The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the ninth UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted in France between 15 and 20 April 1994.
The qualification stage spanned two years from 1992 to 1994. The qualification process consisted of 32 entrants. After the two-legged quarter-final stage, France was chosen as the first hosts of the final stage, which consisted of four matches in total. The finals included for the first time a third-place play-off.
^"1994: Orlandini blooms as Italy seal double". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
^"1994: Luís Figo". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
External linksedit
Results Archive at uefa.com
RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com
January 01, 1970
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The 1994 UEFA European Under 21 Championship was the ninth UEFA European Under 21 Championship The final tournament was hosted in France between 15 and 20 April 1994 1994 UEFA European Under 21 ChampionshipTournament detailsHost country FranceDates9 March 20 AprilTeams8 from 1 confederation Venue s 2 in 2 host cities Final positionsChampions Italy 2nd title Runners up PortugalThird place SpainFourth place FranceTournament statisticsMatches played12Goals scored25 2 08 per match Attendance94 670 7 889 per match Top scorer s Joao Pinto 3 goals Best player s Luis Figo 19921996 The qualification stage spanned two years from 1992 to 1994 The qualification process consisted of 32 entrants After the two legged quarter final stage France was chosen as the first hosts of the final stage which consisted of four matches in total The finals included for the first time a third place play off Italy won the competition for the second consecutive time 1 Luis Figo won the UEFA European Under 21 Championship Golden player award 2 Contents 1 Qualification 1 1 List of qualified teams 2 Squads 3 Results 3 1 Quarter finals 3 1 1 First leg 3 1 2 Second leg 3 2 Semi finals 3 3 Third place play off 3 4 Final 4 Goalscorers 5 Final ranking 6 References 7 External linksQualification editMain article 1994 UEFA European Under 21 Championship qualification The draw for the 1994 UEFA European Under 21 Championship qualifying round saw Czechoslovakia France Italy Poland Russia and Spain win their respective groups Greece and Portugal qualified for the tournament as the two best runners up France Italy Portugal and Spain qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States This was the last performance of Czechoslovakia as the nation actually have split List of qualified teams edit Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 2 nbsp Italy Group 1 winner 8 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 nbsp Poland Group 2 winner 4 1982 1984 1986 1992 nbsp Spain Group 3 winner 5 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 nbsp Czechoslovakia Group 4 winner 5 1978 1980 1988 1990 1992 nbsp Russia Group 5 winner 0 debut nbsp France Group 6 winner 4 1982 1984 1986 1988 nbsp Greece Best runner up 1 1988 nbsp Portugal Second best runner up 0 debut 1 Bold indicates champion for that yearSquads editSee also 1994 UEFA European Under 21 Championship squads Only players born on or after 1 January 1971 were eligible to play in the tournament Results editQuarter finals edit The first legs were played on 9 March and the second legs were played on 23 March 1994 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg France nbsp 3 0 nbsp Russia 2 0 1 0 Italy nbsp 3 1 nbsp Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 1 Poland nbsp 1 5 nbsp Portugal 1 3 0 2 Spain nbsp 4 2 nbsp Greece 0 0 4 2 First leg edit 8 March 1994France nbsp 2 0 nbsp RussiaLlacer nbsp 23 Ouedec nbsp 82 ReportLa Mosson MontpellierAttendance 11 670Referee Jorge Coroado Portugal 9 March 1994Italy nbsp 3 0 nbsp CzechoslovakiaVieri nbsp 7 Panucci nbsp 9 Negro nbsp 79 ReportStadio Arechi SalernoAttendance 10 000Referee Laszlo Vagner Hungary 9 March 1994Poland nbsp 1 3 nbsp PortugalDabrowski nbsp 40 Report J Pinto nbsp 70 79 Rui Costa nbsp 85 Stadion Miejski SzczecinAttendance 7 355Referee Remi Harrel France 9 March 1994Spain nbsp 0 0 nbsp GreeceReportEstadio Municipal Juan Rojas AlmeriaAttendance 14 000Referee Keith Burge Wales Second leg edit 23 March 1994Russia nbsp 0 1 nbsp FranceReport Dugarry nbsp 31 Torpedo Stadium MoscowAttendance 1 100Referee Rune Pedersen Norway 23 March 1994Czechoslovakia nbsp 1 0 nbsp ItalySvoboda nbsp 89 ReportStadion Strelecky ostrov Ceske BudejoviceAttendance 3 800Referee Manuel Diaz Vega Spain 23 March 1994Portugal nbsp 2 0 nbsp PolandToni nbsp 50 Torres nbsp 90 ReportEstadio Municipal de Coimbra CoimbraAttendance 15 600Referee Markus Merk Germany 23 March 1994Greece nbsp 2 4 nbsp SpainGeorgatos nbsp 7 Prieto nbsp 85 o g Report Christiansen nbsp 46 51 Guerrero nbsp 68 Galvez nbsp 79 Nikos Goumas Stadium AthensAttendance 4 593Referee Graziano Cesari Italy Semi finals edit 15 April 1994France nbsp 0 0 a e t nbsp ItalyReportPenaltiesCarotti nbsp Ouedec nbsp Makelele nbsp Zidane nbsp 3 5 nbsp Panucci nbsp Vieri nbsp Berretta nbsp Marcolin nbsp CarboneStade des Costieres Nimes FranceAttendance 12 000Referee Keith Burge Wales 15 April 1994Portugal nbsp 2 0 nbsp SpainRui Costa nbsp 48 Joao Pinto nbsp 82 ReportStade de la Mosson Montpellier FranceAttendance 3 000Referee Hans Jurgen Weber Germany Third place play off edit 20 April 1994France nbsp 1 2 nbsp SpainNouma nbsp 45 Report oscar nbsp 53 75 Stade des Costieres Nimes FranceAttendance 5 289Referee Ahmet Cakar Turkey Final edit 20 April 1994Italy nbsp 1 0 a e t nbsp PortugalOrlandini nbsp 97 ReportStade de la Mosson Montpellier FranceAttendance 6 263Referee Serge Muhmenthaler Switzerland Goalscorers edit3 goals nbsp Joao Vieira Pinto 2 goals nbsp Rui Costa nbsp oscar nbsp Thomas Christiansen 1 goal nbsp Zdenek Svoboda nbsp Christophe Dugarry nbsp Francis Llacer nbsp Nicolas Ouedec nbsp Pascal Nouma nbsp Grigoris Georgatos nbsp Christian Panucci nbsp Christian Vieri nbsp Paolo Negro nbsp Pierluigi Orlandini nbsp Roman Dabrowski nbsp Paulo Torres nbsp Nelson Gama nbsp Joao Oliveira Pinto nbsp Jose Galvez nbsp Julen Guerrero Own goal nbsp Jose Miguel Prieto playing against Greece Final ranking editRank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp Italy 4 2 1 1 4 1 3 7 2 nbsp Portugal 4 3 0 1 7 1 6 9 3 nbsp Spain 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 7 4 nbsp France 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 7 5 nbsp Greece 2 1 1 0 2 4 2 4 6 nbsp Czechoslovakia 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 3 7 nbsp Poland 2 0 0 2 1 5 4 0 8 nbsp Russia 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0References edit 1994 Orlandini blooms as Italy seal double UEFA com Union of European Football Associations Retrieved 26 June 2012 1994 Luis Figo UEFA com Union of European Football Associations Retrieved 26 June 2012 External links editResults Archive at uefa com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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