Biography

Qualifying for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began in May 2006.

Netherlands qualify as hosts and are exempt from qualifying. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the Faroe Islands chose not to compete. That left 50 nations attempting to qualify for the 7 remaining spots at the finals.

The competition's structure is as follows:

The 16 lowest ranked nations played-off (on a home-and-away basis) before the qualifying group stage, to eliminate 8 teams.
The remaining 42 teams formed 14 three-team groups, each team playing one home match and one away match.
The 14 group winners played-off (on a home-and-away basis) to decide the seven qualifying nations.

Preliminary round

Teams went into the preliminary round already knowing who they would face should they get through.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estonia	1–7	Wales	0–2	1–5
Malta	2–4	Georgia	1–2	1–2
San Marino	3–4	Armenia	3–0	0–4
Liechtenstein	1–8	Northern Ireland	1–4	0–4
Kazakhstan	0–1	Moldova	0–0	0–1
Luxembourg	0–5	Macedonia	0–3	0–2
Andorra	0–2	Iceland	0–0	0–2
Azerbaijan	1–5	Republic of Ireland	1–2	0–3

Qualifying groups

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
Armenia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Norway	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
Slovakia	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
Albania	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Lithuania	2	1	1	1	2	−1	3
Georgia	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6
Republic of Ireland	2	1	1	2	1	+1	3
Greece	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
Austria	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
Iceland	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	2	2	0	8	2	+6	6
Hungary	2	1	1	6	3	+3	3
Finland	2	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	4	0	+4	6
Poland	2	1	1	3	3	0	3
Latvia	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
Moldova	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 9

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6
Belarus	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
Cyprus	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 10

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	2	2	0	8	3	+5	6
Romania	2	1	1	4	5	−1	3
Northern Ireland	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 11

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Denmark	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Macedonia	2	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 12

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Ukraine	2	1	1	2	4	−2	3
Croatia	2	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 13

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Turkey	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wales	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 14

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Slovenia	2	1	1	1	2	−1	3
Scotland	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

The 14 group winners were paired up. The winners over two legs qualified for the finals. The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 8 September 2006.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Serbia	5–3	Sweden	0–3	5–0
Czech Republic	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	1–1
Russia	4–4 (a)	Portugal	4–1	0–3
England	3–0	Germany	1–0	2–0
Italy	2–1	Spain	0–0	2–1
Belgium	5–2	Bulgaria	1–1	4–1
France	1–2	Israel	1–1	0–1

External links

Draw and Fixtures at uefa.com