2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2025) was the 25th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (28th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. A total of 16 teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to participate. The tournament took place from 11 to 28 June 2025 and was hosted by Slovakia, who beat Belgium and Croatia in the bidding process. This is the Slovak's second time hosting after hosting the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. It was the first 16-team tournament which was hosted in a single country. This was Slovakia's biggest football tournament they ever held. 16 teams took part for the third time since 2021. Qualification took place between March 2023 and November 2024. Georgia and Slovenia qualified on merit for the first time after previously co-hosting the 2023 and 2021 editions respectively. England defeated Germany 3–2 in the final after extra time in Bratislava, thereby successfully defending their 2023 title and winning their fourth title overall. UEFA deemed the tournament a success, with records being broken. A record amount of sponsors were part of the tournament. Overall, a record 120 million people watched the tournament. However, the Slovak Football Association didn't get a profit after hosting the event. The president of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini also stated the event was a big success as he said it was a great advertisement of the country.