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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 25 March 2021–November 2022 |
Teams | 53 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 183 |
Goals scored | 534 (2.92 per match) |
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The 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-21 football competition that will determine the 14 teams joining the automatically qualified co-hosts Romania and Georgia in the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament.
Apart from Romania and Georgia, all remaining 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to participate.
Format[]
The qualifying competition will consist of the following two rounds:
- Qualifying group stage: The 53 teams are drawn into nine groups: eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. Each group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners and the best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining eight runners-up advance to the play-offs.
- Play-offs: The eight teams are drawn into four ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualified teams.
Tiebreakers[]
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):
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- Wins in all group matches;
- Away wins in all group matches;
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying group stage draw.
To determine the five 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 15.02):
- Points;
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Away goals scored;
- Wins;
- Away wins;
- Disciplinary points;
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying group stage draw.
Schedule[]
Stage | Draw date | FIFA International Dates |
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Qualifying group stage | 28 January 2021 | Matchday 1 (1–3 September 2021) |
Matchday 2 (6–7 September 2021) | ||
Matchday 3 (7–8 October 2021) | ||
Matchday 4 (11–12 October 2021) | ||
Matchday 5 (10–12 November 2021) | ||
Matchday 6 (14–16 November 2021) | ||
Matchday 7 (24–25 March 2022) | ||
Matchday 8 (28–29 March 2022) | ||
Matchday 9 (2–6 June 2022) | ||
Matchday 10 (6–14 June 2022) | ||
Play-offs | TBD | TBD |
TBD |
Qualifying group stage[]
Draw[]
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Each group contained one team from each of Pots A–F (Pots A–E for five-team group). Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following teams would not be drawn in the same group.
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Gibraltar and Spain
- Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo
- Kosovo and Serbia
- Kosovo and Russia
- Russia and Ukraine
Groups[]
Group A[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group A
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Group B[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group B
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Group C[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C
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Group D[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group D
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Group E[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group E
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Group F[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group F
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Group G[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group G
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Group H[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H
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Group I[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I
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Ranking of second-placed teams[]
Only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team in six-team groups are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team are counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The top-ranked team qualifies directly for the final tournament, while the other teams enter the play-offs Template:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification second-placed table
Play-offs[]
- Main article:2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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1 | TBD | TBD | ||
2 | TBD | TBD | ||
3 | TBD | TBD | ||
4 | TBD | TBD |
Advanced teams[]
Group | Group winners | Runners-up (Direct entrant(s)) | Runners-up (Play-offs) | Qualified (Position TBD) |
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Qualified teams[]
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Co-hosts | 3 December 2020 | 4th | 2021 | Semi-finals (2019) |
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1st | Debut | |||
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Group I winners | 29 March 2022 | 4th | 2019 | Semi-finals (2007) |
External links[]
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2021–22 in European football (UEFA) |
Domestic leagues |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '21 '22 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '21 '22 · Faroe Islands '21 '22 · Finland '21 '22 · France · Georgia '21 '22 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '21 '22 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '21 '22 · Kosovo · Latvia '21 '22 · Lithuania '21 '22 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway '21 '22 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '21 '22 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '21 '22 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
Domestic cups |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '21 '22 · Finland '21 '22 · France · Georgia '21 '22 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '21 '22 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '21 '22 · Kosovo · Latvia '21 '22 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania '21 '22 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '21 '22 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
League cups |
England · Iceland · Israel · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '22 · Scotland · Wales |
Supercups |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands · France · Georgia · Germany · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Kosovo · Lithuania · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '21 '22 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Spain · Turkey · Ukraine |
UEFA competitions |
Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round, Champions Path, Main Path, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa Conference League (qualifying phase and play-off round, Champions Path, Main Path, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Super Cup |
International competitions |
2022 FIFA World Cup (qualification) · 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (League C relegation play-offs · Finals) · 2023 Euro Under-21 (qualification) · 2022 Euro Under-19 (qualification) · 2022 Euro Under-17 (qualification) |
2022–23 in European football (UEFA) |
Domestic leagues |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '22 '23 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '22 '23 · Faroe Islands '22 '23 · Finland '22 '23 · France · Georgia '22 '23 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '22 '23 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '22 '23 · Kosovo · Latvia '22 '23 · Lithuania '22 '23 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway '22 '23 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '22 '23 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '22 '23 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
Domestic cups |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '22 '23 · Finland '22 '23 · France · Georgia '22 '23 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '22 '23 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '22 '23 · Kosovo · Latvia '22 '23 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania '22 '23 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '22 '23 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · |
League cups |
England · Iceland · Israel · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '23 · Scotland · Wales |
Supercups |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · England · Estonia '22 '23 · Faroe Islands · France · Georgia · Germany · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '22 '23 · Kosovo · Lithuania '22 '23 · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '22 '23 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Spain · Turkey · |
UEFA competitions |
Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa Conference League (qualifying phase and play-off round, Champions Path, Main Path, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Super Cup |
International competitions |
2022 FIFA World Cup · UEFA Euro 2024 (qualification) · 2022–23 UEFA Nations League (League A · League B · League C · League D · Finals · Final) |