1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	9 March – 20 April
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	25 (2.08 per match)
Attendance	94,670 (7,889 per match)
Top scorer(s)	João Pinto (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Luís Figo
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The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the ninth UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted in France between 15 and 20 April 1994.

The qualification stage spanned two years from 1992 to 1994. The qualification process consisted of 32 entrants. After the two-legged quarter-final stage, France was chosen as the first hosts of the final stage, which consisted of four matches in total. The finals included for the first time a third-place play-off.

Italy won the competition for the second consecutive time.^[1] Luís Figo won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden player award.^[2]

The draw for the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying round saw Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain win their respective groups. Greece and Portugal qualified for the tournament as the two best runners-up. France, Italy, Portugal and Spain qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States.

This was the last performance of Czechoslovakia, as the nation actually have split.

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament1 2
Italy	Group 1 winner	8 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Poland	Group 2 winner	4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992)
Spain	Group 3 winner	5 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
Czechoslovakia	Group 4 winner	5 (1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Russia	Group 5 winner	0 (debut)
France	Group 6 winner	4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Greece	Best runner-up	1 (1988)
Portugal	Second best runner-up	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

Only players born on or after 1 January 1971 were eligible to play in the tournament.

The first legs were played on 9 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 1994.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
France	3–0	Russia	2–0	1–0
Italy	3–1	Czechoslovakia	3–0	0–1
Poland	1–5	Portugal	1–3	0–2
Spain	4–2	Greece	0–0	4–2

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3 goals

• João Vieira Pinto

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• José Miguel Prieto (playing against Greece)

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	4	2	1	1	4	1	+3	7
2	Portugal	4	3	0	1	7	1	+6	9
3	Spain	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
4	France	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
5	Greece	2	1	1	0	2	4	-2	4
6	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	1	3	-3	3
7	Poland	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0
8	Russia	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0

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