Hosts Italy will kick off their UEFA European Under-21 Championship campaign on 16 June with a rematch of their 2017 semi-final against Spain, while holders Germany start their defence against Denmark the following day.
Group stage: matchday one
Sunday 16 June
Group A: Poland v Belgium (Reggio Emilia)
Group A: Italy v Spain (Bologna)
Monday 17 June
Group B: Serbia v Austria (Trieste)
Group B: Germany v Denmark (Udine)
Tuesday 18 June
Group C: Romania v Croatia (San Marino)
Group C: England v France (Cesena)
Matchday two
Wednesday 19 June
Group A: Spain v Belgium (Reggio Emilia)
Group A: Italy v Poland (Bologna)
Thursday 20 June
Group B: Denmark v Austria (Udine)
Group B: Germany v Serbia (Trieste)
Friday 21 June
Group C: England v Romania (Cesena)
Group C: France v Croatia (San Marino)
Matchday three
Saturday 22 June
Group A: Belgium v Italy (Reggio Emilia)
Group A: Spain v Poland (Bologna)
Sunday 23 June
Group B: Austria v Germany (Udine)
Group B: Denmark v Serbia (Trieste)
Monday 24 June
Group C: Croatia v England (San Marino)
Group C: France v Romania (Cesena)
Group winners and best runner-up qualify for the semi-finals
Possible Olympic play-off*
Second best runner-up v third best runner-up (Cesena)
*Will only be played if England (ineligible for the Olympic men’s football tournament) qualify for the semi-finals, which will otherwise provide the four European contenders in Japan in 2020.
Semi-finals
Thursday 27 June
1 Winner Group A v runner-up Group B/C or winner Group C (venue tbc)
2 Winner Group B v runner-up Group A or winner Group C (venue tbc)
Final
Sunday 30 June
Winner semi-final 1 v winner semi-final 2 (Udine)
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