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.

Italy won the competition for the second consecutive time. Luís Figo won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden player award.

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 Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 2 Group 1 winner 8 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992) Group 2 winner 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992) Group 3 winner 5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990) Group 4 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992) Group 5 winner 0 (debut) Group 6 winner 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988) Best runner-up 1 (1988) Second best runner-up 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1971 were eligible to play in the tournament.

Results

Quarter-finals The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 1994.

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

Third-place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

3 goals João Vieira Pinto

2 goals

Rui Costa Óscar Thomas Christiansen

1 goal

Zdeněk Svoboda Christophe Dugarry Francis Llacer Nicolas Ouédec Pascal Nouma Grigoris Georgatos Christian Panucci Christian Vieri Paolo Negro Pierluigi Orlandini Roman Dąbrowski Paulo Torres Nélson Gama João Oliveira Pinto José Gálvez Julen Guerrero

Own goal José Miguel Prieto (playing against Greece)

Final ranking

RankTeam1421141+372430171+693421165+174421142+275211024−246210113−337200215−408200203−30

References

External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com