http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under21/news/Kind=1/newsId=379883.html Portugal to host Under-21 finals The UEFA Executive Committee today awarded the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship to Portugal, with the Netherlands being named as hosts of the 2007 edition. 歐足聯決定由葡萄牙和荷蘭主辦下兩屆的21歲以下歐洲青年足球錦標賽。 Portugal picked The Portuguese staged UEFA EURO 2004 and will hope to do another fine job after pipping fellow qualifiers Italy, the holders, to next year's championship. Serbia and Montenegro, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Germany and France will also take part in the finals, which are expected be played between 23 May and 4 June, with the draw scheduled for 8 February. 葡萄牙在評選過程中擠掉了上屆冠軍義大利，成功取得明年的主辦權。小組抽簽將在明年 的２月８日進行，正式比賽將從５月23日開始到６月４日。塞黑、丹麥、荷蘭、烏克蘭、 德國和法國也同樣都會參加明年的歐青賽。 Provisional venues UEFA EURO 2004 stadiums in Porto, Guimaraes, Braga and Aveiro plus grounds in Agueda and Barcelos are the provisional venues. There will be four training camps in the Aveiro region with a similar number around Braga. It will be the last tournament to take place in an even-numbered year to avoid clashes with the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup, one of a number of decisions taken to increase the profile of the biennial tournament. 現在初步選定Porto、Guimares、Braga、Aveiro、Agueda和Barcelos這些舉辦過2004年歐 錦賽的球場做為明年比賽的賽場。 為了避免與歐錦賽和世界盃發生衝突，明年也將是最後一次在偶數年舉辦這項賽事。 EURO 2004 recalled UEFA Chief Executive Lars-Christer Olsson welcomed the announcement, saying: " We all remember UEFA EURO 2004 which was one of the best European Championships ever. The venues used in 2004 will be used for the U21 final round and some of the venues that were contesting for matches in 2004 will now get the chance in this tournament. Portugal praise "We know the Portuguese association's capacity to organise these events. We know the country and its conditions and this is a verification of the Executive Committee's trust in Portugal." Dutch honor Among the new measures to increase the profile of the event is the selection of hosts before the qualifying process, and the first nation to be selected under that criterion are the Netherlands in 2007, selected ahead of England, Sweden and Turkey. The seven teams joining the Dutch in the finals will be decided in an accelerated qualifying round to be contested over the next year. Previous U21 hosts since it became a one-venue event in 1994 have been France, Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and, in 2004, Germany. Decision explained The UEFA Chief Executive explained the thinking behind the Dutch award, saying: "They had a very good concept of how to promote the competition and to bring it to smaller venues and they successfully organised the recent FIFA World Youth Championship final round." --

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