Group 2 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Slovakia, Switzerland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Liechtenstein. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 11 December 2018, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.
The group was originally scheduled to be played in home-and-away round-robin format between 6 June 2019 and 13 October 2020. Under the original format, the group winners and the best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining eight runners-up would advance to the play-offs.[2]
On 17 March 2020, all matches were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the qualifying group stage would be extended and end on 17 November 2020, while the play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in November 2020, would be cancelled. Instead, the group winners and the five best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify for the final tournament.[4][5][6]
Standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | France
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10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 27 | Final tournament | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Switzerland
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10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 27 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Georgia
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10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 15 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Slovakia
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 12 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 6–0 | ||
| 5 | Azerbaijan
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10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Liechtenstein
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10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 35 | −32 | 3 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | — |
Matches
editTimes are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Georgia | 4–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Azerbaijan | 2–1 | Slovakia |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–5 | Switzerland |
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| Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Georgia |
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| France | 5–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Switzerland | 2–1 | Georgia |
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| Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Switzerland |
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| Azerbaijan | 1–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| France | 3–2 | Georgia |
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| Slovakia | 3–2 | Georgia |
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| Switzerland | 3–1 | France |
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| Switzerland | 4–1 | Slovakia |
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| Azerbaijan | 1–2 | France |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–2 | Georgia |
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| Slovakia | 1–2 | Switzerland |
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| Slovakia | 2–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| Georgia | 0–3 | Switzerland |
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| Georgia | 1–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Switzerland | 3–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Switzerland | 2–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| France | 3–1 | Switzerland |
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Goalscorers
editThere were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
11 goals
9 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Tural Bayramov- Mert Çelik
- Ozan Kökçü
Colin Dagba- Jonathan Ikoné
- Randal Kolo
- Jules Koundé
- Isaac Lihadji
- Arnaud Nordin
- Dan-Axel Zagadou
Vato Arveladze- Giorgi Guliashvili
- Beka Kavtaradze
- Giorgi Kokhreidze
- Giorgi Kutsia
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
- Anzor Mekvabishvili
Menderes Caglar
Ladislav Almási- Martin Gamboš
- Jakub Kadák
- Peter Kolesár
- Ivan Mesík
- Kristián Vallo
Nedim Bajrami- Kastriot Imeri
- Jordan Lotomba
- Petar Pusic
- Silvan Sidler
- Bastien Toma
- Ruben Vargas
1 own goal
- Ilia Beriashvili (against France)
- Martin Marxer (against France)
- Roman Spirig (against France)
- Fabian Unterrainer (against Slovakia)
- Lukáš Fabiš (against Georgia)
Notes
edit- ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 31 March and 26 October 2019 and between 29 March and 24 October 2020, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
- ^ a b c d e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[7][8]
- ^ a b c d e All matches originally scheduled to be played in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3] These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played in November 2020.
References
edit- ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
- ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
- ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
- ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
External links
edit- Under-21 Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com