U17 EURO 2024: All the results.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
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Italy won the title in Cyprus.
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Italy won the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final in Cyprus.
Knockout phase
Italy beat Portugal 3-0 in the Limassol final on Wednesday with one goal from Federico Coletta and two by Francesco Camarda.
In Sunday's semi-finals, Mihajlo Cvetković and an own goal put Serbia 2-0 up against Portugal at the break, but Gabriel Silva's deflected flick pulled one back and Rodrigo Mora equalised in the 89th minute with his tournament-leading fifth goal in Cyprus. João Trovisco then capped a sensational comeback in added time, before Federico Coletta's 30th-minute goal took Italy through against Denmark.
On Thursday, Portugal led early against Poland through Eduardo Felicissimo's curling shot, only for Michael Izunwanne to level on 34 minutes. However, just before the hour, Rodrigo Mora chested in and Portugal were through to their sixth U17 EURO semi-final.
Ethan Nwaneri gave England the lead against Italy, who equalised with a superb solo goal by Mattia Liberali. England dominated the second half, but the game went to penalties – and the shoot-out went the way of Italy.
The previous day, Denmark made it through to their first U17 EURO semi-final since 2011 but looked to be going out to Czechia when Ondřej Penxa curled in a superb shot on 71 minutes. However, eight minutes from time, Chido Obi levelled with a bouncing shot. Tobias Breum-Harild denied Lukáš Moudrý from Czechia's third shoot-out kick, and Oliver Højer converted Denmark's fifth out of five to win the tie.
Serbia reached the last four for the second time in three years as they came from behind to defeat Austria 3-2. Oghenetejiri Adejenughure scored inside the first 30 seconds, but Djordje Ranković swiftly equalised and got another just ahead of half-time, before setting up Mihajlo Cvetković for the third in the 55th minute. Adejenughure pulled one back with ten minutes to go, and Serbia's Uroš Djordjević was sent off in added time.
Knockout phase
Final
Wednesday 5 June
Italy 3-0 Portugal (Limassol Stadium, Limassol)
Semi-finals
Sunday 2 June
Serbia 2-3 Portugal (AEK Arena, Larnaca)
Denmark 0-1 Italy (Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca)
Quarter-finals
Thursday 30 May
Portugal 2-1 Poland (Antonis Papadopoulous Stadium, Larnaca)
Italy 1-1 England (5-4 pens) (AEK Arena, Larnaca)
Wednesday 29 May
Czechia 1-1 Denmark (3-5 pens) (Ammochostos Epistrofi Stadium, Larnaca)
Austria 2-3 Serbia (AEK Arena, Larnaca)
Group stage
In Group A, Czechia equalised three times against Serbia and then struck in added time to win 4-3 and top the table, with both having previously sealed progress by beating hosts Cyprus and Ukraine. Elsewhere in the section, Ukraine took third place with a 2-0 win against hosts Cyprus.
Austria and Denmark advanced when Group B reached its climax. Martin Scherb's Austria, who had drawn with Slovakia and beaten Wales, topped the section thanks to a 4-0 success against Denmark, with Philipp Moizi and Adejenughure both scoring twice. Despite the result, Denmark went through as runners-up after closest rivals Croatia could only draw 1-1 with already-eliminated Wales.
Poland and Slovakia began Matchday 3 a point behind Sweden in Group C, with Italy (who had defeated both Poland and Slovakia) already confirmed in first place. Poland raced to a 4-0 win against Slovakia but seemed set to miss out when Sweden took a second-half lead in the other game. However, Italy turned the tide late on to prevail 2-1 and eliminate their opponents.
All four teams in Group D were still in contention on Matchday 3. Portugal began three points clear, and were able to top the group despite losing 2-1 to France. That was because England secured a 3-1 victory against Spain, who ended without a point and failed to make it past the group stage for the first time since the reformatting to 16 teams in 2015.
That meant the top three were level on six points. As Portugal had beaten England 4-1, they boasted the best head-to-head goal difference. And England were second, courtesy of their 4-0 victory against France.
Matchday 1
Monday 20 May
Group A:
Serbia 1-0 Ukraine (Tasos Markou Paralimni Municipal, Paralimni)
Cyprus 0-5 Czechia (AEK Arena, Larnaca)
Group B:
Denmark 2-0 Wales (Dasaki Achnas Stadium, Dasaki)
Croatia 0-0 Austria (Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca)
Tuesday 21 May
Group C:
Slovakia 0-0 Sweden (Tasos Markou Paralimni Municipal, Paralimni)
Italy 2-0 Poland (AEK Arena, Larnaca)
Group D:
Spain 1-2 Portugal (Dasaki Achnas Stadium, Dasaki)
France 0-4 England (Ammochostos Epistrofi Stadium, Larnaca)
Matchday 2
Thursday 23 May
Group A:
Ukraine 1-3 Czechia (Tasos Markou Paralimni Municipal, Paralimni)
Cyprus 1-3 Serbia (Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca)
Group B:
Denmark 2-2 Croatia (Dasaki Achnas Stadium, Dasaki)
Austria 3-0 Wales (Ammochostos Epistrofi Stadium, Larnaca)
Friday 24 May
Group C:
Italy 2-0 Slovakia (Dasaki Achnas Stadium, Dasaki)
Sweden 2-2 Poland (AEK Arena, Larnaca)
Group D:
Portugal 4-1 England (Ammochostos Epistrofi Stadium, Larnaca)
France 1-0 Spain (Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca)
Matchday 3
Sunday 26 May
Group A:
Ukraine 2-0 Cyprus (AEK Arena, Larnaca)
Czechia 4-3 Serbia (Ammochostos Epistrofi Stadium, Larnaca)
Group B:
Austria 4-0 Denmark (Tasos Markou Paralimni Municipal, Paralimni)
Wales 1-1 Croatia (Dasaki Achnas Stadium, Dasaki)
Monday 27 May
Group C:
Sweden 1-2 Italy (Tasos Markou Paralimni Municipal, Paralimni)
Poland 4-0 Slovakia (Dasaki Achnas Stadium, Dasaki)
Group D:
Portugal 1-2 France (Ammochostos Epistrofi Stadium, Larnaca)
England 3-1 Spain (Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca)