2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | England |
| Dates | 4–20 May |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Netherlands (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 73 (2.35 per match) |
| Attendance | 57,502 (1,855 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Yorbe Vertessen Edoardo Vergani(4 goals each) |
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The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as 2018 UEFA Under-17 Euro) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (36th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. England, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, hosted the tournament.[1]
A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
The Netherlands won their third title by beating Italy 4–1 on penalties in the final after a 2–2 draw.[2] England were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Qualified teams
Venues
The tournament took place at six venues across the Midlands and South Yorkshire. England's opening match took place at the Proact Stadium in Chesterfield with the final taking place at the New York Stadium in Rotherham.
| Rotherham | Chesterfield | Walsall | |
| New York Stadium | Proact Stadium | Bescot Stadium | |
| Capacity: 12,023 | Capacity: 10,504 | Capacity: 11,300 | |
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| Burton | Loughborough | ||
| Pirelli Stadium | St George's Park | Loughborough University Stadium | |
| Capacity: 6,912 | Capacity: 499 | Capacity: 3,300 | |
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Match officials
A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[7]
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Squads
Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 40).[4]
Group stage
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[4]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 May – Rotherham | ||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 May – Rotherham | ||||||||||
 Sweden | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 May – Walsall | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 May – Rotherham | ||||||||||
 Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| Italy | 2 (1) | |||||||||
| 13 May – Burton | ||||||||||
| Netherlands (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
 Norway | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 May – Chesterfield | ||||||||||
 England | 2 | |||||||||
| England | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| 14 May – Chesterfield | ||||||||||
| Netherlands (p) | 0 (6) | |||||||||
| Netherlands (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
 Republic of Ireland | 1 (4) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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Report |
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| Penalties | ||
| 5–4 | ||
Semi-finals
| England | 0–0 | Netherlands |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 5–6 | ||
Final
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Jérémy Doku- Gabriel Lemoine
- Sekou Sidibe
Nemanja Nikolić
Nikolas Dyhr- Andreas Kirkeby
Xavier Amaechi- Arvin Appiah
- Matty Daly
- Bobby Duncan
Can Bozdogan
Dan Lugassy
Jean Freddi Greco- Samuele Ricci
Crysencio Summerville- Jurriën Timber
- Liam van Gelderen
Oscar Aga- Leo Cornic
Félix Correia- Gonçalo Ramos
- Eduardo Ribeiro
- Bernardo Silva
Adam Idah
Miguel Gutiérrez- Nils Mortimer
- Nabil Touaizi
Benjamin Nygren- Rasmus Wikström
Tician Tushi
- 1 own goal
- Stefan Rankić (playing against Belgium)
- Eric García (playing against Germany)
- Arnau Tenas (playing against Netherlands)
Source: UEFA.com[9]