2018_UEFA_European_Under-19_Championship_qualification

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

International football competition


The 2018 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 Finland in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1]

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Apart from Finland, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time).[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to participate.

Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[3]

  • Qualifying round: Apart from Spain and Portugal, which received byes to the elite round as the teams 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 and the 13 runners-up 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 mini-tournament was as follows (Regulations Article 19.04):[3]

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Tiebreakers

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):[3]

  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 for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 December 2016, 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 one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo could not be drawn in the same group.[2]

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Notes
  • Teams marked in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Groups

The qualifying round had to be played by 19 November 2017, and on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agreed to play on another date:[3][6]

  • 28 August – 5 September 2017
  • 2–10 October 2017
  • 6–14 November 2017

Times up to 28 October 2017 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Croatia, 3–0 ...
Stadion Valbruna, Rovinj
Attendance: 70
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
More information Latvia, 1–2 ...
Stadion Kunfin, Rovinj
Attendance: 75
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)

More information Denmark, 4–0 ...
Stadion Kunfin, Rovinj
Attendance: 75
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
More information Croatia, 0–0 ...
Stadion Valbruna, Rovinj
Attendance: 80
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

More information Denmark, 5–2 ...
Stadion Kunfin, Rovinj
Attendance: 130
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)
More information San Marino, 0–4 ...
Stadion Valbruna, Rovinj
Attendance: 50
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Group 2

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Germany, 5–1 ...
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
More information Northern Ireland, 1–2 ...
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

More information Germany, 7–1 ...
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
More information Poland, 3–0 ...
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

More information Poland, 0–2 ...
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
More information Belarus, 0–0 ...
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Group 3

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Czech Republic, 5–0 ...
Terrain Poetz, Wiltz
More information Luxembourg, 1–3 ...
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

More information Scotland, 3–3 ...
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
More information Czech Republic, 5–0 ...

More information Scotland, 0–1 ...
More information Armenia, 2–2 ...
Terrain Poetz, Wiltz
Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)

Group 4

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Netherlands, 3–0 ...
Juliana Sportpark, 's-Gravenzande
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
More information Hungary, 2–1 ...
Sportpark Ter Specke, Lisse

More information Slovenia, 5–0 ...
Juliana Sportpark, 's-Gravenzande
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
More information Netherlands, 2–0 ...
Sportpark Ter Specke, Lisse
Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

More information Slovenia, 2–2 ...
Juliana Sportpark, 's-Gravenzande
More information Malta, 1–5 ...
Sportpark Ter Specke, Lisse
Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

Group 5

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Belgium, 3–0 ...
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
More information Macedonia, 2–1 ...

More information Belgium, 1–2 ...
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
More information Switzerland, 5–1 ...
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

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More information Liechtenstein, 0–6 ...
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Group 6

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Austria, 1–0 ...
Waldstadion Mittersill, Mittersill
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
More information Lithuania, 0–1 ...
Sportplatz Bürgerau, Saalfelden

More information Austria, 2–0 ...
Steinbergstadion, Leogang
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
More information Israel, 1–2 ...
Waldstadion Mittersill, Mittersill
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)

More information Israel, 0–2 ...
Steinbergstadion, Leogang
More information Kosovo, 3–0 ...
Sportplatz Bürgerau, Saalfelden
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Group 7

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Azerbaijan, 0–0 ...
More information Serbia, 1–0 ...
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

More information Serbia, 4–1 ...
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
More information Republic of Ireland, 5–0 ...

More information Republic of Ireland, 2–1 ...
More information Cyprus, 2–1 ...
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

Group 8

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Iceland, 1–2 ...
More information England, 6–0 ...
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Ireland)

More information Bulgaria, 2–0 ...
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Ireland)
More information England, 2–1 ...
Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

More information Bulgaria, 0–1 ...
Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)
More information Faroe Islands, 1–2 ...

Group 9

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Italy, 4–0 ...
More information Estonia, 0–4 ...

More information Italy, 2–1 ...
Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)
More information Sweden, 3–0 ...

More information Sweden, 2–3 ...
More information Moldova, 3–0 ...
Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)

Group 10

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Russia, 6–0 ...
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
More information Romania, 2–1 ...

More information Russia, 1–2 ...
Referee: Nenad Djokić (Serbia)
More information Greece, 5−0 ...
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

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More information Gibraltar, 0–8 ...
Referee: Nenad Djokić (Serbia)

Group 11

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information France, 7–0 Awarded ...
Novi Gradski Stadion, Ugljevik
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

The France v Andorra match was completed with a 7–0 scoreline before a default victory was awarded.

More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1–0 ...
Stadion Etno Selo Stanišići, Bijeljina
Attendance: 300

More information France, 2–1 ...
Stadion Etno Selo Stanišići, Bijeljina
Attendance: 330
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
More information Georgia, 1–1 ...
Novi Gradski Stadion, Ugljevik
Attendance: 450
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

More information Georgia, 1–1 ...
Stadion Etno Selo Stanišići, Bijeljina
Attendance: 100
More information Andorra, 1–2 ...
Novi Gradski Stadion, Ugljevik
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Group 12

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Norway, 3–0 ...
More information Ukraine, 1–0 ...
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

More information Montenegro, 1–0 ...
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
More information Ukraine, 2–1 ...
Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)

More information Montenegro, 0–4 ...
More information Albania, 1–7 ...
Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)

Group 13

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Wales, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 42
More information Turkey, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 65
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

More information Slovakia, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 38
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
More information Turkey, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 81
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

More information Slovakia, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 48
More information Kazakhstan, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 30
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 6 December 2017, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[7][8]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[9] Spain and Portugal, which received byes 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.[10]

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. Ranked by disciplinary points (Hungary: 6 pts; Turkey: 11 pts).

Groups

The elite round had to be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agreed to play on another date:[3][8]

  • 19–27 March 2018

Times up to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Germany 2–5 Norway.
  2. Head-to-head result: Netherlands 0–2 Scotland.
More information Norway, 1–6 ...
More information Germany, 3–0 ...
Stadion am Bruchbaum, Lippstadt
Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)

More information Germany, 2–5 ...
Stadion Große Wiese, Arnsberg
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
More information Netherlands, 0–2 ...
Stadion Große Wiese, Arnsberg

More information Netherlands, 1–4 ...
Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)
More information Scotland, 4–5 ...
Stadion am Bruchbaum, Lippstadt
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

Group 2

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: England 3–0 Latvia.
  2. Head-to-head result: Macedonia 3–4 Hungary.
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Attendance: 600
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
More information Hungary, 1–4 ...

More information Macedonia, 3–4 ...
Attendance: 270
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
More information England, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 75
Referee: Karim Abed (France)

More information England, 0–2 ...
More information Latvia, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 20
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

Group 3

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Czech Republic, 0–0 ...
Stadio Comunale di Cordovado, Cordovado
More information Greece, 0–2 ...
Stadio Comunale Guido Teghil, Lignano Sabbiadoro

More information Czech Republic, 2–3 ...
Stadio Comunale di Cordovado, Cordovado
More information Italy, 4–3 ...
Stadio Comunale Guido Teghil, Lignano Sabbiadoro

More information Italy, 1–1 ...
More information Poland, 3–1 ...
Stadio Comunale Guido Teghil, Lignano Sabbiadoro

Group 4

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Sweden, 0–0 ...
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
More information Romania, 4–0 ...
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

More information Ukraine, 2–1 ...
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
More information Romania, 2–1 ...
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)

More information Serbia, 3–2 ...
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
More information Ukraine, 2–1 ...
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)

Group 5

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Slovakia, 1–1 ...
Complexo Desportivo Clube de Futebol de Fão, Apúlia e Fão
More information Portugal, 5–0 ...
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

More information Republic of Ireland, 3–0 ...
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
More information Portugal, 1–0 ...

More information Republic of Ireland, 0–4 ...
More information Kosovo, 2–1 ...
Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras

Group 6

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Belgium, 2–3 ...
More information Spain, 0–0 ...

More information France, 2–0 ...
More information Spain, 3–0 ...

More information France, 4–2 ...
More information Bulgaria, 0–2 ...
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

Group 7

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Turkey, 2–0 ...
More information Denmark, 3–2 ...
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

More information Austria, 3–0 ...
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
More information Denmark, 1–1 ...

More information Austria, 2–2 ...
More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1–2 ...
Vorup Stadion, Randers

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com[11]


References

  1. "Georgia and Finland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. "2017/18 U19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. "2017/18 U19 qualifying round draw made". UEFA.com. 13 December 2016.
  4. "Under-19 EURO elite round draw made". UEFA.com. 6 December 2017.

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