2015_UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship_qualification

2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	19 September – 31 October 2014 (qualifying round); 12–26 March 2015 (elite round)
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	316 (2.51 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jan Mlakar (8 goals)
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2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

International football competition

The 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the 15 teams joining Bulgaria, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1] A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...

Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

The final tournament also acted as the UEFA qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, with six teams qualifying (the four semi-finalists and the two winners of play-off matches between the losing quarter-finalists).

Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:^[3]

Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, 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 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
Elite round: The 32 teams were drawn into eight 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 eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualified for the final tournament.

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"Under-17s turn thoughts to Bulgaria". UEFA.com. 22 November 2013.

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"Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA.com.

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"2014/15 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com.

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"2015 U17 qualifying round draw made". UEFA.com. 28 November 2013.

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"2014/15 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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"2014/15 elite round draw". UEFA.com.

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"England and rivals learn elite round fate". UEFA.com. 3 December 2014.

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"2014/15 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Elite round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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"England among seeds in U17 elite round draw". UEFA.com. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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"Under-17 finals lineup complete". UEFA.com. 27 March 2015.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Elite round
3	Faroe Islands	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
4	Gibraltar	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	9	0	+9	9	Elite round
2	Georgia (H)	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6	Elite round
3	Estonia	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	3	0	9	−9	0

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	8	2	+6	9	Elite round
2	France	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Elite round
3	Cyprus (H)	3	1	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Macedonia	3	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Elite round
2	Greece	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Ukraine	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
4	Latvia (H)	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

2015_UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship_qualification

2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Format

Tiebreakers

Qualifying round

Draw

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Ranking of third-placed teams

Elite round

Draw

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Ranking of second-placed teams

Qualified teams

Top goalscorers

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia (H)	3	1	1	1	5	1	+4	4
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Elite round
2	Hungary (H)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Israel	3	1	1	1	6	1	+5	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	4	0	+4	9	Elite round
2	Serbia (H)	3	2	1	2	1	+1	6	Elite round
3	Finland	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Malta	3	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	6	0	+6	9	Elite round
2	Norway	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6	Elite round
3	Albania (H)	3	1	2	5	6	−1	3
4	San Marino	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Elite round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1	Azerbaijan
Žerić 11'	Report	Ismayilov 26'
Penalties
Mustedanagić Žerić Stanić Behram Demirović	4–3	Bediyev Azizov Hajiyev Garayev Amirli

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	8	2	+6	9	Elite round
2	Slovakia (H)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6	Elite round
3	Luxembourg	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Lithuania	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	4	1	+3	9	Elite round
2	Romania	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Elite round
3	Denmark	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Andorra (H)	3	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	2	Poland	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
3	11	Spain	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	4	England	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	9	Austria	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
6	6	Portugal	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
7	8	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
8	12	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
9	7	Croatia	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Pot B
10	1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
11	1	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
12	3	Italy	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
13	13	Russia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
14	12	Romania	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
15	4	France	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
16	10	Belgium	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
17	9	Norway	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Pot C
18	2	Georgia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
19	11	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
20	13	Belarus	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
21	7	Hungary	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
22	8	Serbia	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
23	3	Iceland	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
24	5	Sweden	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
25	5	Greece	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5	Pot D
26	7	Israel	3	1	1	1	6	1	+5	4
27	6	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	5	1	+4	4
28	13	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
29	6	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
30	10	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
31	10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
32	5	Ukraine	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Final tournament
2	Spain (H)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Final tournament
3	Israel	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7	Final tournament
2	Netherlands (H)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Final tournament
3	Georgia	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Final tournament
2	Russia (H)	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5	Final tournament
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Iceland	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	3	0	8	3	+5	9	Final tournament
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Final tournament
3	Norway	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Romania	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Final tournament
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Final tournament
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹ only U-17 era (since 2002)
Bulgaria	Hosts	20 March 2012	0 (debut)
France	Elite round Group 1 winners	22 March 2015	8 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Croatia	Elite round Group 2 winners	22 March 2015	2 (2005, 2013)
Belgium	Elite round Group 3 winners	17 March 2015	3 (2006, 2007, 2012)
Greece	Elite round Group 4 winners	26 March 2015	1 (2010)
Austria	Elite round Group 5 winners	23 March 2015	3 (2003, 2004, 2013)
England	Elite round Group 6 winners	23 March 2015	9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014)
Czech Republic	Elite round Group 7 winners	25 March 2015	4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2011)
Germany	Elite round Group 8 winners	23 March 2015	7 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round best seven runners-up	26 March 2015	1 (2008)
Italy	Elite round best seven runners-up	23 March 2015	4 (2003, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Netherlands	Elite round best seven runners-up	22 March 2015	8 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Scotland	Elite round best seven runners-up	25 March 2015	2 (2008, 2014)
Slovenia	Elite round best seven runners-up	26 March 2015	1 (2012)
Russia	Elite round best seven runners-up	26 March 2015	2 (2006, 2013)
Spain	Elite round best seven runners-up	25 March 2015	8 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)