The 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the first edition of
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UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain is the most successful team in this ...
after changing the name of the competition.
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hosted the championship, during 27 April – 10 May. 16 teams entered the competition, and
Switzerland
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defeated
France
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in the final to win the competition for the first time.
Squads
Qualifying
Match Officials
A total of 10 referees, 12 assistant referees and 3 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
;Referees
* Robert Krajnc
* Emil Laursen
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Jonas Eriksson
* Damien Ledentu
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Alan Kelly
* Augustus Viorel Constantin
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Roberto Rosetti
Roberto Rosetti (born 18 September 1967) is an Italian former football referee. He is fluent in Italian (native), English and French. He started refereeing in 1983, and took charge of his first match in the Italian Serie A in 1996. He received hi ...
* Luc Wilmes
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Gerald Lehner
*
Zsolt Szabo
;Assistant referees
* Bill René Hansen
* Mark Simons
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Dimitrios Papadopoulos
* Anatolie Bodean
* Oscar David Martinez Samaniego
* Bo Abildgaard
* Danny Krasikov
* Koray Gencerler
* Palle Udsen
* Heigo Niilop
* Gunnar Gylfason
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;Fourth officials
* Johnny Rųn
* René Christensen
* Thomas Vejlgaard
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Third place playoff
Final
References
External links
UEFA.com
{{UEFA European Under-17 Championship
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2002
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