2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.
Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.
Qualification
The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups. The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.Matches
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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1 goal
- Koen Daerden
- Tom Soetaers
- Zdeněk Grygera
- Martin Jiránek
- David Rozehnal
- Gareth Barry
- Peter Crouch
- Jermain Defoe
- Alan Smith
- Sylvain Armand
- Sidney Govou
- Péguy Luyindula
- Steed Malbranque
- Xenofon Gittas
- Giorgos Kyriazis
- Christos Patsatzoglou
- Emiliano Bonazzoli
- Andrea Pirlo
- Ariza Makukula
- Hélder Postiga
- Filipe Teixeira
- Hugo Viana
- Ricardo Cabanas