The UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Georgia and Romania has become the highest-attended edition of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new mark was set after a crowd of 44,338 was recorded for the quarter-final match between Georgia and Israel at the Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, the highest attendance for a single match in men’s U21 EURO finals history. A total of 279,341<\/strong> have now watched games in this tournament, breaking the previous record of 243,995 set at the finals in Poland in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That crowd in Tbilisi means that the three highest attendances in the history of the final tournament have all come at this edition of the U21 EURO. A new record was set on Matchday 2 when 41,887 turned out to watch Georgia’s 2-2 draw against Belgium, and the ante was raised when 43,043 watched the co-hosts’ 1-1 draw against the Netherlands, also at the Paichadze Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to this tournament, the highest attendance for a men’s U21 EURO match had been set at the 1996 U21 EURO final between Spain and Italy in Barcelona’s Ol\u00edmpico de Montju\u00efc, when a crowd of 35,500 saw Italy win 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw after extra time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Highest total attendances at a men’s U21 EURO finals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 279,341<\/strong> (final figure TBC): Georgia and Romania, 2023 Highest attendance at a single men’s U21 EURO game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 44,338: Georgia 0-0 Israel (3-4 on pens), U21 EURO 2023 (Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi) The UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Georgia and Romania has become the highest-attended edition of the tournament. A new mark was set after a crowd of 44,338 was recorded for the quarter-final match between Georgia and Israel at the Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, the highest attendance for a single match in men’s U21 EURO finals history. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
2\u00a0243,995: Poland, 2017\u00a0
3\u00a0214,637: Italy and San Marino, 2019\u00a0
4\u00a0212,139: Netherlands, 2007
5\u00a0180,942: Portugal, 2006
6\u00a0174,195: Switzerland, 2002
7\u00a0172,543: Israel, 2013\u00a0
8\u00a0163,090: Sweden, 2009
9\u00a0162,994 Czechia, 2015
10\u00a0110,353: Germany, 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 43,043: Netherlands 1-1 Georgia, U21 EURO 2023 (Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi)
3 41,887: Georgia 2-2 Belgium, U21 EURO 2023 (Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi)
4 35,500: Italy 1-1 Spain (5-4 aet), U21 EURO 1996 (Ol\u00edmpico de Montju\u00efc, Barcelona)
5 35,000: Greece 0-0 France, U21 EURO 1988 (Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus)
6 32,152: Spain 2-1 Italy, U21 EURO 1986 (Estadio Jos\u00e9 Zorrilla, Valladolid)
7 30,000: Switzerland 0-0 Italy, U21 EURO 2002 (St. Jakob-Park, Basel)
8 29,774: Portugal 1-0 Italy, U21 EURO 1996 (29,774, Jos\u00e9 Alvalade (old), Lisbon)
9 29.683: USSR 3-4 Germany, U21 EURO 1982 (29,683, OSC Metalist, Kharkiv)
10 29.320: Italy 2-4 Spain, U21 EURO 2013 (29,320, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"