2016_UEFA_European_Under-19_Championship_qualification

2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round:; 18 September – 18 November 2015; Elite round:; 23–30 March 2016
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	120
Goals scored	352 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivan Šaponjić (6 goals)
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2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

International football competition

The 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification was a men's under-19 football competition organised by UEFA to determine the seven national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Germany in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

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A total of 53 national teams entered this qualifying competition, which was played in two rounds between September 2015 and March 2016.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to participate.

Format

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

Qualifying round: Apart from Spain, 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 third-placed team with the best record against the first- and second-placed teams in its 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.

Tiebreakers

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

Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (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).
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);
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:^[3]

Higher number of points;
Superior goal difference;
Higher number of goals scored;
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);
Drawing of lots.

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[table_hth_BUL0.53562300071848-8] Ranked by head-to-head record (Bulgaria: 3 pts; Luxembourg: 0 pts).

[table_hth_TUR0.19353244043585-9] Ranked by head-to-head record (Turkey: 3 pts; Ukraine: 0 pts).

[table_hth_AZE0.19353244043585-10] Ranked by head-to-head record (Azerbaijan: 3 pts; Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0 pts).

[table_hth_ALB0.37632954045028-11] Ranked by head-to-head record (Albania: 3 pts; Wales: 0 pts).

[table_hth_G010.43234397071989-13] Tie broken by disciplinary points.

[table_hth_BEL0.39945252118607-18] Tie broken by disciplinary points.

[table_hth_AUT0.39945252118607-19] The draw was held before 3–0 default victories were awarded to Austria and Georgia due to Albania fielding an ineligible player. Neither the qualified teams nor the seeding pots were affected by the changed scorelines.

[table_hth_ESP0.77611368325358-20] Ranked by head-to-head record (Spain: 3 pts; Greece: 0 pts).

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"Seedings for Under-19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 20 November 2014.

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"Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.

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"2015/16 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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"UEFA Under-19 National Team Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.

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"Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Elite round
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6	Elite round
3	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Latvia	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Elite round
2	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Elite round
3	Luxembourg	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Cyprus (H)	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Elite round
2	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Elite round
3	Finland	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Macedonia (H)	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Elite round
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	10	5	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Elite round
3	Azerbaijan (H)	3	1	2	1	5	−4	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}

2016_UEFA_European_Under-19_Championship_qualification

2016 UEFA European Under-19 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