2023 Under-21 EURO final tournament draw made
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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Holders Germany are in a group with England, Czechia and Israel as the draw was made for the finals in Georgia and Romania.
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The 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament draw has been made by tournament ambassadors Ianis Hagi and Aleksandr Iashvili.
The 16 teams: co-hosts Georgia and Romania, the nine qualifying group winners, the best runners-up and the four play-off winners, have been split into four groups for the finals, which run from 21 June to 8 July.
U21 EURO final tournament draw
Group A: Georgia (hosts), Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands
Group B: Romania (hosts), Spain, Ukraine, Croatia
Group C: Czechia, England, Germany (holders), Israel
Group D: Norway, Switzerland, France, Italy
U21 EURO stadiums
Georgia
Batumi, Batumi Arena: 3 Group C games, Semi-final, Final
Kutaisi, Ramaz Shengelia Stadium: 3 Group C games, Quarter-final
Tbilisi, Mikheil Meskhi Stadium: 3 Group A games, Quarter-final
Tbilisi, Boris Paichadze Stadium: 3 Group A games (involving Georgia)
Romania
Bucharest, Giulești Stadium: 3 Group B games, Quarter-final
Bucharest, Steaua Stadium: 3 Group B games (involving Romania), Semi-final
Cluj-Napoca, CFR Cluj Stadium 3 Group D games
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Arena: 3 Group D games, Quarter-final
U21 EURO match schedule
Group A/Group B: 21, 24, 27 June
Group C/Group D: 22, 25, 28 June
Quarter-finals: 1 & 2 July
Semi-finals: 5 July
Final: 8 July
U21 EURO knockout bracket
Quarter-final 1: Winners Group A vs Runners-up Group C
Quarter-final 2: Winners Group C vs Runners-up Group A
Quarter-final 3: Winners Group B vs Runners-up Group D
Quarter-final 4: Winners Group D vs Runners-up Group B
Semi-final 1: Winners Quarter-final 1 vs Winners Quarter-final 2
Semi-final 2: Winners Quarter-final 3 vs Winners Quarter-final 4
Final: Winners Semi-final 1 vs Winners Semi-final 2
2024 Olympic men's football tournament
Europe has three slots in the 2024 Olympic men's football tournament, not counting hosts France, who automatically qualify. The top three finishers in the U21 finals (other than France, and England, who cannot qualify for the Olympics) will take part in the tournament. If needed, a play-off will take place in Bucharest.
U21 EURO final tournament draw procedure
For match scheduling purposes, the host associations (Georgia and Romania) were given the positions A1 and B1 respectively.
The 16 teams were divided into four pots according to their position in the UEFA Under-21 National Team Coefficient Rankings (article 16.02 of the competition regulations).
Pot 1
Spain (coefficient 41.837)
Portugal (40.130)
Germany (holders, 39.668)
France (37.887)
Pot 2
Netherlands (36.626)
England (35.798)
Italy (35.244)
Romania (co-hosts, position B1, 32.414)
Pot 3
Croatia (31.945)
Switzerland (31.744)
Belgium (31.550)
Czechia (30.455)
Pot 4
Ukraine (29.362)
Norway (27.872)
Israel (25.732)
Georgia (co-hosts, position A1, 24.442)
The draw created four groups of four teams, each group being composed of one team from each pot.
The draw started with Pot 4 from where a team was drawn and assigned to the first available group (in alphabetical order).
To determine the position of the drawn team within the group, a ball was drawn from the relevant bowl, e.g. 'Group C' to determine the position within the group (C1, C2, C3 or C4).
The next ball was drawn to be assigned to the next available group; again, a ball was drawn from the relevant bowl containing the group positions; the same procedure was repeated until every team from Pot 4 had been assigned to a group and been given a position in the group in question.
Once Pot 4 had been emptied, the draw continued with Pot 3 then Pot 2 and concluded with Pot 1.
Georgia were assigned to position A1 and Romania were assigned to position B1. When drawing these teams from their respective pot, Groups A and B were therefore not available for the other teams in the respective pots.