2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: Cancelled (originally March 2021) [1] Elite round: Abolished
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was to be a men's under-17 football competition that would have determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Cyprus in the 2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament. ^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to participate. ^[3]

Apart from Cyprus, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, where the original format was to consist of two rounds: Qualifying round, which would have taken place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which would also have taken 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, with the 13 qualifying round group winners joining the top two seeds by coefficient ranking, Netherlands and Spain (which originally received byes to the elite round), in the final tournament. ^{[5] [6]}

On 18 December 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that the 2021 tournament was cancelled after consultation with all 55 member associations due to the pandemic. ^[7]

Format

The qualifying competition originally consisted of the following two rounds:

• Qualifying round: Apart from Netherlands and Spain, which receive byes 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 four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group were to advance to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 32 teams were to be drawn into eight 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 eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against all teams in their group were to qualify for the final tournament.

After the format change, the qualifying competition consists of only one round:

• Qualifying round: The draw remained the same as before. The 13 group winners, Netherlands and Spain, which originally received byes to the elite round, were to qualify for the final tournament.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2019, 09:00 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]}

• 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

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: Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff. Rank   Cyprus 6.167 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff. Rank   Netherlands 28.556 1   Spain 27.444 2

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank   England 23.056 3   Italy 22.667 4   Portugal 20.722 5   Germany 19.833 6   France 18.944 7   Belgium 18.556 8   Republic of Ireland 16.833 9   Sweden 15.278 10   Hungary 14.389 11   Austria 13.556 12   Serbia 13.278 13   Turkey 12.667 14   Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.333 15

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank   Scotland 12.000 16   Ukraine 11.889 17   Czech Republic 11.722 18   Israel 11.167 19    Switzerland 11.111 20   Denmark 11.000 21   Norway 10.722 22   Russia 10.667 23   Greece 10.222 24   Slovenia 10.111 25   Poland 10.000 26   Croatia 9.833 27   Slovakia 9.333 28

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank   Iceland 8.167 29   Finland 7.833 30   Belarus 5.500 31   Romania 5.333 32   Azerbaijan 5.333 33   North Macedonia 4.833 34   Montenegro 4.667 35   Wales 4.500 36   Georgia 4.333 37   Northern Ireland 4.167 38   Bulgaria 4.000 39   Latvia 3.000 40   Faroe Islands 2.889 41

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank   Lithuania 2.667 42   Albania 2.333 43   Estonia 2.333 44   Armenia 2.000 45   Kazakhstan 2.000 46   Kosovo 2.000 47   Andorra 1.333 48   Liechtenstein 1.000 49   Moldova 0.667 50   Luxembourg 0.667 51   San Marino 0.333 52   Malta 0.000 53   Gibraltar 0.000 54

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Groups

The qualifying round was originally scheduled to be played 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]

Times up to 27 March 2021 are CET ( UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST ( UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

Originally scheduled to be played between 29 October and 4 November 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Croatia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 2

Originally scheduled to be played between 22 and 28 October 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Romania (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 3

Originally scheduled to be played between 21 and 27 October 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 4

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Georgia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 5

Originally scheduled to be played between 6 and 12 October 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 6

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 7

Originally scheduled to be played between 24 and 30 September 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Finland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 8

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Greece (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 9

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 10

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Luxembourg (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 11

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	North Macedonia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 12

Originally scheduled to be played between 24 and 30 September 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 13

Originally scheduled to be played between 30 October and 5 November 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Scotland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Elite round

The draw for the elite round would originally be 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 was abolished. ^[6]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams were to qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Under-17 Euro 1 only U-17 era (since 2002)
Cyprus	Hosts	24 September 2019 [2]	0 (debut)
Netherlands	1st seed by coefficient ranking	13 August 2020 [5]	13 ( 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Spain	2nd seed by coefficient ranking	13 August 2020 [5]	13 ( 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
TBD	Qualifying round Group 1 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 2 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 3 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 4 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 5 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 6 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 7 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 8 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 9 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 10 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 11 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 12 winners	March 2021
TBD	Qualifying round Group 13 winners	March 2021

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

• Official website
• Under-17 Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com