The 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship started with a qualifying competition which began on 27 March 2009 and finished on 13 October 2010. The final tournament was held in Denmark between 11–25 June 2011.
The first stage of the qualifying competition was a group stage followed by play-offs. Each of the 10 group winners, as well as the four highest ranked second place teams, advanced to the play-off. The play-offs determined which seven nations joined Denmark in the final tournament. Denmark, as hosts, qualified automatically.
Teams that secured a place in the play-offs are highlighted in green in their respective qualifying groups. The teams are ordered by final group position.
In case of equal points, the teams are ranked by their head-to-head record:
number of points goal difference goals scored goals scored away from home. If some teams have equal head-to-head record, then the following tiebreaks apply:
overall goal difference overall goals scored overall goals scored away from home fair play conduct.[1] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Switzerland 10 6 2 2 15 8 +7 20 — 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 Turkey 10 5 1 4 13 11 +2 16 1–3 — 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 Georgia 10 4 3 3 12 9 +3 15 0–0 4–0 — 0–2 2–0 1–1 Armenia 10 4 1 5 18 19 −1 13 1–3 2–5 2–3 — 1–1 4–1 Estonia 10 3 3 4 9 16 −7 12 1–4 1–0 2–0 2–3 — 1–1 Republic of Ireland 10 1 4 5 11 15 −4 7 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 5–0 —
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 8 5 1 2 12 5 +7 16 — 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 Wales 8 5 1 2 15 6 +9 16 2–1 — 4–1 2–0 5–1 Hungary 8 4 1 3 9 7 +2 13 2–0 0–1 — 0–0 3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 2 2 4 4 8 −4 8 0–1 2–1 0–2 — 0–1 Luxembourg 8 1 1 6 2 16 −14 4 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 —
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Netherlands 8 7 0 1 19 5 +14 21 — 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 Spain 8 6 1 1 15 5 +10 19 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 3–1 Finland 8 3 1 4 11 7 +4 10 0–1 1–1 — 2–0 3–0 Poland 8 3 0 5 11 13 −2 9 0–4 0–1 2–1 — 2–0 Liechtenstein 8 0 0 8 1 27 −26 0 0–3 0–4 0–4 0–5 —
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Czech Republic 8 7 1 0 25 4 +21 22 — 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 Iceland 8 5 1 2 29 11 +18 16 0–2 — 4–1 2–1 8–0 Germany 8 3 3 2 26 10 +16 12 1–2 2–2 — 3–0 6–0 Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 12 16 −4 7 1–2 2–6 1–1 — 4–0 San Marino 8 0 0 8 0 51 −51 0 0–8 0–6 0–11 0–3 —
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sweden 8 6 1 1 15 5 +10 19 — 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 Israel 8 5 1 2 18 8 +10 16 0–1 — 5–0 1–1 4–0 Montenegro 8 4 1 3 9 11 −2 13 0–2 1–0 — 3–1 2–0 Kazakhstan 8 1 2 5 7 17 −10 5 1–1 1–2 0–2 — 2–0 Bulgaria 8 1 1 6 8 16 −8 4 0–1 3–4 1–1 3–0 —
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ukraine 8 4 4 0 13 5 +8 16 — 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 Belgium 8 4 3 1 8 5 +3 15 0–2 — 0–0 2–0 1–0 France 8 4 3 1 12 6 +6 15 2–2 0–1 — 1–0 2–0 Slovenia 8 2 2 4 6 10 −4 8 0–2 2–2 1–3 — 1–0 Malta 8 0 0 8 0 13 −13 0 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 —
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Greece 8 6 1 1 13 7 +6 19 — 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 England 8 5 2 1 15 7 +8 17 1–2 — 1–0 3–0 6–3 Portugal 8 4 1 3 12 8 +4 13 2–1 0–1 — 4–1 3–1 Lithuania 8 1 2 5 3 11 −8 5 0–1 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 Macedonia 8 0 2 6 9 19 −10 2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 —
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Scotland 8 5 2 1 16 7 +9 17 — 1–0 3–1 5–2 2–2 Belarus 8 5 2 1 16 11 +5 17 1–1 — 2–1 4–2 1–0 Austria 8 4 2 2 17 11 +6 14 1–0 3–3 — 3–1 4–0 Albania 8 1 1 6 11 20 −9 4 0–1 1–2 2–2 — 1–0 Azerbaijan 8 1 1 6 8 19 −11 4 0–4 2–3 1–2 3–2 —
Ranking of second-placed teams [ edit ] Since Groups 1 and 2 were composed of six teams, results against the 6th-ranked team were excluded.
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1. Total points, 2. Goal difference, 3. Goals scored, 4. Goals scored away from home, 5. Disciplinary record, 6. Drawing of lots.
[2] The play-off first legs played on 9 October 2010, second legs played on 13 October 2010.
Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament Denmark 00 Host 00 10 December 2008 41 (1978 , 1986 , 1992 , 2006 ) Switzerland Play-off winners against Sweden 11 October 2010 2 (2002 , 2004 ) Iceland Play-off winners against Scotland 11 October 2010 First appearance England Play-off winners against Romania 12 October 2010 10 (1978 , 1980 , 1982 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 , 2000 , 2002 , 2007 , 2009 ) Spain Play-off winners against Croatia 12 October 2010 10 (1982 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 , 1990 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2009 ) Belarus Play-off winners against Italy 12 October 2010 2 (2004 , 2009 ) Czech Republic Play-off winners against Greece 12 October 2010 4 (1996 , 2000 , 2002 , 2007 ) Ukraine Play-off winners against Netherlands 12 October 2010 1 (2006 )
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