Under-20 Four Nations Tournament (Italian: Torneo Quattro Nazioni Under-20; German: Internationalen U-20 Spielrunde) was an annual under-20 football tournament.

Under-20 Four Nations Tournament
Organising bodySelf-governing tournament
Founded2001
Abolished2017
RegionEurope
Number of teams4
Related competitionsUnder 20 Elite League
Last champions Poland
Most successful team(s) Germany
(9 titles)

History edit

From the 2003–04 edition until the 2009–10 edition, the participating nations were Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland (the four Alpine nations). In 2011, Poland replaced Austria. For the 2017–18 edition, the tournament was replaced by the Under 20 Elite League, as the 2017–18 Under 20 Elite League.

Format edit

The 4 teams played in home-and-away round-robin format.

In 2012–13 season, the age limit was: players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible. In other words, players eligible to 2011–12 season U19 team competition of UEFA were eligible to the U20 event in 2012–13. Moreover, teams could select up to 8 overage players born on or after 1 January 1992. Combining two criteria, only those players were allowed to play in 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[citation needed]

Results edit

2001–02 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 6 3 2 1 12 3 +9 11
  Netherlands 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
  Germany 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7
   Switzerland 6 2 1 3 7 13 −6 7
Source: [citation needed]

2002–03 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 6 6 0 0 25 7 +18 18
   Switzerland 6 2 2 2 7 14 −7 8
  England 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5 7
  Germany 6 0 1 5 8 14 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]

2003–04 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13
   Switzerland 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 9
  Austria 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 5
  Italy 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5
Source: [citation needed]

2004–05 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 14
   Switzerland 6 3 1 2 8 10 −2 10
  Italy 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5
  Austria 6 1 1 4 5 7 −2 4
Source: [citation needed]

2005–06 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13
  Austria 6 3 0 3 11 10 +1 9
   Switzerland 6 2 1 3 7 12 −5 7
  Germany 6 1 2 3 8 11 −3 5
Source: [citation needed]

2006–07 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
  Italy 5 3 1 1 6 4 +2 10
  Austria 6 2 0 4 10 16 −6 6
   Switzerland 5 1 0 4 3 9 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]

2007–08 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11
  Italy 6 2 2 2 4 2 +2 8
  Austria 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8
   Switzerland 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5
Source: [citation needed]

2008–09 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   Switzerland 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13
  Germany 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12
  Austria 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7
  Italy 6 0 2 4 5 15 −10 2
Source: [citation needed]

2009–10 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Austria 6 3 2 1 11 9 +2 11
  Germany 6 2 2 2 13 10 +3 8
   Switzerland 6 2 2 2 13 12 +1 8
  Italy 6 2 0 4 9 15 −6 6
Source: [citation needed]

Austria  1–5   Switzerland
Schönbächler   15',   42' (pen.)
Berisha   59'
Avanzini   75'
Abegglen   83'
Stegersbach, Austria

Austria  3–0 (w/o)  Germany

Switzerland  1–1  Austria
Mustafi   32'
Attendance: 740

Switzerland  3–2  Germany (B team)
Abegglen   23'
Unal   35',   90+2'
Report, [1] Yalçın   45'
Beister   76'
Attendance: 600
Referee:   Carmine Russo

Germany  2–2  Austria
Moritz   30'
Beister   41'
Report Kaufmann   9'
Prutsch   88'
Hoffenheim, Germany
Referee:   Alain Bieri

Austria  1–0  Italy
Sen   35'
Gleisdorf, Austria

Italy  1–4  Germany
Caturano   85' Report Beister   14'
Bigalke   18'
Schürrle   55'
Bäcker   82'
Referee:   Drachter

Germany  1–1   Switzerland
Mustafi   60'
Attendance: 1723
Italy  1–3  Austria
Bonaventura   55' Freudenthaler   4',   22'
Gravogl   34'

Germany  4–0  Italy
Latza   9',   11'
Beister   42'
Bäcker   90'

Switzerland  2–3  Italy
Prijović   19'
Avanzini   71'
Carbonaro   33'
Della Penna   52',   70'

Italy  4–1   Switzerland
Report Stéphane Garcia   92'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Harkam

2010–11 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 16
  Poland 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7
  Italy 6 2 0 4 6 7 −1 6
   Switzerland 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 6
Source: [citation needed]

2011–12 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 4 0 2 16 11 +5 12
  Italy 6 3 1 2 14 12 +2 10
   Switzerland 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7
  Poland 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6
Source: [citation needed]

2012–13 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6 13
  Italy 6 4 0 2 16 9 +7 12
  Poland 6 2 2 2 10 15 −5 8
   Switzerland 6 0 1 5 7 15 −8 1
Source: [citation needed]

2013–14 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10
  Italy 6 2 3 1 11 6 +5 9
  Poland 6 3 0 3 7 7 0 9
   Switzerland 6 1 2 3 8 13 −5 5
Source: [citation needed]

2014–15 edit

Tournament period: 3 September 2014 – 21 April 2015

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Poland 6 4 1 1 10 7 +3 13
  Italy 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12
  Germany 6 1 2 3 5 6 −1 5
   Switzerland 6 0 3 3 3 8 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]

Germany  0–1  Italy
Garritano   56'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   Patrick Alt

Poland  1–1   Switzerland
Wroński   73' Report Corbaz   10'
Attendance: 1,000

Switzerland  0–0  Germany
Report
GC/Campus, Niederhasli
Attendance: 1050

Italy  1–3  Poland
Garritano   18' Report Frankowski   6'
Straus   29'
Dźwigała   86'
Attendance: 500
Referee:   Luca Gut

Poland  2–1  Italy
Stępiński   3'
Frankowski   84'
Report Manconi   49'
Attendance: 13,850

Switzerland  1–2  Poland
Tarashaj   29' Report Stępiński   36' (pen), 76'

Germany  1–1   Switzerland
Selke   54' Report Frey   20'

Poland  0–2  Germany
Report Selke   5'
Kerk   53' (pen.)

Italy  3–0   Switzerland
Rosseti   7'
Cristante   69'
Garritano   85' (pen.)
Report

Germany  1–2  Poland
Stendera   77' (pen.) Report Stępiński   69'
Zieliński   74'

Switzerland  0–1  Italy
Report Emmanuello   87'

Italy  2–1  Germany
Garritano   10'
Gagliardini   51'
Mukhtar   31'
Attendance: 1,000

Additional games edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  England 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
  Germany 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
  Netherlands 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
  Turkey 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]

Germany  0–1  England
Süle   34' (o.g.)
Netherlands  2–2  Turkey
van Overbeek   37'
Janssen   79' (pen.)
Cenk Şahin   43'
Berat Tosun   57'
Sportpark de Bosk, Harkema
Referee: Allard Lindhout

Germany  1–0  Turkey
Mukhtar   61'
Netherlands  2–3  England
de Wijs   15'
Vloet   81' (pen.)
Long   45+1'
Chuba   90', 90+2'

Germany  1–1  Netherlands
Weigl   23' Janssen   72'
England  1–1  Turkey
Hause   21' Tosun   51'

2015–16 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 6 2 3 1 8 4 +4 9 Winner
2    Switzerland 6 1 5 0 8 7 +1 8
3   Germany 6 1 3 2 4 6 −2 6
4   Poland 6 1 3 2 8 11 −3 6
Source: [citation needed]
Italy  0–2  Germany
Stefaniak   23'
Eggestein   71'
Referee: Pascal Erlachner (Switzerland)

Switzerland  0–1  Poland
Report
Report
Makowski   12'
Attendance: 640
Referee: Martin Thomsen (Germany)

Poland  2–1  Germany
Makowski   12'
Piątek   41'
Report
Report
Stolze   23' (pen.)
Stadion OSiR, Włocławek
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Luca Gut (Switzerland)

Switzerland  0–0  Italy

Italy  2–2  Poland
Gatto   18'
Aramu   67' (pen.)
Report Zając   35'
Smuczyński   84'
Referee: Lukas Fahndrich (Switzerland)

Poland  2–3   Switzerland
Nalepa   39'
Angielski   46'
Report Grgic   20', 60'
Elvedi   80'
Referee: Angelo Cervellera (Italy)

Germany  0–2  Italy

Germany  0–0  Poland
Report
Report
Attendance: 6,219
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

Italy  1–1   Switzerland

Poland  0–3  Italy
Report Palazzi   16'
Rocca   55'
Gasbarro   85'

Germany  1–1   Switzerland

Switzerland  1–1  Germany

2016–17 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10 Winner
2   Germany 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 9
3   Italy 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9
4    Switzerland 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
Updated to match(es) played on 28 March 2017. Source: 90minut
Germany  0–1  Italy

Switzerland  2–2  Poland
Sow   78' (pen.)
Schattin   90'
Report Zawada   20'
Michalak   62'
Stade Eugène Parlier, Chailly-Montreux
Referee: Claudio Gavillucci (Italy)

Poland  3–0  Germany
Zawada   27'
Jagiełło   45'
Kozak   90'
Report
Stadion Miejski, Świnoujście
Referee: Pascal Erlachner (Switzerland)

Italy  3–0  Poland
Orsolini   14'
Dimarco   36', 44' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Arne Aarnink (Germany)

Italy  2–4   Switzerland

Italy  0–1  Germany

Poland  2–0   Switzerland
Bochniewicz   25'
Wieteska   59'
Report
Stadion KS Polkowice, Polkowice
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

Germany  4–0  Poland
Gimber   43'
Ochs   45'
Mittelstädt   66'
Reese   88'
Report
Attendance: 3,477
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)

Switzerland  0–1  Italy

Poland  3–1  Italy
Michalak   70'
Angielski   74'
Tomasiewicz   76'
Report Orsolini   52' (pen.)
Stadion MOSiR, Piła

Germany  1–0   Switzerland
Reese   64'
Attendance: 3,385
Referee: Luca Pairetto (Italy)

Switzerland  2–1  Germany
J. Oliveira   16', 63' Ferati   79'
Attendance: 654
Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Performances by countries edit

Pos. Squadra Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1   Germany 9 3 2 3
2   Italy 4 6 3 3
3   Poland 2 2 1 1
4   Switzerland 1 3 4 8
5   Austria 1 1 4 1
6   Netherlands 0 1 0 0


External links edit