2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round

The 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round was the first round of qualification for the final tournament of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Malta. Fifty-two teams entering in this round were drawn into 13 groups of four teams, where they played each other in a single round-robin mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. The 13 group winners, 13 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the elite round, the second round of qualification.

As hosts, Malta qualified directly for the final tournament, while Germany received a bye to the elite round as the side with the highest competition coefficient. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 5 December 2012 in Nyon, and matches took place between 21 September and 19 November 2013.[1]

Seeds

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A total of fifty-two participating teams were divided in two draw pots based on the UEFA Under-17 coefficient ranking. Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan would not host the mini-tournament if they are drawn in the same group due to the dispute concerning territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with the same rule applying for Georgia and Russia due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia. The UEFA Executive Committee admitted Gibraltar as a provisional member of UEFA on 1 October 2012. Gibraltar Football Association was admitted as a full member of UEFA at the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress in London in May 2013.[2]

Pot A Pot B

Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
  4. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5) and 6) will apply
  5. Results of all group matches:
    1. Superior goal difference
    2. Higher number of goals scored
  6. Drawing of lots

Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner or the runners-up and the third-placed team.

Groups

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The hosts of the thirteen mini-tournament groups are indicated below.

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00) until 26 October 2013 and CET (UTC+01:00) starting from 27 October 2013.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Elite round
2   Albania (H) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3   Belarus 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4   Finland 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Belarus  1–0  Finland
Vasilyew   67' Report
Referee: Georgi Vadachkoria (Georgia)
Romania  1–0  Albania
Ivan   48' Report
Referee: Sergiu Derenov (Moldova)

Finland  0–1  Romania
Report Ivan   76'
Referee: Georgi Vadachkoria (Georgia)
Belarus  1–2  Albania
Kozlov   37' Report Toli   22'
Bakalli   80+5'
Referee: Chris Reisch (Luxembourg)

Romania  2–0  Belarus
Stoica   13'
Manea   80+2'
Report
Referee: Sergiu Derenov (Moldova)
Albania  0–0  Finland
Report
Referee: Chris Reisch (Luxembourg)

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Elite round
2   Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   Ukraine 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4   Lithuania (H) 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Italy  2–1  Ukraine
Panico   3', 61' Report Taranukha   39'
Sweden  3–0  Lithuania
Tshakasua   35', 73'
Reuterswärd   39'
Report
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Italy  0–0  Lithuania
Report
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Ukraine  0–0  Sweden
Report

Sweden  0–3  Italy
Report Panico   27'
Locatelli   36'
Caronte   80+1'
Lithuania  1–1  Ukraine
Fastov   38' (o.g.) Report Taranukha   1'

On 21 October 2013, the match between Ukraine and Sweden to be played at the ARVI Football Arena in Marijampolė was postponed to the next day due to heavy rain.[4][5]

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Elite round
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3   Israel (H) 3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 4
4   Liechtenstein 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic  4–2  Israel
Pulkrab   34', 39', 47'
Mihálik   80+4'
Report Hamzey   22' (pen.)
Isakov   53'
France  2–0  Liechtenstein
Jamrozik   17'
Kwateng   62'
Report
National team complex, Shefayim
Referee: Kevin Azzopardi (Malta)

Czech Republic  3–0  Liechtenstein
Januška   7'
Quaderer   27' (o.g.)
Štěpánek   79'
Report
National team complex, Shefayim
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Israel  2–2  France
Yizhak   18'
Zenati   27'
Report Dembele   43', 58'

France  3–0  Czech Republic
Lusamba   29' (pen.)
Saint-Maximin   36', 51'
Report
National team complex, Shefayim
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Liechtenstein  0–8  Israel
Report Yizhak   4', 28', 29', 33', 62'
Yerushalmi   15', 78'
Hershkovich   48'
Referee: Kevin Azzopardi (Malta)

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Scotland 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Elite round
2   Wales 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5
3   Slovenia (H) 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4   Hungary 3 0 1 2 8 11 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Scotland  3–1  Slovenia
Wighton   40' (pen.), 42', 71' Report Šušnjara   53'
Bistrica, Bistrica
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Hungary  5–5  Wales
Sallai   19'
Damásdi   26', 31'
Hursán   38'
Pávkovics   52'
Report Morrell   12' (pen.)
Harries   50'
James   59'
Wilson   62'
Evans   80'
ŠRC Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci
Referee: Aliyar Aghaev (Azerbaijan)

Scotland  0–0  Wales
Report
Bistrica, Bistrica
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)
Slovenia  4–2  Hungary
Repas   12'
Tijanić   31', 52'
Šušnjara   72'
Report Csonka   68'
Pávkovics   77'
ŠRC Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Hungary  1–2  Scotland
Sallai   38' Report Kiltie   37', 66'
ŠRC Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)
Wales  3–0  Slovenia
Wilson   37', 66'
G. Thomas   78'
Report
Bistrica, Bistrica
Referee: Aliyar Aghaev (Azerbaijan)

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Elite round
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3   Croatia 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4   Montenegro 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Croatia  1–0  Montenegro
Mrkonjić   80+2' Report
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Portugal  2–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sambu   9', 16' Report
Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

Croatia  0–2  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Plantak   12' (o.g.)
Lelić   76'
Montenegro  1–2  Portugal
Vujnović   56' Report Rodrigues   50' (pen.)
Delgado   77' (pen.)
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Portugal  1–0  Croatia
Sanches   24' Report
Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–0  Montenegro
Report
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia (H) 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7 Elite round
2   Greece 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
3   Estonia 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4   Andorra 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Greece  3–1  Estonia
Angelopoulos   42'
Dimitriadis   57'
Xiros   80+3'
Report Käit   80'
FK Obilić, Belgrade
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Serbia  6–0  Andorra
Karišić   10'
Jović   27', 32'
Šaponjić   51'
Duronjić   70'
Zlatković   80+3' (pen.)
Report
FK Srem, Jakovo
Referee: Mervyn Smyth (Northern Ireland)

Greece  1–0  Andorra
Stathopoulos   79' Report
FK Obilić, Belgrade
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Estonia  1–4  Serbia
Kokla   26' Report Šaponjić   29'
Jović   42', 69'
Mijailović   50'
FK Srem, Jakovo
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Serbia  0–0  Greece
Report
FK Rad, Belgrade
Referee: Mervyn Smyth (Northern Ireland)
Andorra  0–2  Estonia
Report Golovljov   52', 72'
FK Srem, Jakovo
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   England 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Elite round
2   Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 6
3   Armenia (H) 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4   Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
England  4–0  Armenia
Roberts   3'
Armstrong   32', 80'
Solanke   75'
Report
Referee: Antonis Giachos (Greece)
Republic of Ireland  4–1  Gibraltar
Holland   26'
Elworthy   31', 36'
Kinsella   68'
Report Wink   17'
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

Gibraltar  0–8  England
Report Armstrong   29', 34'
Ojo   36'
Solanke   42', 74'
Brewitt   48'
Brown   52'
Roberts   62'
Referee: Antonis Giachos (Greece)
Republic of Ireland  2–0  Armenia
Poynton   30' (pen.)
Devers   59'
Report
Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Croatia)

England  6–0  Republic of Ireland
Brown   19', 52'
Armstrong   37', 44'
Roberts   57'
Ledson   80+1'
Report
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
Armenia  2–1  Gibraltar
Ilangyozyan   66'
Panosyan   76'
Report Wink   12'
Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Croatia)

Group 8

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Elite round
2   Norway 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3   Cyprus (H) 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4   Moldova 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Norway  4–2  Cyprus
Svendsen   44' (pen.)
Lorentzen   49', 80+1'
Berg Gjerstrøm   57'
Report Christodoulou   15' (pen.), 67'
Kouklia Community Stadium, Paphos
Spain  3–0  Moldova
Villalibre   11'
Canós   14'
Altamirano   23'
Report

Norway  1–1  Moldova
Lorentzen   16' Report Cebotari   20'
Referee: Vladimír Vnuk (Slovakia)
Cyprus  0–1  Spain
Report Meré   68'
Kouklia Community Stadium, Paphos

Spain  2–0  Norway
Villalibre   53'
Canós   65'
Report
Referee: Vladimír Vnuk (Slovakia)
Moldova  0–2  Cyprus
Report Fragkou   17'
Christodoulou   23'
Kouklia Community Stadium, Paphos

Group 9

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Elite round
2   Latvia 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3   Northern Ireland (H) 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4   Luxembourg 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Turkey  2–2  Luxembourg
Alıcı   16'
E. Ünal   44'
Report Sousa   9'
Flies   15' (pen.)
Northern Ireland  0–1  Latvia
Report Juhnevičs   27'

Latvia  0–1  Turkey
Report E. Ünal   74'
Attendance: 54
Northern Ireland  3–1  Luxembourg
Salley   1'
Thompson   32'
Mooney   80+4'
Report Sousa   57'
Attendance: 524

Turkey  2–0  Northern Ireland
E. Ünal   53'
Alıcı   66'
Report
Attendance: 105
Luxembourg  0–2  Latvia
Report Vavilovs   48'
Gulbis   57'

Group 10

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iceland 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7 Elite round
2   Russia (H) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3   Slovakia 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4   Azerbaijan 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Iceland  3–3  Azerbaijan
Einarsson   20'
Sigthorsson   62'
Bjarnason   72'
Report Kama   11'
Jafarov   50'
Jabrailov   68' (pen.)
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Attendance: 550
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Russia  2–1  Slovakia
Pronichev   22'
Yevtushenko   80+4'
Report Špalek   76'
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Attendance: 2,760

Slovakia  2–4  Iceland
Gorelčík   24'
Krč   40+3'
Report Einarsson   15'
Larusson   55', 79'
Guðmundsson   61'
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Russia  1–0  Azerbaijan
Obolski   6' Report
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

Iceland  2–1  Russia
Gunnarsson   31'
Guðmundsson   50'
Report Yamschikov   35'
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Attendance: 2,150
Azerbaijan  2–4  Slovakia
Kama   62' (pen.)
Akmurzaev   69'
Report Gorelčík   10'
Krč   25'
Špalek   68' (pen.)
Kondrlík   78'
Zenit Stadium, Volgograd
Attendance: 170
Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

Group 11

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Elite round
2   Georgia (H) 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3   Faroe Islands 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
4   San Marino 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Netherlands  4–0  Faroe Islands
Slabbekoorn   32'
Verloo   40'
Owobowale   46'
Nouri   54'
Report
Attendance: 107
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Georgia  3–1  San Marino
Beridze   8'
Mamuchashvili   19'
Lashkhia   33'
Report Tamagnini   67'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)

San Marino  0–12  Netherlands
Report Bergwijn   9'
van der Moot   23', 59', 71'
Nouri   25'
Slabbekoorn   33'
Walian   52', 64', 66', 68', 76'
Owobowale   78'
Tsentraluri, Gori
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)
Georgia  2–0  Faroe Islands
Mikeltadze   15'
Jobava   80+5'
Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Elmir Pilav (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Netherlands  1–0  Georgia
Slabbekoorn   26' Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Faroe Islands  1–0  San Marino
Olsen   76' Report
Tsentraluri, Gori
Attendance: 250
Referee: Elmir Pilav (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Group 12

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Elite round
2   Austria 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3   Denmark (H) 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Denmark  1–0  Kazakhstan
Rasmussen   35' (pen.) Report
Varde Idrætspark, Varde
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Switzerland  4–0  Austria
Ajeti   10', 80+2'
Alves   31'
Cani   40'
Report
Sport og Event Park Esbjerg, Esbjerg
Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)

Kazakhstan  0–3   Switzerland
Report Ajeti   26', 51' (pen.)
Alves   66'
Varde Idrætspark, Varde
Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)
Denmark  0–2  Austria
Report Yılmaz   7', 65'
Haderslev, Haderslev
Referee: Robert Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Switzerland  0–0  Denmark
Report
Varde Idrætspark, Varde
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Austria  2–0  Kazakhstan
Gugganig   28'
Yılmaz   40+1'
Report
Haderslev, Haderslev
Referee: Robert Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Group 13

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Elite round
2   Belgium 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3   Macedonia (H) 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4   Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Belgium  2–0  Bulgaria
Verreth   2'
Dimata   69'
Report
Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
Referee: Ádám Németh (Hungary)
Poland  3–2  Macedonia
Kozak   50'
Siemaszko   73', 76'
Report Georgiev   19'
Krstevski   43'
FFM Training Centre, Skopje
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

Belgium  5–0  Macedonia
Weymans   20'
Bocevski   26' (o.g.)
Verkindere   43'
Verreth   48'
Callebaut   54'
Report
Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
Bulgaria  0–3  Poland
Report Jagiełło   60'
Siemaszko   72'
Skrzecz   74'
FFM Training Centre, Skopje
Referee: Ádám Németh (Hungary)

Poland  2–0  Belgium
Vershueren   25' (o.g.)
Ryczkowski   55'
Report
Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)
Macedonia  2–1  Bulgaria
Jevtoski   38'
Petkovski   54'
Report Maksimov   77'
FFM Training Centre, Skopje

Ranking of third-placed teams

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To determine the best third-ranked team from the qualifying round, only the results of the third-placed team against the winners and runners-up in each group are taken into account.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 2   Ukraine 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 Elite round
2 3   Israel 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 1
3 12   Denmark 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
4 10   Slovakia 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0
5 8   Cyprus 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
6 1   Belarus 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
7 5   Croatia 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
8 9   Northern Ireland 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
9 6   Estonia 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
10 4   Slovenia 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
11 13   Macedonia 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
12 7   Armenia 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
13 11   Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Saffer, Paul (5 December 2012). "2014 Under-17 qualifying round draw made". UEFA.com. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. ^ 2013/14 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws UEFA.com
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2013/14" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Italy and Sweden advance to elite round". UEFA. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Oavgjort mot Ukraina". Svenskfotboll.se. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
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