Spain national under-21 football team
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The Spain national under-21 football team is the youth representative side of Spain renowned for its exceptional success and talent production, having won more UEFA European Under-21 Championship titles than any other nation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spain national under-21 football team canonical | 8 |
| Spain under-21 national football team | 4 |
| Spain U21 | 1 |
| Spain U21 national team | 1 |
| Spain youth national teams | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1622267 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Spain national under-21 football team Context triple: [UEFA European Under-21 Championship, mostSuccessfulTeam, Spain national under-21 football team]
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Spain national football team
The Spain national football team is the men's international soccer team representing Spain, renowned for its tiki-taka style and major titles including the 2010 FIFA World Cup and multiple UEFA European Championships.
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B.
Spain women's national football team
The Spain women's national football team is the senior international squad representing Spain in women's soccer, known for its technical, possession-based style and recent rise to global prominence, including winning the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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C.
Germany under-21 national football team
The Germany under-21 national football team is the country's youth representative side in international football, serving as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
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Poland national under-21 football team
The Poland national under-21 football team is the country’s youth representative side that competes in international under-21 competitions and serves as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
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E.
Scotland national under-21 football team
The Scotland national under-21 football team is the country’s youth representative side that competes in international under-21 competitions as a development pathway to the senior national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Spain national under-21 football team Target entity description: The Spain national under-21 football team is the youth representative side of Spain renowned for its exceptional success and talent production, having won more UEFA European Under-21 Championship titles than any other nation.
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A.
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team is the men's international soccer team representing Spain, renowned for its tiki-taka style and major titles including the 2010 FIFA World Cup and multiple UEFA European Championships.
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B.
Spain women's national football team
The Spain women's national football team is the senior international squad representing Spain in women's soccer, known for its technical, possession-based style and recent rise to global prominence, including winning the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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C.
Germany under-21 national football team
The Germany under-21 national football team is the country's youth representative side in international football, serving as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
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D.
Poland national under-21 football team
The Poland national under-21 football team is the country’s youth representative side that competes in international under-21 competitions and serves as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
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E.
Scotland national under-21 football team
The Scotland national under-21 football team is the country’s youth representative side that competes in international under-21 competitions as a development pathway to the senior national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national under-21 association football team ⓘ |
| ageCategory | under-21 ⓘ |
| ageGroup | youth ⓘ |
| association | Royal Spanish Football Federation ⓘ |
| awayKitColorPrimary | white ⓘ |
| basedIn | Madrid ⓘ |
| competition | UEFA European Under-21 Championship ⓘ |
| confederation | UEFA ⓘ |
| continentalConfederation |
UEFA
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surface form:
Union of European Football Associations
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| country | Spain ⓘ |
| developmentRole | feeder team for Spain national football team ⓘ |
| fifaCode | ESP U21 ⓘ |
| fifaTrigramme | ESP ⓘ |
| founded | 1976 ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governingBody | Royal Spanish Football Federation ⓘ |
| governingBodyAbbreviation | RFEF ⓘ |
| governsAgeLimit | players aged 21 or under at start of competition ⓘ |
| homeCountryFlag | flag of Spain ⓘ |
| homeKitColorPrimary | red ⓘ |
| homeStadium | various stadiums in Spain ⓘ |
| mostSuccessfulIn | UEFA European Under-21 Championship ⓘ |
| nickname | La Rojita ⓘ |
| notableFor | producing elite Spanish international players ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Royal Spanish Football Federation ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
international under-21 friendlies ⓘ |
| playsUnderRules | Laws of the Game of association football ⓘ |
| primaryCompetitionLevel | under-21 international ⓘ |
| record | most UEFA European Under-21 Championship titles ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| represents | Spain ⓘ |
| representsInCompetition | Spain in UEFA under-21 competitions ⓘ |
| shortName |
Spain national under-21 football team
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Spain U21
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| sport | association football ⓘ |
| successReputation | one of the most successful under-21 national teams in the world ⓘ |
| teamCategory | men's under-21 national team ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black or dark socks
ⓘ
blue shorts ⓘ red shirt ⓘ |
| titlesWon |
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 1986
UEFA European Under-21 Championship ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 1998
UEFA European Under-21 Championship ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2011
UEFA European Under-21 Championship ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2013
UEFA European Under-21 Championship ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2019
UEFA European Under-21 Championship ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2023
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| type | youth national team ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spain national under-21 football team Description of subject: The Spain national under-21 football team is the youth representative side of Spain renowned for its exceptional success and talent production, having won more UEFA European Under-21 Championship titles than any other nation.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Spain youth national teams
this entity surface form:
Spain under-21 national football team
this entity surface form:
Spain U21 national team
Spain national under-21 football team
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Spain national under-21 football team
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this entity surface form:
Spain U21
subject surface form:
Xavi Hernández
this entity surface form:
Spain under-21 national football team
this entity surface form:
Spain under-21 national football team
this entity surface form:
Spain under-21 national football team