2023 U21 EURO: Georgia and Romania

From June 21 to July 8, 2023, the competition will take place in Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest, Batumi, Kutaisi, and Tbilisi. Georgia and Romania will host the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final competition.

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Four stadiums in Romania (two in Cluj-Napoca and two in Bucharest) and four stadiums in Georgia are scheduled to host the tournament (one each in Batumi and Kutaisi, and two in Tbilisi). The first game will be played in Romania, and the championship game will be played in Georgia’s Batumi Arena.

Key dates

Finals draw: 18:00 CET, 18 October, Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest
Final tournament: 21 June to 8 July 2023, Georgia & Romania

In 1998, Romania hosted the U21 championships in Bucharest, which also served as one of the locations for UEFA EURO 2020 and the 2012 UEFA Europa League final. Additionally, Romania hosted the U19 EURO in 2011 and will do so once more in 2025.

The 2017 U19 EURO was held in Georgia, and the 2013 UEFA Futsal Cup finals and the 2015 UEFA Super Cup were both held in Tbilisi (at the Boris Paichadze Stadium).

Qualified

Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, England, France, Georgia (hosts), Germany (holders), Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania (hosts), Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Finals slots were automatically guaranteed for both 2023 hosts. The remaining four teams advanced through the play-offs on September 23 and 27, while ten more teams secured spots in the qualifying group stage, which took place from March 2021 to June 2022.

For the final competition, the 16 qualified teams will be divided into four groups of four, with the four champions and four runners-up in each section advancing to the quarterfinals. From then, it will follow a typical knockout format.

Stadiums

Georgia
Batumi, Batumi Arena: 3 Group C games, Semi-final, Final
Kutaisi, Ramaz Shengelia Stadium: 3 Group C games, Quarter-final
Tbilisi, Mikheil Meskhi Stadium: 3 Group A games, Quarter-final
Tbilisi, Boris Paichadze Stadium: 3 Group A games (involving Georgia)

Romania
Bucharest, Giulești Stadium: 3 Group B games, Quarter-final
Bucharest, Steaua Stadium: 3 Group B games (involving Romania), Semi-final
Cluj-Napoca, CFR Cluj Stadium 3 Group D games
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Arena: 3 Group D games, Quarter-final

Provisional schedule

Group A/Group B: 21, 24, 27 June
Group C/Group D: 22, 25, 28 June
Quarter-finals: 1 & 2 July
Semi-finals: 5 July
Final: 8 July

Knockout bracket

Quarter-final 1: Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group C (1 July, Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi)
Quarter-final 2: Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group A (2 July, Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, Kutaisi)
Quarter-final 3: Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group D (1 July, Giulești Stadium, Bucharest)
Quarter-final 4: Winner Group D vs Runner-up Group B (2 July, Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca)

Semi-final 1: Winner Quarter-final 1 vs Winner Quarter-final 2 (5 July, Batumi Arena, Batumi)
Semi-final 2: Winner Quarter-final 3 vs Winner Quarter-final 4 (5 July, Steaua Stadium, Bucharest)

Final: Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2 (8 July, Batumi Arena, Batumi)