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FC Groningen's Euroborg Stadium will host the Final of the UEFA European U21 Championship
Holland 2007: The Finalists
England will be at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which will take place from Sunday 10 June until Saturday 23 June 2007 in Holland.
The draw for the Finals will be held on Friday 24 November at 5.15pm GMT at the City Hall in Arnhem.
The eight teams will be separated into two groups and matches will be played at Gelredome in Arnhem, Euroborg in Groningen, Abe Lenstra Stadium in Heerenveen and De Goffert in Nijmegen.
England qualified for Holland after finishing top of Group 8 and beating Germany over a two-legged play-off, but who else will be their next summer?
Here we introduce the competing teams:
ENGLAND Coach Peter Taylor Tournament history Winners 1982, 1984 How they qualified England 2-2 Moldova, Switzerland 2-3 England, Play-off: England 1-0 Germany, Germany 0-2 England. Click here for more details
HOLLAND Coach Foppe de Haan Tournament history Winners 2006 How they qualified Qualified automatically as hosts England's record P8 W5 D2 L1 Last match Holland 0-1 England, Alkmaar, November 2006
BELGIUM Coach Jean-Francois de Sart Tournament history How they qualified Group stage: Belgium 2-1 Greece, Republic of Ireland 0-1 Belgium, Play-off: Belgium 1-1 Bulgaria, Bulgaria 1-4 Belgium England's record P2 W2 Last match England 1-0 Belgium, Toulon, May 1996
CZECH REPUBLIC Coach Ladislav Skorpil Tournament history Winners 2002, Runners-up 2000 How they qualified Group stage: Czech Republic 2-1 Belarus, Cyprus 0-2 Czech Republic / Play-off: Czech Republic 2-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia 1-1 Czech England's record P4 W1 D1 L2 (including v Czechoslovakia) Last match England 0-1 Czech Republic, Ipswich, November 1998
ISRAEL Coach Guy Levy Tournament history How they qualified Group stage: Turkey 0-0 Israel, Israel 3-2 Wales / Play-off: France 1-1 Israel, Israel 1-0 France England's record P1 W1 Last match Israel 1-2 England, Tel Aviv, February 1985
ITALY Coach Pierluigi Casiraghi Tournament history Winners 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, Runners-up 1986 How they qualified Group stage: Italy 1-0 Austria, Iceland 0-1 Italy / Play-off: Italy 0-0 Spain, Spain 1-2 Italy England's record P12 W4 D3 L5 Last match Italy 1-0 England, Carrara, February 2003
PORTUGAL Coach Jose Couceiro Tournament history Runners-up 1994 How they qualified Group stage: Portugal 2-0 Poland, Latvia 0-2 Portugal / Play-off: Russia 4-1 Portugal, Portugal 3-0 Russia England's record P11 W2 D2 L7 Last match England 1-2 Portugal, Everton, September 2003
SERBIA Coach Miroslav Djukic Tournament history Winners 1978 (as Yugoslavia) How they qualified Group stage: Serbia 2-0 Lithuania, Georgia 1-3 Serbia / Play-off: Serbia 0-3 Sweden, Sweden 0-5 Serbia England's record P7 W3 D3 L1 (also v Yugoslavia) Last match England 3-2 Serbia and Montenegro, Hull, June 2003
HOLLAND 2007: THE FINALISTS
08 November 2006
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