2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

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2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesQualifying round:
4 October – 15 November 2016
Elite round:
22–28 March 2017
Teams53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played120
Goals scored359 (2.99 per match)
Top scorer(s)Finland Lassi Lappalainen
Norway Birk Risa
Wales Nathan Broadhead
(5 goals each)
2016
2018

The 2017 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 Georgia in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1]

A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to participate.

Format

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:[3]

  • Qualifying round: Apart from Spain, which receive a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams are drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group is 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 advance to the elite round.
  • Elite round: The 28 teams are drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
  7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used 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 are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):[3]

  1. Higher number of points;
  2. Superior goal difference;
  3. Higher number of goals scored;
  4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  5. Higher position in the coefficient ranking list used for the qualifying round draw;
  6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2015, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4][5]

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

Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.[2]

Final tournament hosts
Team Coeff Rank
 Georgia 7.833
Bye to elite round
Team Coeff Rank
 Spain 13.667 1
Teams entering qualifying round
Pot A
Team Coeff Rank
 Portugal 11.167 2
 Serbia 10.667 3
 Austria 9.833 4
 Germany 9.500 5
 Russia 9.000 6
 Turkey 9.000 7
 Ukraine 8.833 8
 France 8.833 9
 Netherlands 8.500 10
 England 8.167 11
 Denmark 7.000 12
 Greece 6.667 13
 Czech Republic 6.667 14
 Belgium 6.333 15
 Republic of Ireland 6.167 16
 Norway 6.000 17
 Sweden 6.000 18
 Italy 5.833 19
 Croatia 5.833 20
 Slovakia 5.667 21
 Scotland 5.500 22
  Switzerland 5.500 23
 Israel 5.500 24
 Montenegro 5.333 25
 Macedonia 4.333 26
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.167 27
Pot B
Team Coeff Rank
 Bulgaria 4.167 28
 Poland 3.833 29
 Cyprus 3.833 30
 Wales 3.833 31
 Hungary 3.667 32
 Lithuania 3.333 33
 Romania 3.167 34
 Estonia 2.667 35
 Northern Ireland 2.667 36
 Iceland 2.500 37
 Latvia 2.333 38
 Armenia 2.333 39
 Malta 2.333 40
 Slovenia 2.333 41
 Finland 2.000 42
 Azerbaijan 1.833 43
 Belarus 1.667 44
 Albania 1.667 45
 Moldova 1.333 46
 Luxembourg 1.333 47
 Kazakhstan 0.333 48
 Andorra 0.000 49
 San Marino 0.000 50
 Faroe Islands 0.000 51
 Gibraltar 0.000 52
 Liechtenstein 0.000 53
Notes
  • Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Groups

The qualifying round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:[3]

  • 29 August – 6 September 2016
  • 3–11 October 2016
  • 7–15 November 2016

Times up to 29 October 2016 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium (H) 3 1 2 0 9 4 +5 5 Elite round
2  Finland 3 1 2 0 9 3 +6 5
3  Russia 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Russia 1–1 Finland
Makhatadze 88' Report Lappalainen 58'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Romania)
Kazakhstan 0–5 Belgium
Report Verreth 4', 14'
Vancamp 8'
Vanzeir 55'
Daneels 77'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Belgium 2–2 Finland
Vancamp 33'
Faes 90+3'
Report Soisalo 29'
Lappalainen 72'
Attendance: 1,010
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Russia 5–0 Kazakhstan
Lysov 14'
Galanin 21'
Chalov 44'
Prudnikov 88'
Lomovitskiy 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 80
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Belgium 2–2 Russia
Mangala 19'
Verreth 90+3'
Report Lomovitskiy 33'
Makhatadze 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Romania)
Finland 6–0 Kazakhstan
Ylätupa 16', 44'
Soisalo 25'
Eremenko 45+2', 65'
Lappalainen 46'
Report
Attendance: 40
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Elite round
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 12 2 +10 6
3  Romania 3 1 0 2 8 5 +3 3
4  San Marino 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
San Marino 0–9 Norway
Report Ajer 14' (pen.)
Risa 19', 32', 48', 56', 76'
Hansson 38'
Agouda 62'
Giorgini 83' (o.g.)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
Netherlands 2–1 Romania
Bijleveld 45'
Dilrosun 45+1'
Report Petre 13'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

Norway 3–1 Romania
Roseth 14'
Ajer 86'
Grødem 90'
Report Man 68'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
Netherlands 4–0 San Marino
Velanas 3'
Sierhuis 64', 67', 78' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 650
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Norway 0–1 Netherlands
Report Dilrosun 5'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)
Romania 6–0 San Marino
Coman 23', 51'
Hagi 26', 56', 81'
Petre 37'
Report
Attendance: 80
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Elite round
2  Scotland 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
3  Andorra (H) 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4  Liechtenstein 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Liechtenstein 0–1 Scotland
Report Shaw 10'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Israel 3–2 Andorra
Khalaila 18'
Asefa 21'
Mahamid 86' (pen.)
Report Martínez 56'
Pomares 73'

Israel 5–0 Liechtenstein
Mahamid 15', 43'
Altman 28'
Khalaila 60'
Najjar 73'
Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Scotland 1–0 Andorra
Hornby 40' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 280
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Scotland 0–1 Israel
Report Abu Fani 14'
Andorra 4–2 Liechtenstein
Fernández 27'
Torres 30'
Quaderer 38' (o.g.)
Martínez 87'
Report Marxer 77'
Frick 90'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Elite round
2  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Albania (H) 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Albania 0–1 Republic of Ireland
Report Ronan 43' (pen.)
Attendance: 250
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
Germany 5–0 Gibraltar
Eggestein 38'
Gül 48'
Baku 84', 90+3'
Touré 90+5'
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)

Republic of Ireland 5–0 Gibraltar
Hale 21'
Kinsella 36'
Leahy 79', 90+1'
Barrett 84'
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)
Germany 3–2 Albania
Köhlert 8'
Shipnoski 33'
Baku 45+1'
Report Zeka 78' (pen.), 90+2'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)

Republic of Ireland 0–4 Germany
Report Schmidt 24' (pen.), 52', 55' (pen.)
Busam 65'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
Gibraltar 0–1 Albania
Report Zeka 8'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 9 Elite round
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Lithuania (H) 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Austria 4–1 Azerbaijan
Jakupović 23', 66'
Kogler 46'
Lovrić 81'
Report Krivotsyuk 41'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
Lithuania 0–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Žerić 22'
Nikić 39'
Demirović 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Azerbaijan
Suljić 39'
Hadžić 81'
Report Khachaiev 68'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
Austria 3–2 Lithuania
Hainka 10'
Jakupović 13'
Arase 67'
Report Medelinskas 21', 90+4'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Georgios Kyzas (Greece)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–3 Austria
Hadžić 6' Report Lovrić 33' (pen.)
Danso 50'
Tüccar 90+3'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Azerbaijan 2–0 Lithuania
Nabiyev 33'
Muradov 45+1'
Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Georgios Kyzas (Greece)

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Elite round
2  Greece 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  Wales (H) 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6
4  Luxembourg 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Wales 0–2 Greece
Report Mingos 59'
Nikolaou 78'
Attendance: 131
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
England 2–0 Luxembourg
Mavididi 3'
Sessegnon 80'
Report
Attendance: 183
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Greece 5–0 Luxembourg
Limnios 1', 21'
Mingos 15'
Pavlidis 66', 73'
Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
England 2–3 Wales
Harris 63' (o.g.)
Alexander-Arnold 73' (pen.)
Report Broadhead 35' (pen.), 75'
Harris 61'
Attendance: 732

Greece 0–2 England
Report Alexander-Arnold 20' (pen.)
Chalobah 63'
Attendance: 260
Luxembourg 2–6 Wales
Da Costa 4'
Brandenburger 35' (pen.)
Report Woodburn 21', 50'
Broadhead 38', 71', 81'
Cullen 54'
Attendance: 592
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Elite round
2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Armenia (H) 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Switzerland 4–0 Armenia
Schmid 15'
Muheim 25'
Domgjoni 58'
Qela 70'
Report
Attendance: 855
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Hungary 0–1 Italy
Report Cutrone 70'
Attendance: 152
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Italy 2–1 Armenia
Cutrone 13'
Marchizza 90+3' (pen.)
Report Petrosyan 81'
Attendance: 670
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Switzerland 1–2 Hungary
Guillemenot 62' (pen.) Report B. Tóth 55', 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 70
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

Italy 1–1  Switzerland
Gabbia 16' Report Guillemenot 37'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Armenia 0–4 Hungary
Report Harutyunyan 18' (o.g.)
B. Bíró 24'
Kleisz 87'
L. Szabó 90'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bulgaria (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Elite round
2  Portugal 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Belarus 3 1 1 1 2 6 −4 4
4  Denmark 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bulgaria 1–0 Portugal
Vieira 21' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Denmark 5–0 Belarus
Kudsk 9'
Buur 18'
Kabongo 38'
Bruun Larsen 39', 60'
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

Portugal 1–1 Belarus
Luís 90+1' Report Lisakovich 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
Denmark 1–3 Bulgaria
Marcussen 11' Report Tilev 21'
Yordanov 64', 80'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Portugal 2–1 Denmark
Dias 79' (pen.)
Luís 88'
Report Harboe Ramkilde 50'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Belarus 1–0 Bulgaria
Bakhar 83' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Group 9

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Elite round
2  Czech Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
4  Estonia 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
France 1–1 Slovenia
Souici 90+1' Report Mlakar 68'
Attendance: 132
Estonia 0–5 Czech Republic
Report Turyna 17', 70'
Köstl 65'
Šašinka 85'
Chvěja 89'
Attendance: 428

France 4–0 Estonia
Boutobba 8'
Édouard 63' (pen.), 77'
Ikoné 76'
Report
Attendance: 116
Czech Republic 2–1 Slovenia
Sadílek 8'
Šašinka 16'
Report Novak 5'

Czech Republic 0–2 France
Report Boutobba 20'
Édouard 66'
Slovenia 5–0 Estonia
Mlakar 18'
Sredojevič 24', 59'
Čoralič 27'
Žižek 87'
Report

Group 10

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Elite round
2  Serbia (H) 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Malta 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
4  Moldova 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sweden 4–0 Malta
Lidberg 1'
Isherwood 17'
Hadžikadunić 66'
Gyökeres 87'
Report
Attendance: 100
Moldova 0–2 Serbia
Report Dinga 84'
Nišić 90+4'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

Sweden 1–0 Moldova
Lidberg 26' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)
Serbia 1–0 Malta
Zlatanović 22' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

Serbia 2–3 Sweden
Birmančević 28'
Vlahović 55'
Report Degerlund 42'
Karlsson 82'
Lidberg 90+1'
Malta 1–0 Moldova
Friggieri 72' Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

Group 11

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Elite round
2  Poland (H) 3 2 0 1 7 1 +6 6
3  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Macedonia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Northern Ireland 0–1 Slovakia
Report King 37' (o.g.)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Macedonia 0–4 Poland
Report Jóźwiak 48'
Wojtkowski 65', 69'
Tomczyk 82'
Attendance: 817

Macedonia 1–2 Northern Ireland
Elmas 60' Report McKee 59'
McClean 90'
Slovakia 1–0 Poland
Tupta 86' Report

Slovakia 2–0 Macedonia
Baumgartner 55'
Jedinák 90+3'
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen Denmark)
Poland 3–0
Awarded
 Northern Ireland
Schikowski 60' Report
Attendance: 900
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

The Poland v Northern Ireland match was completed with a 1–0 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.

Group 12

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Elite round
2  Cyprus 3 2 0 1 2 4 −2 6
3  Faroe Islands 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Montenegro (H) 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Croatia 4–0 Cyprus
Lovren 37'
Soldo 52'
Majić 60'
Majer 61'
Report
Attendance: 40
Faroe Islands 2–1 Montenegro
Agnarsson 49'
Muller 57'
Report Drinčić 36'
Attendance: 175
Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)

Croatia 5–0 Faroe Islands
Soldo 32'
Brekalo 37'
Kulenović 58'
Gjira 71'
Moro 85'
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)
Montenegro 0–1 Cyprus
Report Matthaiou 75'

Montenegro 1–2 Croatia
Krnić 85' Report Špikić 4'
Halilović 45+3'
Cyprus 1–0 Faroe Islands
Matthaiou 5' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 40

Group 13

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Elite round
2  Ukraine (H) 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Iceland 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Latvia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ukraine 2–0 Iceland
Smirniy 76'
Shaparenko 82'
Report
Attendance: 221
Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Latvia 2–2 Turkey
Davidenkovs 11'
Saveljevs 65'
Report Demir 77'
Kahraman 84'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

Ukraine 3–0 Latvia
Alibekov 17' (pen.), 55' (pen.)
Popov 90'
Report
Attendance: 223
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Turkey 2–1 Iceland
Yüksel 10'
Arslan 82'
Report Andrésson 69'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

Turkey 3–1 Ukraine
Koçaklı 56', 63'
Yüksel 85'
Report Dubinchak 19'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Iceland 2–0 Latvia
Guðjohnsen 19'
Andrésson 88'
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.[7]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 8  Belarus 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Elite round
2 6  Wales 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
3 1  Russia 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
4 7   Switzerland 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1[a]
5 9  Slovenia 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1[a]
6 4  Albania 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0[b]
7 3  Andorra 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0[b]
8 2  Romania 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
9 13  Iceland 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
10 5  Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
11 11  Northern Ireland 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
12 10  Malta 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
13 12  Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.
  2. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 13 December 2016, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8][9]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[10] Spain, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed team (Belarus) could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.[11]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pot A
2 4  Germany 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
3 12  Croatia 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9
4 3  Israel 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
5 5  Austria 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 9
6 10  Sweden 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9
7 2  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
8 11  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Pot B
9 9  France 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
10 13  Turkey 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
11 7  Italy 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
12 2  Norway 3 2 0 1 12 2 +10 6
13 6  Greece 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
14 9  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
15 7  Hungary 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Pot C
16 11  Poland 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6[a]
17 6  England 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[b]
18 13  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[b]
19 5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6[c]
20 4  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6[c]
21 10  Serbia 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
22 8  Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Pot D
23 3  Scotland 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
24 12  Cyprus 3 2 0 1 2 4 −2 6
25 1  Finland 3 1 2 0 9 3 +6 5
26 1  Belgium 3 1 2 0 9 4 +5 5
27 8  Portugal 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
28 8  Belarus 3 1 1 1 2 6 −4 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ Poland were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round before their default victory against Northern Ireland was awarded.
  2. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.
  3. ^ a b Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Groups

The elite round must be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:[3]

  • 20–28 March 2017

Times up to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Final tournament
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Finland 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Netherlands 1–0 Finland
Pikkarainen 88' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 2,060
Ukraine 2–0 Greece
Mykolenko 45+2'
Rusyn 49'
Report

Greece 4–1 Finland
Kampetsis 48', 90+1'
Pavlidis 62'
Vrousai 88'
Report Eremenko 18' (pen.)
Netherlands 2–0 Ukraine
Kadioglu 80' (pen.), 88' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

Greece 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 3,485
Finland 2–1 Ukraine
Lappalainen 31', 51' Report Yanakov 90+3'
Attendance: 35
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Final tournament
2  Serbia 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Cyprus 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Germany 2–1 Cyprus
Amenyido 3', 90+3' Report Matthaiou 16'
Attendance: 1,102
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Serbia 1–0 Slovakia
Jovanović 62' Report

Germany 2–0 Serbia
Barkok 44'
Busam 87'
Report
Slovakia 5–0 Cyprus
Tupta 37', 40'
Štefanec 68'
Herc 75'
Dubec 90+1'
Report
Attendance: 155
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Slovakia 0–4 Germany
Report Hack 5'
Özcan 18'
Amenyido 57', 75'
Cyprus 0–0 Serbia
Report

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England (H) 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Final tournament
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4  Belarus 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain 5–0 Belarus
Óscar 16'
Gómez 37', 74'
Mboula 72', 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 35
Referee: Bojan Nikolić (Serbia)
England 3–0 Norway
Mount 32'
Edun 46'
Field 55'
Report
Attendance: 162
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

Spain 0–3 England
Report Alexander-Arnold 9', 64' (pen.)
Willock 86'
Attendance: 232
Norway 2–1 Belarus
Grødem 19'
Ajer 27' (pen.)
Report Dichenkov 61'
Attendance: 36
Referee: Bojan Nikolić (Serbia)

Norway 0–2 Spain
Report Gómez 45+2'
Mboula 68'
Attendance: 67
Belarus 1–5 England
Mukhamedov 5' Report Nmecha 15'
Buckley-Ricketts 24'
Edwards 57'
Willock 61', 74'
Attendance: 182
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Final tournament
2  Croatia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3  Turkey 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Poland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Poland 1–0 Turkey
Hołownia 48' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Croatia 1–2 Portugal
Ivanušec 28' Report Djú 8'
Filipe 90' (pen.)

Croatia 2–0 Poland
Kalaica 5'
Brekalo 13' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Turkey 2–1 Portugal
Özcan 82', 88' Report Gomes 15'

Turkey 0–0 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Portugal 3–1 Poland
Rui Pedro 39', 82'
Queirós 75'
Report Listkowski 29'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Final tournament
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Israel 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  France (H) 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 France
Demirović 40'
Ćavar 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Israel 1–1 Bulgaria
Abu Fani 56' Report Genchev 86'

Israel 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abu Fani 18' Report Mustedanagić 3'
Attendance: 452
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
France 1–2 Bulgaria
Diaby 66' Report Krastev 14'
Yordanov 56'
Attendance: 1,828
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

France 0–0 Israel
Report
Bulgaria 3–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rusev 4' (pen.)
Krastev 29', 45+1'
Report Demirović 64'
Attendance: 428
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic (H) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Final tournament
2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Austria 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Scotland 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Austria 3–0 Scotland
Arase 8'
Jakupović 65' (pen.)
Lovrić 79' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 154
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
Hungary 1–2 Czech Republic
Csernik 58' Report Lingr 16'
Turyna 27'

Austria 1–3 Hungary
Sahanek 22' Report Tömösvári 36'
Á. Bíró 44'
L. Szabó 90+3'
Attendance: 132
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
Czech Republic 1–0 Scotland
Šašinka 78' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 1,394
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Czech Republic 3–0 Austria
Sahanek 2' (o.g.)
Mareček 76'
Sadílek 89'
Report
Attendance: 1,734
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
Scotland 1–2 Hungary
Johnston 74' (pen.) Report B. Bíró 35'
B. Szabó 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 69
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Final tournament
2  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Belgium (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Italy 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sweden 1–2 Belgium
Ingelsson 17' Report Verstraete 37'
Rigo 82'
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Italy
Levingston 34'
Hale 73' (pen.)
Report

Sweden 3–0 Republic of Ireland
Ingelsson 25'
Sabovic 52'
Isak 73'
Report
Attendance: 175
Referee: Cătălin Găman (Romania)
Italy 1–1 Belgium
Maggiore 90' Report Verreth 80'

Italy 0–1 Sweden
Report Gyökeres 69'
Belgium 0–1 Republic of Ireland
Report Faes 21' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Cătălin Găman (Romania)

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
 Georgia Hosts 26 January 2015[1] 1 (2013)
 Netherlands Elite round Group 1 winners 28 March 2017 4 (2010, 2013, 2015, 2016)
 Germany Elite round Group 2 winners 28 March 2017 8 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016)
 England Elite round Group 3 winners 24 March 2017 8 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016)
 Portugal Elite round Group 4 winners 28 March 2017 8 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
 Bulgaria Elite round Group 5 winners 27 March 2017 2 (2008, 2014)
 Czech Republic Elite round Group 6 winners 27 March 2017 5 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011)
 Sweden Elite round Group 7 winners 28 March 2017 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Top goalscorers

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:

5 goals
4 goals

Source: UEFA.com[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Georgia and Finland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Draw to start Under-19 road to Georgia". UEFA.com. 30 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2016/17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "2016/17 Under-19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. ^ "2016/17 Under-19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 3 December 2015.
  6. ^ "2016/17 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  7. ^ "Under-19 elite round line-up confirmed". UEFA.com. 16 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Under-19 elite round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Under-19 elite round draw made". UEFA.com. 13 December 2016.
  10. ^ "2016/17 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Elite round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  11. ^ "Under-19 elite round draw seedings". UEFA.com. 24 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

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