June 2007, with Heerenveen and Arnhem each staging a semi-final on 20 June. The final took place on Saturday 23 June at the Euroborg stadium in Groningen. The opening game was between the Netherlands and Israel at 10 June. Venues Squads Finals group stage In the following tables: Group A Group B Knockout stage Semi-finals Final Awards Golden player Royston Drenthe Goal scorers 4 goals Maceo Rigters 3 goals Leroy Lita 2 goals Alberto Aquilani Ryan Babel Giorgio Chiellini Kevin Mirallas Dragan Mrđa Miguel Veloso 1 goal Otman Bakkal Luigi Bruins Matt Derbyshire Royston Drenthe Manuel Fernandes Boško Janković Aleksandar Kolarov Hedwiges Maduro Dejan Milovanović Nani David Nugent Michal Papadopulos Sébastien Pocognoli Giuseppe Rossi Ricardo Vaz Tê Medal table and Olympic qualifiers Netherlands, Serbia, Belgium and Italy qualify for the Olympic games finals. See Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Qualifying play-off The 2007 European Under-21 Championship also served as the European qualifying round for the 2008 Olympic football tournament. Europe's four places at the Olympic tournament were to be filled by the four semi-finalists. However, because England, one of the semi-finalists, do not compete independently at the Olympics, following the group stage a play-off between Portugal and Italy, the two third-placed teams in each group, was arranged to identify the fourth European qualifier. Italy defeated Portugal through a penalty shoot-out booking their Olympic place in Beijing. References External links Draw and Fixtures at uefa.com UEFA UEFA European Under-21 Championship UEFA European Under-21 Championship International association football competitions hosted by the Netherlands UEFA June 2007 sports events in Europe 2007 in youth association football