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2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that would have determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Romania in the 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to participate.[3]

2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesCancelled

(Originally

Qualifying round:
March 2021[1]
Elite round:
Abolished
Play-offs:
May 2021)
Teams53 (from 1 confederation)
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2020
2022 →

Apart from Romania, 53 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, where the original format consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which would have taken place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which would also have take place in spring 2021.[4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was delayed to March 2021, and the elite round was abolished and replaced by play-offs, with the 13 qualifying round group winners joining the top seed by coefficient ranking, Portugal (which originally received a bye to the elite round), in the play-offs in May 2021 to determine the teams qualifying for the final tournament.[5][6]

On 23 February 2021, UEFA announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and its effect on staging competitions, the tournament was cancelled.[7]

Format edit

The qualifying competition originally consisted of the following two rounds:

  • Qualifying round: Apart from Portugal, which receive a bye to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was to be played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group were to advance to the elite round.
  • Elite round: The 28 teams were to be drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was to be played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners were to qualify for the final tournament.

After the format change, the qualifying competition would have consisted of the following two rounds:

  • Qualifying round: The draw remained the same as before. The 13 group winners and Portugal, which originally received a bye to the elite round, would have advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The 14 teams were to be drawn into seven ties. The seven winners would have qualified for the final tournament.

Qualifying round edit

Draw edit

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2019, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[8][9]

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Ukraine and Russia, Serbia and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Final tournament hosts
Team Coeff. Rank
  Romania 8.833 —
Bye to elite round
Team Coeff. Rank
  Portugal 29.389 1
Teams entering qualifying round
Pot A
Team Coeff. Rank
  France 23.778 2
  England 23.000 3
  Italy 21.889 4
  Netherlands 16.778 5
  Czech Republic 16.722 6
  Spain 16.222 7
  Germany 15.833 8
  Ukraine 14.389 9
  Republic of Ireland 13.278 10
  Norway 12.611 11
  Turkey 12.611 12
  Austria 11.833 13
  Croatia 11.611 14
Pot B
Team Coeff. Rank
  Greece 11.000 15
  Belgium 10.667 16
  Sweden 10.278 17
  Serbia 10.167 18
  Poland 10.167 19
  Slovakia 10.167 20
  Scotland 9.833 21
  Israel 9.833 22
  Bulgaria 9.722 23
  Hungary 9.167 24
  Denmark 8.833 25
  Slovenia 8.167 26
  Georgia 7.833 27
Pot C
Team Coeff. Rank
  Russia 7.333 28
  Finland 7.333 29
   Switzerland 7.000 30
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.667 31
  Cyprus 5.333 32
  Wales 5.000 33
  Latvia 4.667 34
  Iceland 4.667 35
  Azerbaijan 4.500 36
  North Macedonia 4.333 37
  Northern Ireland 4.333 38
  Belarus 4.333 39
  Armenia 3.667 40
Pot D
Team Coeff. Rank
  Montenegro 3.333 41
  Kosovo 3.167 42
  Malta 2.333 43
  Albania 2.000 44
  Kazakhstan 1.667 45
  Andorra 1.667 46
  Luxembourg 1.667 47
  Moldova 1.333 48
  Estonia 1.333 49
  Faroe Islands 1.333 50
  Lithuania 1.000 51
  Gibraltar 0.333 52
  San Marino 0.000 53
Did not enter
  Liechtenstein

Groups edit

The qualifying round was originally scheduled to be completed by 17 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was delayed to March 2021,[6] before its cancellation earlier in February.[7]

Group 1 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 11–17 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Slovakia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Italy  Cancelled  Kosovo
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Cyprus  Cancelled  Slovakia
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Italy  Cancelled  Cyprus
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Slovakia  Cancelled  Kosovo
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Slovakia  Cancelled  Italy
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Kosovo  Cancelled  Cyprus
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Group 2 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 10–16 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Israel (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ukraine  Cancelled  Montenegro
Report
Belarus  Cancelled  Israel
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Ukraine  Cancelled  Belarus
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Israel  Cancelled  Montenegro
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Israel  Cancelled  Ukraine
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Montenegro  Cancelled  Belarus
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Group 3 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 11–17 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Sweden (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Austria  Cancelled  Gibraltar
Report
Northern Ireland  Cancelled  Sweden
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Austria  Cancelled  Northern Ireland
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Sweden  Cancelled  Gibraltar
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Sweden  Cancelled  Austria
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Gibraltar  Cancelled  Northern Ireland
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Group 4 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 11–17 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3    Switzerland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Germany  Cancelled  Luxembourg
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Switzerland  Cancelled  Scotland
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Germany  Cancelled   Switzerland
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Scotland  Cancelled  Luxembourg
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Scotland  Cancelled  Germany
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Luxembourg  Cancelled   Switzerland
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Group 5 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 7–13 October 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Czech Republic (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic  Cancelled  Albania
Report
North Macedonia  Cancelled  Denmark
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Czech Republic  Cancelled  North Macedonia
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Denmark  Cancelled  Albania
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Denmark  Cancelled  Czech Republic
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Albania  Cancelled  North Macedonia
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Group 6 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 11–17 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Croatia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Croatia  Cancelled  Kazakhstan
Report
Latvia  Cancelled  Georgia
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Croatia  Cancelled  Latvia
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Georgia  Cancelled  Kazakhstan
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Georgia  Cancelled  Croatia
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Kazakhstan  Cancelled  Latvia
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Group 7 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 11–17 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Republic of Ireland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Republic of Ireland  Cancelled  Estonia
Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Cancelled  Poland
Report
Republic of Ireland  Cancelled  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Poland  Cancelled  Estonia
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Poland  Cancelled  Republic of Ireland
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Estonia  Cancelled  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Group 8 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 7–13 October 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Moldova (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
France  Cancelled  Moldova
Report
Azerbaijan  Cancelled  Greece
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France  Cancelled  Azerbaijan
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Greece  Cancelled  Moldova
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Greece  Cancelled  France
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Moldova  Cancelled  Azerbaijan
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Group 9 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 7–13 October 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Norway (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Norway  Cancelled  Andorra
Report
Iceland  Cancelled  Hungary
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Norway  Cancelled  Iceland
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Hungary  Cancelled  Andorra
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Hungary  Cancelled  Norway
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Andorra  Cancelled  Iceland
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Group 10 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 11–17 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Wales (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England  Cancelled  Malta
Report
Wales  Cancelled  Slovenia
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England  Cancelled  Wales
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Slovenia  Cancelled  Malta
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Slovenia  Cancelled  England
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Malta  Cancelled  Wales
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Group 11 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 7–13 October 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Netherlands (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Netherlands  Cancelled  San Marino
Report
Armenia  Cancelled  Serbia
Report
Netherlands  Cancelled  Armenia
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Serbia  Cancelled  San Marino
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Serbia  Cancelled  Netherlands
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San Marino  Cancelled  Armenia
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Group 12 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 10–16 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Bulgaria (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Turkey  Cancelled  Lithuania
Report
Russia  Cancelled  Bulgaria
Report
Turkey  Cancelled  Russia
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Bulgaria  Cancelled  Lithuania
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Bulgaria  Cancelled  Turkey
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Lithuania  Cancelled  Russia
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Group 13 edit

Originally scheduled to be played between 11–17 November 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Belgium (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain  Cancelled  Faroe Islands
Report
Finland  Cancelled  Belgium
Report
Spain  Cancelled  Finland
Report
Belgium  Cancelled  Faroe Islands
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Belgium  Cancelled  Spain
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Faroe Islands  Cancelled  Finland
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Elite round edit

The draw for the elite round would originally have been held on 9 December 2020 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, and the matches were originally scheduled to be played in spring 2021. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the elite round would be abolished and replaced by play-offs.[6]

Play-offs edit

The fourteen teams were planned to be drawn into seven ties. The seven winners would have qualified for the final tournament. The play-offs were scheduled to be played in May 2021, before the tournament was ultimately cancelled.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "2020/21 U19 qualifying round guide". UEFA. 18 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Romania, Slovakia to stage U19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 24 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2020/21". UEFA. 13 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "2020/21 U19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 14 October 2019.
  5. ^ "UEFA postpones youth national team competitions". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. ^ "2020/21 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "2020/21 U19 EURO qualifying round draw coefficients" (PDF). UEFA.com.

External links edit

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