Belgium national under-21 football team
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The Belgium national under-21 football team is the country’s youth representative side in international under-21 competitions, serving as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belgium national under-21 football team canonical | 3 |
| Belgium U21 | 1 |
| Belgium U21 national team | 1 |
| Belgium under-21 national football team | 1 |
| Belgium under-21s | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9910120 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belgium national under-21 football team Context triple: [Royal Belgian Football Association, governs, Belgium national under-21 football team]
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A.
Netherlands national under-21 football team
The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the Dutch youth 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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B.
Belgium national football team
The Belgium national football team is the country’s senior men’s side, known for its “Golden Generation” of talented players and strong performances in major international tournaments like the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship.
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C.
Netherlands national under-19 football team
The Netherlands national under-19 football team is the Dutch youth side that competes in international under-19 competitions as a development stage for future senior national team players.
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D.
Belgium national youth football teams
The Belgium national youth football teams are the age-group representative sides of Belgium that compete in international youth competitions under the auspices of the Royal Belgian Football Association.
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E.
Netherlands national under-17 football team
The Netherlands national under-17 football team is the country’s youth representative side that competes in international under-17 competitions and develops young talent for higher national teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belgium national under-21 football team Target entity description: The Belgium national under-21 football team is the country’s youth representative side in international under-21 competitions, serving as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
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A.
Netherlands national under-21 football team
The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the Dutch youth 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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B.
Belgium national football team
The Belgium national football team is the country’s senior men’s side, known for its “Golden Generation” of talented players and strong performances in major international tournaments like the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship.
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C.
Netherlands national under-19 football team
The Netherlands national under-19 football team is the Dutch youth side that competes in international under-19 competitions as a development stage for future senior national team players.
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D.
Belgium national youth football teams
The Belgium national youth football teams are the age-group representative sides of Belgium that compete in international youth competitions under the auspices of the Royal Belgian Football Association.
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E.
Netherlands national under-17 football team
The Netherlands national under-17 football team is the country’s youth representative side that competes in international under-17 competitions and develops young talent for higher national teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national under-21 association football team ⓘ |
| ageCategory | under-21 ⓘ |
| ageLimitType | youth ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Belgium U21
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linked to:
Belgium national under-21 football team
Belgium under-21s ⓘ
linked to:
Belgium national under-21 football team
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| association |
FIFA
ⓘ
Union of European Football Associations ⓘ
linked to:
UEFA
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| competition |
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification ⓘ
linked to:
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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| confederation | UEFA ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| developmentRole | feeder team for Belgium national football team ⓘ |
| eligibilityRule | players aged 21 or under at start of competition cycle ⓘ |
| FIFAcode | BEL ⓘ |
| followsCompetitionCalendarOf | UEFA ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governingBody | Royal Belgian Football Association ⓘ |
| governingBodyAbbreviation | RBFA ⓘ |
| governingBodyHeadquarters |
Brussels
ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
|
| governingBodyLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| homeCountryCapital |
Brussels
ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
|
| homeStadium | various stadiums in Belgium ⓘ |
| jerseySymbol | Belgium national colors ⓘ |
| level | under-age international ⓘ |
| playerGender | male ⓘ |
| playerSource |
Belgian players at foreign clubs
ⓘ
Belgian professional clubs ⓘ Belgian youth academies ⓘ |
| playsFriendlyMatchesAgainst | other national under-21 teams ⓘ |
| primaryKitColor | red ⓘ |
| purpose |
player development
ⓘ
preparation for senior national team ⓘ |
| represents | Belgium ⓘ |
| representsInCompetition | international under-21 football ⓘ |
| rules | Laws of the Game of association football ⓘ |
| secondaryKitColor | black ⓘ |
| selectionBasis | Belgian nationality or eligibility under FIFA rules ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| teamCategory | under-21 national team ⓘ |
| teamStatus | active ⓘ |
| teamType | youth national team ⓘ |
| trainingLocation | Belgium ⓘ |
| usesEmblem | crest of Royal Belgian Football Association ⓘ |
| usesFlag | flag of Belgium ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Belgium national under-21 football team Description of subject: The Belgium national under-21 football team is the country’s youth representative side in international under-21 competitions, serving as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Belgium national under-21 football team
linked to: Belgium national under-21 football team
Royal Belgian Football Association
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governsNationalTeam
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Belgium national under-21 football team
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subject linked to:
RBFA
linked to: Belgium national under-21 football team
linked to: Belgium national under-21 football team