All 16 UEFA Women's EURO 2017 finalists are in action over the next week in one of the three annual friendly tournaments in the Algarve, Cyprus and the United States as they step up their preparations for the Netherlands.Algarve Cup: Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden• A fixture at this time of year since 1994, Canada beat Brazil in last year's final while Norway have four victories, but none since 2004.Group A1 March: Portugal 0-1 Russia, Denmark 0-1 Canada3 March: Russia 1-2 Canada, Portugal 0-6 Denmark6 March: Russia v Denmark, Canada v PortugalGroup B< ... UEFA.com - News
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Tenth UEFA Regions’ Cup: final tournament draw
Istanbul must get past 2015 finalists Zagreb if they are to make it to the 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup final on home soil following the group stage draw at Turkish Football Federation (TFF) headquarters.Group AIstanbul (TUR)Ingulec (UKR)Zagreb (CRO)Lisboa (POR)Group BCastilla y León (ESP)Olomouc (CZE)Region 2 (IRL)South Region (RUS)The final tournament, staged from 1–9 July this year, will bring together the continent's best amateur sides, with few – if any – more impressive than Zagreb, who averaged four goals a game in qua... UEFA.com - News
Amsterdam completes 2020 logo hat-trick
Amsterdam will add the unique football flavour of the Netherlands to UEFA EURO 2020, Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) president Michael van Praag said at the unveiling of the host city logo on Friday.The ceremony completed a memorable week, during which Brussels and Bilbao also revealed their logos for EURO 2020 — a tournament which will be hosted by 13 cities across Europe to mark the competition's 60th anniversary.'Gezellig' is a word in Dutch that means 'fun' and 'cozy'. The UEFA fifth vice-president is convinced that the thousands of fans who flock to Amsterdam during the final tournament will feel exactly what it means."A picture is
Portugal at home first against Romania in Women’s EURO play-off
Portugal will be at home in the first leg of their UEFA Women's EURO 2017 play-off with Romania after the draw was made today in Nyon.Both sides are seeking a major tournament debut after finishing second in their qualifying groups but not ending among the six runners-up with the best record against the top four in their respective sections.The play-off will be held over two legs between 17 and 25 October, with the final tournament draw taking place in Rotterdam on 8 November. The finals in the Netherlands run from 16 July to 6 August.Already qualified: Netherlands (hosts), Germany (holders), Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Iceland, Italy,... UEFA.com - News
UEFA EURO 2016 website up for Lovie Awards
The official UEFA EURO 2016 website has been nominated for two categories in the sixth Annual Lovie Awards:If you have a minute then please vote via the links above – preferably for us. Voting closes on 22 September, with the winners announced on 27 September. There were over 300 million visits to EURO2016.com and the official apps during the tournament, generating 1.5 billion page impressions between the eve of the tournament on 9 June and the day after the final on 11 July – almost four times the levels reached during UEFA EURO 2012.Another section of the site, UEFA EURO 2016 Fantasy
Who can qualify for the U21 finals next week?
For the first time there will be 12 teams in the final tournamentHosts Poland will be joined by 11 qualifiers in the finals in June 2017The nine group winners qualify automaticallyThe four runners-up with the best records against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into the play-offs for the remaining two berthsFULL STANDINGSFULL FIXTURESCurrent top scorer: Patrick Schick (Czech Republic) 10 – all the statisticsThe penultimate set of UEFA European Under-21 Championship qu... UEFA.com - News
Who can qualify for the U21 finals this week?
For the first time there will be 12 teams in the final tournamentHosts Poland will be joined by 11 qualifiers in the finals in June 2017The nine group winners qualify automaticallyThe four runners-up with the best records against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into the play-offs for the remaining two berthsFULL STANDINGSFULL FIXTURESCurrent top scorer: Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) 9 – all the statisticsThe penultimate set of UEFA European Under-21 Championship qual... UEFA.com - News