2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the first tournament of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, after the previous Under-18 competition was changed. The tournament was held in Norway, between 21 July and 28 July 2002. The top three teams from each group qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were available to participate in this competition.

The final tournament took place in seven venues located in seven cities — Bærum, Drammen, Hønefoss, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm, Moss and Oslo. The winners were Spain, who beat Germany to secure their fourth title, and the top scorer was Fernando Torres, with four goals. This edition is also notable for Nelly Viennot becoming the first female official who took part in an UEFA-organised men's football event, after acting as assistant referee at Norway's 1–5 defeat of Slovakia on 21 July 2002.

Qualification

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The qualification format consisted of two rounds. In the preliminary round, which took place between August and November 2001, 50 national teams were drawn into 14 groups (six groups of three teams and eight groups of four teams) contested as round-robin mini-tournaments hosted by one of the group teams. The group winners then progressed to the intermediary round, where they were paired and played two-legged ties between March and May 2002. The winners secured qualification for the final tournament, joining Norway who qualified automatically as hosts.

Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified to the final tournament:

 Country Qualified as  Hosts  Intermediary round play-off winner  Intermediary round play-off winner  Intermediary round play-off winner  Intermediary round play-off winner  Intermediary round play-off winner  Intermediary round play-off winner  Intermediary round play-off winner

Venues

The final tournament was held in seven stadiums located in seven Norwegian cities.

 Stadium City Tenant club(s) Capacity Gjemselund Stadion Kongsvinger Kongsvinger2,750 Melløs Stadion Moss Moss10,000 Hønefoss idrettspark Hønefoss Hønefoss4,000 Åråsen Stadion Lillestrøm Lillestrøm11,637 Nadderud Stadion Bærum Stabæk7,000 Marienlyst Stadion Drammen Strømsgodset7,500 Ullevaal Stadion Oslo Lyn and Vålerenga25,572

Match officials
UEFA named six referees for the final tournament:

 Country Referee Croatia Estonia Greece Macedonia Portugal Slovenia

Squads

Results

Group stage

Group A
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Group B
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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers
4 goals
 Fernando Torres

3 goals

 Dean Ashton

 Jon Daly

 Filip Šebo

2 goals

 Mike Hanke
 Moritz Volz

 Roman Jurko

 José Antonio Reyes

1 goal

 Jonathan Blondel
 Styn Janssens
 Kevin Vandenbergh
 Radek Dosoudil
 Pavel Fořt
 Tomáš Rada
 Václav Svěrkoš
 Darren Carter
 Carlton Cole
 Jerome Thomas

 Philipp Lahm
 David Odonkor
 Sascha Riether
 Piotr Trochowski
 Stephen Brennan
 Stephen Kelly
 Stephen Paisley
 Christian Grindheim
 Tomáš Bruško

 Marek Čech
 Juraj Halenár
 Roman Konečný
 Marián Kurty
 Tomáš Labun
 Tomás Sloboda
 Igor Žofčák
 Andrés Iniesta
 Sergio García

Qualification to World Youth Championship
The six best performing teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship:

References

Other websites
Official website at UEFA.com
Match list at rsssf.com

Category:2002 in European football
Category:Sport in Norway
Category:July 2002 events
Category:UEFA European Under-19 Championship