The 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the first edition of the

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, after the previous Under-18 competition was reclassified. The tournament was held in

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, between 21 July and 28 July 2002. The top three teams from each group qualified for the

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. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in this competition. The final tournament took place in seven venues located in seven cities —

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, Moss and

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. The winners were

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, who beat

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to secure their fourth title, and the top scorer was

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, with four goals. This edition is also notable for Nelly Viennot becoming the first female official who participated 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

2002 UEFA U-19 European Championship map

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:

Venues

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

Match officials

UEFA named six referees for the final tournament:

Squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

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* Filip Šebo ;2 goals *

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* Moritz Volz *

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* Carlton Cole * Jerome Thomas *

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* Stephen Brennan * Stephen Kelly * Stephen Paisley * Christian Grindheim * Tomáš Bruško * Marek Čech * Juraj Halenár * Roman Konečný * Marián Kurty * Tomáš Labun * Tomás Sloboda * Igor Žofčák *

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Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the

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References

External links

Official website
at UEFA.com
Match list
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