Group 6 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Spain, Israel, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, and Faroe Islands. 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
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Spain | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 28 | Final tournament | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | North Macedonia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 18 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Israel | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 13 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||
4 | Kazakhstan | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–4 | ||
5 | Faroe Islands | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 9 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | Montenegro | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |
Matches
editTimes are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Faroe Islands | 1–3 | Kazakhstan |
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Montenegro | 1–2 | Kazakhstan |
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Kazakhstan | 0–1 | Spain |
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Kazakhstan | 1–2 | Israel |
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Spain | 2–0 | Montenegro |
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Montenegro | 1–2 | North Macedonia |
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North Macedonia | 1–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Israel | 3–1 | Faroe Islands |
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Montenegro | 0–2 | Spain |
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Israel | 0–0 | Montenegro |
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Spain | 3–0 | North Macedonia |
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Faroe Islands | 3–1 | Israel |
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Faroe Islands | 1–2 | North Macedonia |
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Israel | 1–2 | Kazakhstan |
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Kazakhstan | 1–4 | North Macedonia |
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Montenegro | 1–2 | Israel |
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Faroe Islands | 0–2 | Spain |
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North Macedonia | 1–1 | Israel |
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Faroe Islands | 1–0 | Montenegro |
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Spain | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Israel | 1–1 | North Macedonia |
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Spain | 2–0 | Faroe Islands |
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Kazakhstan | 2–3 | Faroe Islands |
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North Macedonia | 2–1 | Montenegro |
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Goalscorers
editThere were 85 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
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- Jákup Andreasen
- Jonn Johannesen
- Mads Mikkelsen
- Hugin Samuelsen
- Shay Elias
- Eden Karzev
- Yonas Malede
- Itamar Shviro
- Elkhan Astanov
- Dmitriy Bachek
- Akmal Bakhtiyarov
- Vladislav Prokopenko
- Yerkebulan Seydakhmet
- Vyacheslav Shvyrev
- Marko Rakonjac
- Meris Skenderović
- Kristijan Ackovski
- Erdon Daci
- Marko Gjorgjievski
- Esmin Lichina
- Bojan Miovski
- Ander Barrenetxea
- Aitor Buñuel
- Marc Cucurella
- Hugo Duro
- Manu García
- Daniel Gómez
- Hugo Guillamón
- Jon Moncayola
- Óscar
1 own goal
- Nikola Serafimov (against Spain)
- Sagadat Tursynbay (against Montenegro)
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.[8][9]
- ^ a b c d e Five matches originally scheduled to be played in September and October 2020 were rescheduled following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
- ^ The match between Faroe Islands and North Macedonia was originally scheduled on 19 November 2019, 17:00 WET, at Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, but was postponed due to a frozen field.[10] It was originally rescheduled to 4 June 2020, but was postponed to 8 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
- ^ 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 October and 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.
- ^ "Казахстан (U-21) – Израиль (U-21) 1:2. Нехватка свежести" (in Russian). footboom.kz. Retrieved 9 October 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.
- ^ "Frost avlýsir U21-landsdystin". Faroe Islands Football Association. 19 November 2019.[permanent dead link]
External links
edit- Under-21 Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com