Georgian U21 national team to play in Group A at UEFA Euro 2023 with Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium

The Georgian U21 national team will play in Group A at the final stage of the 2023 UEFA European U21 championship along with Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium, the Georgian football federation announced on Tuesday after the draw held in Bucharest.

It is special for our country to host an event of this scale. Undoubtedly, the fact that one of Europe's prestigious team events is to be held in Georgia is an expression of great confidence in us”, Georgian football federation president Levan Kobiashvili said at the draw ceremony.

Kobiashvili said that the preparations for the championship have been “actively” underway, both in terms of organisation and infrastructural projects and noted that the Georgian U21 national team has been “successfully preparing” for the upcoming championship, “the team has the desire and I believe the resources to successfully play at the European Championship”, he added.

Georgia and Romania will host the matches of the final stage of the championship, which is set to run from June 21 to July 8, 2023. The matches of groups A and C, two quarter-finals and a semi-final, as well as the final in Georgia, will be held in the country’s capital Tbilisi, the western city of Kutaisi and the Black Sea city of Batumi.

The national teams of Group C: the Czech Republic, England and Israel will hold their matches in Georgia.

Group stage matches will be hosted at the Dinamo Arena stadium in Tbilisi and the final - at Batumi’s Adjarabet Arena stadium. The Georgian national team will play its first match against Portugal.