2013 UEFA U-21 Championship will be the 19th staging of UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

's European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

The European Under-21 Football Championship is a football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. It is held every two years. The competition has existed in its current form since 1978. It was preceded by the Under 23 Challenge Cup which ran from 1967 to 1970...

. The final tournament will be hosted by Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 between the 15–28 June 2013

The Israeli bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee on 27 January 2011 in Nyon

Nyon

Nyon is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva, and is the seat of the district of...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. This bid defeated the other bids from Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, England

England

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 and Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

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Qualification

The draw for the group stage of qualifying for the 2011–13 UEFA European Under-21 Championship took place on 3 February in Nyon

Nyon

Nyon is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva, and is the seat of the district of...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. 52 national teams are taking part in qualifying. The group stage of qualifying began on 25 March 2011.

List of qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship:
(hosts)

Venues

According to Avi Luzon, the IFA Chairman, the Competition will be played at 4 venues, Bloomfield (Tel Aviv), Teddy (Jerusalem) and the new venues that are being built in Petah Tikva and Netanya. The national stadium in Ramat Gan is in the backup plans if one of them won't be ready in time.

• Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem will be expanded from 21,600 to 31,600 seats in 2013 with the building of a South Side Stand.
• The New Stadium in Petah Tikva will hold 11,500 spectators in 2 stands.
• The New Stadium in Netanya will hold 13,800 spectators in 2 stands.
• Tel Aviv Municipality has a plan that 3,000 seats will be added to Bloomfield Stadium.

Jerusalem	Tikva]]}}	Netanya Netanya Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
Teddy Stadium		Netanya Stadium Netanya Stadium The Netanya Stadium is a new multi-use stadium currently being built in Netanya by the city council. Financing of the new stadium is to come from the sale of land where the old Sar-Tov Stadium stands today. Upon completion of the new stadium, Sar-Tov will be demolished and the land will be used...
Capacity: 21,600 (31,600 – March 2013)		Capacity: 13,600 (Under Construction – Opening: 2012)
Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately...		Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
HaMoshava Stadium Petah Tikva Stadium The Petah Tikva Stadium, also known as the HaMoshava Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Petah Tikva, Israel, currently under construction...		Bloomfield Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Bloomfield Stadium is a 14,700-seat football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Jaffa, Israel. It is the home stadium of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.-History:...
Capacity: 11,500		Capacity: 14,700 (18,000 – in 2013)