The U21 European Championship begins this week with Italy facing France, Switzerland and Norway in the group stage.
The host countries of the tournament that kicks off on June 21 are Georgia and Romania.
Georgia will play the opening game tomorrow, Wednesday, June 12, 2023, at 17:00 BST against Portugal.
Italy U21 are in group D and will debut on Thursday, June 22 at 19:45 BST against France. The Azzurri will play their first three games at the Cluj Arena in Romania.
The second match of the group stage for the Azzurri is against Switzerland on Sunday, June 25 at 17:00 BST and the group phase ends on Wednesday, June 28 at 19:45 BST against Norway.
Winners and runners-up meet in the quarter-finals and the Azzurrini will cross paths with teams of Group B. If Italy finish second in their group, they’ll meet Group B winners on July 1. If they win it, the meeting with Group B runners-up is scheduled for July 2.
Where to watch the U21 EURO?
RAI will broadcast all the matches live in Italy. The Azzurrini’s games against France and Norway are on RAI 1, while the meeting with Switzerland will be live on RAI 2. Football Italia will cover all Italy U21 matches with a liveblog.
Selected matches will be streamed live in certain territories on UEFA.tv.
Read more – Italy U21 EURO squad
U21 EURO GROUPS
Group A
Portugal
Netherlands
Belgium
Georgia
Group B
Spain
Romania
Croatia
Ukraine
Group C
England
Germany
Czech Republic
Israel
Group D
France
Italy
Switzerland
Norway