2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

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Dates25 March 2017 – 20 November 2018
Teams54 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed274
Goals scored833 (3.04 per match)
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates25 March 2017 – 20 November 2018
Teams54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played274
Goals scored833 (3.04 per match)
Top scorerPoland Dawid Kownacki (11 goals)
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The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Italy in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament (the other co-hosts San Marino would not qualify automatically).[1]

Apart from Italy, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition,[2] with Gibraltar and Kosovo making their debuts. Players born on or after 1 January 1996 are eligible to participate.

Tiebreakers

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:[3]

  • Qualifying group stage: The 54 teams are drawn into nine groups of six teams. Each group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the four best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) advance to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The four teams are drawn into two ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last two qualified teams.

In the qualifying group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 14.01):[3]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  10. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying group stage draw.

To determine the four best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in sixth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.02):[3]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. Away goals scored;
  5. Disciplinary points;
  6. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying group stage draw.

In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 19.01).[3]

Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.[2]

Stage FIFA International Dates
Qualifying group stage 20–28 March 2017
5–13 June 2017
28 August – 5 September 2017
2–10 October 2017
6–14 November 2017
19–27 March 2018
3–11 September 2018
8–16 October 2018
Play-offs 12–20 November 2018

Qualifying group stage

Play-offs

Draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 19 October 2018, 13:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[10] The four teams were drawn into two ties of home-and-away two-legged format.

Matches

The two play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Greece  0–2  Austria 0–1 0–1
Poland  3–2  Portugal 0–1 3–1

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-21 Euro1
only U-21 era (since 1978)
 ItalyHosts9 December 2016[1]19 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 CroatiaGroup 1 winners15 October 20182 (2000, 2004)
 SpainGroup 2 winners6 September 201813 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017)
 DenmarkGroup 3 winners16 October 20187 (1978, 1986, 1992, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2017)
 EnglandGroup 4 winners11 October 201814 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 GermanyGroup 5 winners12 October 201811 (19822, 19902, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 BelgiumGroup 6 winners16 October 20182 (2002, 2007)
 SerbiaGroup 7 winners12 October 201810 (19783, 19803, 19843, 19903, 20044, 20064, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017)
 RomaniaGroup 8 winners16 October 20181 (1998)
 FranceGroup 9 winners7 September 20188 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2006)
 AustriaPlay-off winners20 November 20180 (debut)
 PolandPlay-off winners20 November 20186 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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