2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 8 October – 19 November 2019 Elite round: Cancelled[1]
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Goals scored	306 (3.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lorent Tolaj (8 goals)
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The 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that was originally to determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Northern Ireland in the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament,^[2] before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Apart from Northern Ireland, 53 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[3] Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to participate.

Format

The qualifying competition was planned to consist of two rounds:^[4]

• 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 thirteen 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, the 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. Before being cancelled, each group was planned to be played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners would have qualified for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group was planned 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

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 were 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

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 6 December 2018, 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]

• 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 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)

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, Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff. Rank  Northern Ireland 4.000 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff. Rank  Portugal 25.222 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank  France 24.000 2  England 23.833 3  Italy 19.611 4  Netherlands 19.000 5  Germany 17.722 6  Ukraine 16.389 7  Austria 16.056 8  Spain 15.833 9  Czech Republic 14.667 10  Greece 13.167 11  Turkey 12.278 12  Russia 12.278 13  Croatia 11.778 14

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank  Slovakia 11.500 15  Sweden 11.278 16  Serbia 10.833 17  Belgium 10.833 18  Norway 10.444 19  Poland 10.167 20  Denmark 9.333 21  Republic of Ireland 9.167 22  Scotland 9.000 23  Georgia 9.000 24  Bulgaria 8.389 25  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.167 26  Israel 7.667 27

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank  Hungary 7.500 28  Finland 7.333 29   Switzerland 7.000 30  Romania 6.500 31  Montenegro 6.500 32  Slovenia 6.167 33  Cyprus 4.500 34  North Macedonia 4.333 35  Latvia 4.333 36  Azerbaijan 4.000 37  Wales 4.000 38  Belarus 3.667 39  Iceland 3.333 40

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank  Lithuania 3.000 41  Kosovo 2.500 42  Estonia 2.333 43  Moldova 2.000 44  Luxembourg 2.000 45  Albania 2.000 46  Malta 2.000 47  Armenia 1.667 48  Andorra 1.667 49  Kazakhstan 1.333 50  Faroe Islands 1.333 51  Gibraltar 0.333 52  San Marino 0.000 53

Did not enter

Liechtenstein

Groups

The qualifying round was required to be completed by 19 November 2019.

Times up to 26 October 2019 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Elite round
2	Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Montenegro	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1
4	Armenia	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Elite round
2	Serbia (H)	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	1	10	−9	3
4	Romania	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Elite round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
3	Belarus	3	1	1	1	6	11	−5	4
4	Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Albania	3	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

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Group 5

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

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Group 6

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

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Elite round
2	Norway	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6[a]	Elite round
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6[a]
3	Finland	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	2	0	10	3	+7	5
3	Sweden (H)	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Elite round
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	19	4	+15	6
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	14	4	+10	3
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	1	43	−42	0

The Switzerland v Republic of Ireland and Austria v Gibraltar matches, originally scheduled to be played on 13 November 2019 at 11:00 and 14:30 respectively, were postponed to 14 November at 13:00 due to snow.^[6]

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Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Elite round
2	North Macedonia (H)	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Elite round
2	Latvia (H)	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
3	Israel	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Georgia	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Elite round
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

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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.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	8	Finland	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3	Elite round
2	9	Sweden	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	12	Israel	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
4	11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
5	3	Belarus	2	0	1	1	4	11	−7	1
6	1	Montenegro	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0
7	6	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0[a]
8	10	Republic of Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0[a]
9	13	Hungary	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0[b]
10	4	Greece	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0[b]
11	7	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
12	5	Poland	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
13	2	Lithuania	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 3 December 2019, 12:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[7]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[8] Portugal, 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. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	10	Austria	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9
3	12	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9
4	11	England	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9
5	6	Italy	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9[a]
6	2	Spain	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9[a]
7	13	Georgia	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
8	1	Turkey	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Pot B
9	4	Belgium	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
10	7	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
11	7	Norway	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
12	9	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7[b]
13	5	Wales	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7[b]
14	3	Scotland	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
15	10	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	19	4	+15	6	Pot C
16	3	Germany	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
17	8	France	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
18	1	Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
19	13	Croatia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
20	4	Iceland	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6
21	8	Denmark	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
22	6	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Pot D
23	9	Slovenia	3	1	2	0	10	3	+7	5
24	5	Russia	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
25	2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
26	12	Latvia	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
27	8	Finland	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
28	11	North Macedonia	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4

Groups

The elite round was originally scheduled to be played between 25–31 March 2020. On 12 March 2020, UEFA announced that the elite round had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the elite round had been rescheduled to 2–8 September 2020.^[10] However, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the elite round had been further postponed to October 2020.^[11][12] On 16 September 2020, UEFA announced that the elite round had been further postponed to November 2020.^[13] UEFA announced on 20 October 2020 that the tournament had been cancelled.^[14]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Wales (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Denmark (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Croatia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Goalscorers

In the qualifying round, there were 306 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

External links

• Official website
• Under-19 Matches: 2020 Qualifying, UEFA.com