2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 6 October – 16 November 2021 Elite round: 23 March – 7 June 2022
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	117
Goals scored	373 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Orri Steinn Óskarsson Wilfried Gnonto (5 goals each)
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The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Slovakia in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to participate.

Originally, the qualifying competition would use a new format with teams split into three different leagues with promotion and relegation, with the draw of the first round under the new format already held in December 2019. However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the introduction of the new format had been postponed to the next edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and qualification for this edition would use the previous format involving two rounds only.^[2]

Apart from Slovakia, 53 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, where the original format consisted of a qualifying round that took place in autumn 2021, and an elite round that took place in spring and summer 2022.^[3]

Format[edit]

The qualifying competition consisted of the following two rounds:

• Qualifying round: Apart from Portugal, which received a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The thirteen group winners, thirteen runners-up, and the third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group was as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):^[4]

Group schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

Tiebreakers[edit]

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[4]

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. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):^[4]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points (total 3 matches);
5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2019, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[3]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[5][6]

• 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  Slovakia 10.167 —

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  Scotland 9.833 20  Israel 9.833 21  Bulgaria 9.722 22  Hungary 9.167 23  Romania 8.833 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

Notes

• Teams marked in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Liechtenstein

Groups[edit]

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 would be delayed to March 2021.^[7]

Times up to 27 March 2022 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Elite round
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	4
4	Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Elite round
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Greece (H)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

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Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Elite round
2	Austria	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
3	Belarus	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Elite round
2	Israel (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Cyprus	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
4	Moldova	3	0	1	2	2	12	−10	1

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Group 5[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7	Elite round
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Poland (H)	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
4	Malta	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Group 6[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Group 7[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Albania (H)	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	North Macedonia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Group 8[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Elite round
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Luxembourg (H)	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Group 9[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Elite round
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Group 10[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Georgia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Elite round
2	Norway (H)	3	2	0	1	8	1	+7	6
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Kosovo	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Group 11[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7	Elite round
2	Armenia	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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Group 12[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
4	Slovenia (H)	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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Group 13[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Elite round
2	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams[