Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca)

Norway 0-1 France (20:45, CFR Cluj Stadium, Cluj-Napoca)

Tuesday June 27
group A

Netherlands 1-1 Georgia (18:00, Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi)

Portugal 2-1 Belgium (18:00, Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi)

B group

Croatia 0-0 Romania (20:45, Steaua Stadium, Bucharest)

Spain 2-2 Ukraine (20:45, Giulești Stadium, Bucharest)

Wednesday, June 28

Group C

England 2-0 Germany (18:00, Batumi Arena, Batumi)

Israel 1-0 Czech Republic (18:00, Shengelia Arena, Kutaisi)

Group D

Switzerland 1-4 France (20:45, CFR Cluj Stadium, Cluj-Napoca)

Italy 0-1 Norway (20:45, Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca)

HEADQUARTERS OF THE EUROPEAN SUB-21

Next, we look at the venues that will host the final stage of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which will be held in Georgia and Romania from June 21 to July 8 (Romania will host the opening match, while Georgia will host the final).

Georgia
Batumi, Batumi Arena: three Group C matches, semi-final, final
Kutaisi, Shengelia Arena: three Group C matches, quarter-finals
Tbilisi, Meskhi Stadium: three matches in Group A, quarter-finals
Tbilisi, Paichadze Stadium: three Group A matches (with the participation of Georgia)

Romania
Bucharest, Giulești Stadium: three matches in Group B, quarter-finals
Bucharest, Steaua Stadium: three matches in Group B (with the participation of Romania), semi-finals
Cluj-Napoca, CFR Cluj Stadium, three Group D matches
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Arena: three matches in Group D, quarter-finals

EUROPEAN GROUPS UNDER 21

The 16 qualified teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams. The first and second of each group qualify for the quarter-finals.

• Group A: Georgia, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands
• Group B: Romania, Spain, Ukraine and Croatia
• Group C: Czech Republic, England, Germany and Israel.
• Group D: Norway, Switzerland, France and Italy.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNDER-21 GROUPS

GROUP A

B GROUP

GROUP C

GROUP D

WHERE DO YOU SEE THE EUROPEAN SUB-21?

The television rights for the 2023 Euro Under-21 Cup for Spain are held by RTVE, which will broadcast all matches of the national team via Teledeporte and the RTVE Play application. Via ProSieben MAXX (M+ Astra) it will be possible to see the matches in which La Rojita does not play.

SPAIN LIST

These are the 23 footballers that make up Santi Denia’s roster (the discards from the pre-list were Alejandro Francés, Miguel Gutiérrez, Nico González and Juanmi Latasa).

keepers: Julen Agirrezabala (athletic), Leo Román (Mallorca), Arnau Tenas (FC Barcelona)

defenses: Arnau Martínez (Girona), Víctor Gómez (Braga), Hugo Guillamón (Valencia), Manu Sánchez (Osasuna), Juan Miranda (Betis), Jon Pacheco (Real Sociedad), Mario Gila (Lazio) and Aitor Paredes (Athletic Club).

midfielders: Antonio Blanco (Alavés), Gabri Veiga (Celta), Alejandro Baena (Villarreal), Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club), Aimar Oroz (Osasuna), Adrián Bernabé (Parma)

Forward: Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad), Rodri Sánchez (Betis), Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), Sergio Gómez (Manchester City), Sergio Camello (Rayo Vallecano) and Abel Ruiz (Braga).