1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

1994 UEFA Under-16 Championship
1994 UEFA Eorpach Faoi-16 Craobh Peile
Tournament details
Host country	Republic of Ireland
Dates	26 April – 8 May
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	14 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	Ukraine
Fourth place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	93 (2.91 per match)
← 1993 1995 →

International football competition

The 1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 12th edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Players born on or after 1 August 1977 were eligible to participate in this competition. Ireland hosted the championship, during April and May 1994. 16 teams entered the competition, and Turkey defeated Denmark in the final to win the competition for the first time.

Venues

St Colman's Park, Cobh Turners Cross, Cork United Park, Drogheda Oriel Park, Dundalk Cooke Park, Tipperary Town Bishopstown Stadium, Cork Plassey Bowl, Limerick Dublin class=notpageimage\| Locations of venues in the Republic of Ireland	Frank Cooke Tolka RDS Dalymount Belfield Richmond Whitehall class=notpageimage\| Locations of Dublin venues
Group A (County Louth); Group B (North Dublin); Group C (Munster); Group D (South Dublin). All knockout games were played in Dublin, except for one played in Oriel Park, Dundalk.

Squads

Participants

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus^[1]	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Austria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Spain	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Albania	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

26 April 1994

Spain	0–1	Belarus

United Park, Drogheda

Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

26 April 1994

Austria	1–0	Albania

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

28 April 1994

Belarus	1–1	Albania

United Park, Drogheda

Referee: Brendan Shorte (Republic of Ireland)

28 April 1994

Spain	1–1	Austria

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Referee: José Pratas (Portugal)

30 April 1994

Belarus	1–1	Austria

Penalties
	4–3

United Park, Drogheda

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

30 April 1994

Albania	0–4	Spain

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Portugal	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

26 April 1994

Portugal	0–1	England
		Cassidy 15'

Frank Cooke Park, Dublin

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

26 April 1994

Czechoslovakia	1–0	Republic of Ireland

Tolka Park, Dublin

Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)

28 April 1994

Portugal	2–0	Czechoslovakia
Zeferino 20', 25'

Whitehall Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

28 April 1994

England	1–1	Republic of Ireland

Tolka Park

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

30 April 1994

England	2–1	Czechoslovakia

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: Manfred Schuttengruber (Austria)

30 April 1994

Republic of Ireland	0–3	Portugal
		Zeferino 35', 60' Martinho 53'

Tolka Park, Dublin

Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6
Denmark	3	2	1	10	9	+1	6
Germany	3	2	1	9	6	+3	6
Switzerland	3	0	3	5	14	−9	0

26 April 1994

Germany	0–2	Russia

St. Colman's Park, Cobh

Referee: Juan Brito Arceo (Spain)

26 April 1994

Switzerland	3–4	Denmark
	(report)	Grønkjær , Laursen Hansen

Turners Cross, Cork

Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

28 April 1994

Switzerland	1–5	Germany

Cooke Park, Tipperary

Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

28 April 1994

Denmark	3–2	Russia
Thorup Olsen Hansen	(report)

Plassey Bowl, Limerick

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

30 April 1994

Russia	5–1	Switzerland

Turners Cross (stadium), Cork

Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

30 April 1994

Denmark	3–4	Germany
Thorup , Hansen	(report)

Bishopstown Stadium, Cork

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Ukraine	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
Iceland	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

26 April 1994

Turkey	2–1	Iceland
Meriç 52', 59'	(report)

Richmond Park, Dublin

Referee: Manfred Schuttengruber (Austria)

26 April 1994

Ukraine	2–1	Belgium
Iachtchouk 6' Fedoruk 9'	Report (ukr)	Van De Paar 74' (pen.)

Belfield Park, Dublin

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

28 April 1994

Turkey	1–1	Ukraine
Kabakçı 17'	(report)	Zubov 20'

RDS Arena, Dublin

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

28 April 1994

Iceland	1–2	Belgium

Richmond Park, Dublin

Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

30 April 1994

Belgium	0–4	Turkey
	(report)	Dinç , Kabakçı Tekke

RDS Arena, Dublin

Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

30 April 1994

Iceland	1–2	Ukraine
Gíslason 17'	Report (ukr)	Iachtchouk 56' Slyusar 68'

Belfield Park, Dublin

Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

3 May 1994

Belarus	1–3	Denmark
	(report)	Thorup Grønkjær Olsen

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)

3 May 1994

Russia	0–2	Austria

Tolka Park, Dublin

Referee: Juan Brito Arceo (Spain)

3 May 1994

England	2–2	Ukraine
Carragher 2' Cassidy 56'	Report (ukr)	Fedoruk 49' Omelianovitch 80'
Penalties
	6–7

RDS Arena, Dublin

Referee: José Pratas (Portugal)

3 May 1994

Turkey	0–0	Portugal
	(report)
Penalties
Çalişkan Tan Habiboğlu Tekke Bayhan	5–3	Edgar Pedro Monteiro Zeferino

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Semifinals

5 May 1994

Denmark	2–2	Ukraine
Thorup Lektonen	(report)	Bilokon 42' Hopkalo 61'
Penalties
	5–3

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

5 May 1994

Austria	0–1	Turkey
	(report)	Sağlam 16'

Tolka Park, Dublin

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

Third Place Playoff

8 May 1994

Ukraine	2–0	Austria
Iachtchouk 21' Zghura 72'	Report (ukr)

RDS Arena, Dublin

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Final

8 May 1994

Denmark	0–1	Turkey
	(report TUR) (report DEN)	Meriç 52'

RDS Arena, Dublin

Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

References

^ Belarus is ranked first on penalty shootout and Austria is ranked second.

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