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 defeated

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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 * Jonas Eriksson * Damien Ledentu * Alan Kelly * Augustus Viorel Constantin *

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* Luc Wilmes * Gerald Lehner * Zsolt Szabo ;Assistant referees * Bill René Hansen * Mark Simons * Dimitrios Papadopoulos * Anatolie Bodean * Oscar David Martinez Samaniego * Bo Abildgaard * Danny Krasikov * Koray Gencerler * Palle Udsen * Heigo Niilop * Gunnar Gylfason * Darren Drysdale ;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

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