The first three matches of the European Under-21 Football Championship took place on Wednesday. Ukraine beat Croatia to top Romania’s group, while Georgia surprisingly beat Portugal.

LiveBlog CE Under 21: Romania – Spain (21:45) – debut of the “Tricolor” in the final tournament

Ukraine – Croatia 2-0, in group B of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The youth national team of Ukraine defeated Croatia in the game at the Juleshti stadium.

Oleksiy Kashchuk opened the scoring in the 19th minute, and in the 48th, Shakhtar Donetsk forward Danylo Sikan added the score.

After this result, Ukraine is the first leader of Group B, which also includes Romania and Spain, who meet at 21:45.

CE Under 21 results of the day

Belgium – Netherlands 0-0

Georgia – Portugal 2-0

Ukraine – Croatia 2-0

Romania – Spain / Time 21:45

CE Under 21 Group B standings

1. Ukraine – 3 b (2-0)

2. Spain – 0 points (0-0)

3. Romania – 0 points (0-0)

4. Croatia – 0 points (0-2)

CE Under 21, major competitions

• Host countries in 2023: Romania and Georgia

• Performance date: June 21 – July 8

• Number of participating countries: 16

• Cities hosting the competition: 5 (Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi).

• Euro under 21 was created in 1978, i.e. 45 years ago. A total of 55 countries participate in the competition (preliminary and final tournament).

• First week champion: Yugoslavia (1-0, 4-4 with East Germany).

Countries with the most trophies: Spain and Italy with 5 each.

1 Spain (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019)

1 Italy (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004)

3 Germany 3 (2009, 2017, 2021)

4 England 2 (1982, 1984)

4 Russia 2 (1980, 1990)

4 Netherlands 2 (2006, 2007) and others.

• The last edition of the U21 Euro was hosted by Hungary and Slovenia, and Germany became the champion of the title (1-0 in the final in Ljubljana with Portugal).

• The next edition (in 2025) will be hosted by Slovakia.