2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Cancelled (Originally Qualifying round: March 2021 [1] Elite round: Abolished Play-offs: May 2021)
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
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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]

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

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

Draw

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]}

• 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2019 UEFA European Under-19 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: 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

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

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

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Group 2

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

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Group 3

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

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Group 4

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

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Group 5

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

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Group 6

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

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Group 7

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

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Group 8

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

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Group 9

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

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Group 10

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

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Group 11

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

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Group 12

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

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Group 13

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

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Elite round

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

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

External links

• Official website
• Under-19 Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com