Kejuaraan U-21 Eropa UEFA 1996: Perbedaan antara revisi
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The '''1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship''', which spanned two years (1994–96), had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain]] were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total. '''[[Italy national under-21 football team|Italy U-21s]]''' won the competition for the third consecutive time.
== Format ==
No fewer than 13 newly independent nations competed for the first time – due mainly to the fall of [[Socialism|Socialist]] rule in [[Europe]] in the early 1990s.
[[Russia national under-21 football team|Russia]], who competed in [[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994]] were joined by nine further former [[USSR|Soviet Union]] states: [[Armenia national under-21 football team|Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan national under-21 football team|Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus national under-21 football team|Belarus]], [[Estonia national under-21 football team|Estonia]], [[Georgia national under-21 football team|Georgia]], [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvia]], [[Lithuania national under-21 football team|Lithuania]], [[Moldova national under-21 football team|Moldova]] and [[Ukraine national under-21 football team|Ukraine]].
The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from [[Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team|Serbia and Montenegro]], then known as the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] continued. [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia]], [[Slovenia national under-21 football team|Slovenia]] and the [[Republic of Macedonia national under-21 football team|Republic of Macedonia]] were three former states of [[Yugoslavia]] who did compete though.
[[Czechoslovakia]] became two separate nations – teams from the [[Czech Republic national under-21 football team|Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia national under-21 football team|Slovakia]] complete the list of new entrants.
The 44 national teams were divided into eight groups (four groups of 5 + four groups of 6). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches. The top five nations qualify for the [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta '96 Olympics]].
== Qualification ==
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