2017 European Under-21 Championship (Qualifying)

Qualification for the 2017 European Under-21 Championship in Poland will take part in two separate stages. The qualifying round features 52 teams across nine groups and will be played from September 2015 through to November 2016. All nine group winners progress to the final tournament while the four group runners-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will advance to the play-off round.

Qualifying round

The 52 participating teams were split into nine groups, seven consisting of six teams and the other two comprising five teams, based on seeding from the UEFA Under-21 coefficient ranking. Teams play each other both home and away over the course of the group stage. The nine group winners advance straight to the final tournament, while the four best runners-up progress to a play-off round in November 2016.

Teams

A total of 52 teams entered the qualification process at this initial stage:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 8

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 9

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	England	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	11
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	7	6	+1	8
3	Norway	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
4	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	3	7	-4	4
5	Bosnia & Herzegovina	5	0	2	3	2	7	-5	2

(Table updated: 29th March)

Upcoming Fixtures

2 September 2016: Bosnia & Herzegovina V Norway
2 September 2016: Switzerland V Kazakhstan
6 September 2016: England V Norway
6 September 2016: Bosnia & Herzegovina V Switzerland

Results

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16 November 2015: England 3-1 Switzerland
12 November 2015: Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-0 England
13 October 2015: England 3-0 Kazakhstan
12 October 2015: Switzerland 1-1 Norway
8 October 2015: Norway 2-1 Kazakhstan
8 October 2015: Switzerland 3-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina
7 September 2015: Norway 0-1 England
7 September 2015: Kazakhstan 0-1 Switzerland
2 September 2015: Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-2 Kazakhstan

13 June 2015: Norway 2-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina