Uefa U21 Championship – Denmark 2011

I didn´t see a thread for this tournament so here we go.

None of the stadiums has been designated for finals, semi finals or opening match but a good guess will be that NRGi Park in Aarhus will held both the opening match and the Final.

Dates

March 27, 2009 – September 7, 2010 : Qualifying Rounds

October 9 – 13, 2010 : Play-off for Final Tournament

June 12 – 20, 2011 : Final Tournament (group stage)

June 23, 2011 : Semifinals and Olympic Qualifying play-off

June 25, 2011: Final

City´s and stadiums´s

Aarhus

Aarhus, or Århus, is the second largest city in Denmark, and 99th-largest in the European Union, and the sixth-largest amongst the Nordic countries. The principal port of Denmark, it is situated on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark. Aarhus is the seat of the council of Aarhus municipality with 307,000 inhabitants and 239,865 in the inner urban area, and app. 800.000 inhabitants within 1/2 hour transport. the city claims the unofficial title "Capital of Jutland".

Aarhus is the main and biggest city in the East Jutland metropolitan area (Danish: Byregion Østjylland). which is a co-operation in the eastern Jutland with 17 Municipalities. With more than 1.2 million people living in the area it represents approximately 23% of the population of Denmark and is the second largest metropolitan area after the Copenhagen metropolitan area.

The Stadium

NRGi Park is a modern Football and athletics stadium in the southern part of Aarhus inner city, the stadium is a allseater with a capacity of 21.000 people.
The stadium was build in 1920 as Aarhus Idrætspark and the latest renovation was in 2001.
It will get a smaller renovation before 2011 so the stadium better can handle the big crowds at concerts and football games.

Aalborg

Aalborg sometimes written as Ålborg, is a city in Denmark. Its population, as of 2009, is 122,461, making it the fourth largest in the country after Copenhagen, Århus, and Odense. The earliest settlements date back to around 700 AD. Its location by the Limfjord made it an important harbour during the Middle Ages, and an industrial centre later. Today the city is in a transition from a working-class, industrial, city to a knowledge-based one.

The Stadium

Energi Nord Arena was build in 1960 as Aalborg stadion and the latest renovation was in 2002.
The capacity is 13.800 using both seating and standing areas, for international matches the capacity is 10.500.

Herning

Herning is a Danish city of Region Midtjylland. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 45,470 (1st January 2009) including the suburbs of Tjørring, Snejbjerg, Lind, Birk, Hammerum and Gjellerup, making Herning the twelfth largest urban area in Denmark.

Herning is home to Messecenter Herning, the largest exhibition centre in Scandinavia, which gives the town a reputation for its many trade fairs.
Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt’s museum of art aka Herning Art Museum is one of the major attractions.

The stadium

MCH Arena is a Danish football stadium. It is situated in Herning and is the home of FC Midtjylland. In the opening match, FCM won 6-0 against Akademisk Boldklub. Until 2009, the stadium was known as SAS Arena.

Messecenter Herning owns the stadium. It cost 85 million DKK to build the stadium.

The stadium is approved for UEFA Europa League and national games.

The stadium is locally known as Zidan Arena as Mohamed Zidan, FC Midtjylland’s former striker, scored nine goals in the first three matches played there.

Viborg

Viborg is a town in central Jutland, Denmark and is the seat of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula. Viborg Municipality is the second largest municipality of Denmark, covering 3,3% of the total land area of Denmark.
Viborg is one of the oldest towns in Denmark, with Viking settlements dating back to the 8th century. Due to its central location, the town had great strategic importance, in political and religious matters, during the Middle Ages. A motte-and-bailey type castle was once located in the town. Viborg takes its name from a combination of two words: Wii, meaning a holy place, and berg, meaning a hill.

The Stadium

Viborg Stadion is the homeground of Viborg FF and is build in 1930 and is renovated in stages from 2001 to 2008, the pictures posted does not show the 4 office towers build in each corner.
The capacity after the renovation is 9.566 and the stadium is a allseater besides 500 standing places build to reach the capacity of 10.000 as the danish FA wants for all superliga stadiums.

Here is a new picture with one of the office towers in the corners.