2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification


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The 2022 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 Slovakia in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to participate.

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesQualifying round:
6 October – 16 November 2021
Elite round:
23 March – 7 June 2022
Teams54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played117
Goals scored373 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iceland Orri Steinn Óskarsson
Italy Wilfried Gnonto
(5 goals each)

2023 →

Originally, the qualifying competition would use a new format with teams split into three different leagues with promotion and relegation, with the draw of the first round under the new format already held in December 2019. However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the introduction of the new format had been postponed to the next edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and qualification for this edition would use the previous format involving two rounds only.[2]

Apart from Slovakia, 53 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, where the original format consisted of a qualifying round that took place in autumn 2021, and an elite round that took place in spring and summer 2022.[3]

The qualifying competition consisted of the following two rounds:

  • Qualifying round: Apart from Portugal, 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 thirteen group winners, thirteen runners-up, and the third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their 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.

The schedule of each group was as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):[4]

Group schedule
Matchday Matches
Matchday 1 1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2 1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3 2 v 1, 4 v 3

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):[4]

  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 ranking for the qualifying round draw;
  10. 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 (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):[4]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. Disciplinary points (total 3 matches);
  5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
  6. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2019, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[5][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. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Ukraine and Russia, Serbia and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Final tournament hosts
Team Coeff. Rank
  Slovakia 10.167 —
Bye to elite round
Team Coeff. Rank
  Portugal 29.389 1
Teams entering qualifying round
Pot A
Team Coeff. Rank
  France 23.778 2
  England 23.000 3
  Italy 21.889 4
  Netherlands 16.778 5
  Czech Republic 16.722 6
  Spain 16.222 7
  Germany 15.833 8
  Ukraine 14.389 9
  Republic of Ireland 13.278 10
  Norway 12.611 11
  Turkey 12.611 12
  Austria 11.833 13
  Croatia 11.611 14
Pot B
Team Coeff. Rank
  Greece 11.000 15
  Belgium 10.667 16
  Sweden 10.278 17
  Serbia 10.167 18
  Poland 10.167 19
  Scotland 9.833 20
  Israel 9.833 21
  Bulgaria 9.722 22
  Hungary 9.167 23
  Romania 8.833 24
  Denmark 8.833 25
  Slovenia 8.167 26
  Georgia 7.833 27
Pot C
Team Coeff. Rank
  Russia 7.333 28
  Finland 7.333 29
   Switzerland 7.000 30
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.667 31
  Cyprus 5.333 32
  Wales 5.000 33
  Latvia 4.667 34
  Iceland 4.667 35
  Azerbaijan 4.500 36
  North Macedonia 4.333 37
  Northern Ireland 4.333 38
  Belarus 4.333 39
  Armenia 3.667 40
Pot D
Team Coeff. Rank
  Montenegro 3.333 41
  Kosovo 3.167 42
  Malta 2.333 43
  Albania 2.000 44
  Kazakhstan 1.667 45
  Andorra 1.667 46
  Luxembourg 1.667 47
  Moldova 1.333 48
  Estonia 1.333 49
  Faroe Islands 1.333 50
  Lithuania 1.000 51
  Gibraltar 0.333 52
  San Marino 0.000 53
Notes
  • Teams marked in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter
  Liechtenstein

The qualifying round was originally scheduled to be played by 17 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round would be delayed to March 2021.[7]

Times up to 27 March 2022 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   England 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7 Elite round
2   Sweden (H) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3    Switzerland 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4
4   Andorra 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Elite round
2   Germany 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3   Greece (H) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
4   Faroe Islands 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Elite round
2   Israel (H) 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3   Cyprus 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
4   Moldova 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ukraine 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7 Elite round
2   Finland 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Poland (H) 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
4   Malta 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Elite round
2   Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
3   Montenegro 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
4   Bulgaria (H) 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Elite round
2   Serbia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3   Albania (H) 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
4   North Macedonia 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7 Elite round
2   Spain 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 7
3   Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8 3
4   Luxembourg (H) 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey (H) 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Elite round
2   Romania 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3   Latvia 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4   San Marino 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Georgia 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Elite round
2   Norway (H) 3 2 0 1 8 1 +7 6
3   Wales 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4   Kosovo 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia (H) 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7 Elite round
2   Armenia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3   Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
4   Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Elite round
2   Iceland 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3   Lithuania 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
4   Slovenia (H) 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Elite round
2   Czech Republic (H) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
3   Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Ranking of third-placed teams

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To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 11   Scotland 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 Elite round
2 3   Belarus 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 1    Switzerland 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1[a]
4 2   Greece 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1[a]
5 5   Poland 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
6 7   Albania 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4 1
7 10   Wales 2 0 1 1 0 5 −5 1
8 9   Latvia 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
9 12   Lithuania 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
10 13   Northern Ireland 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
11 6   Montenegro 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
12 4   Cyprus 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
13 8   Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:

  1. ^ a b Disciplinary points: Switzerland −4, Greece −12.

The draw for the elite round was held on 8 December 2021, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8]

The teams were seeded according to their positions and then results (i.e. group winners were seeded higher than second-placed teams, the best third-placed team was seeded at the bottom) in the qualifying round.[8][6] Portugal, which received a bye to the elite round, was 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. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 —   Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pot A
2 4   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9
3 2   Russia 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
4 7   France 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9[a]
5 12   Italy 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9[a]
6 9   Turkey 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
7 11   Croatia 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7
8 8   Belgium 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7 Pot B
9 6   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
10 1   England 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
11 13   Denmark 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
12 5   Ukraine 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
13 3   Hungary 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
14 10   Georgia 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
15 8   Spain 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 7 Pot C
16 13   Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
17 6   Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
18 10   Norway 3 2 0 1 8 1 +7 6
19 4   Israel 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
20 9   Romania 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
21 5   Finland 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
22 1   Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Pot D
23 12   Iceland 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
24 11   Armenia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
25 3   Austria 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
26 2   Germany 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
27 7   Serbia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
28 11   Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) group position; 2) points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coefficient ranking; 7) drawing of lots.
Notes:

  1. ^ a b Disciplinary points: France −6, Italy −10.

The elite round group stage was completed on 23, 26 and 29 March 2022, and 1, 4 and 7 June 2022.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Israel 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Final tournament
2   Hungary (H) 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3   Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4   Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France (H) 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6[a] Final tournament
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6[a]
3   Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6[a]
4   Sweden 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head goals: France 2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2, Czech Republic 1. Head-to-head points: France 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   England (H) 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Final tournament
2   Portugal 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3   Republic of Ireland 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4   Armenia 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7[a] Final tournament
2   Ukraine 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7[a]
3   Norway 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
4   Netherlands (H) 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

  1. ^ a b Disciplinary points: Serbia −10, Ukraine −13.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Austria 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Final tournament
2   Spain (H) 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 2
3   Denmark 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
4   Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Banned due to the invasion of Ukraine

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-19 Euro1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
  Slovakia Hosts 24 September 2019[1] 1 (2002)
  Romania Elite round Group 4 winners 26 March 2022 1 (2011)
  Italy Elite round Group 5 winners 29 March 2022 7 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019)
  Israel Elite round Group 1 winners 29 March 2022 1 (2014)
  France Elite round Group 2 winners 29 March 2022 11 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
  England Elite round Group 3 winners 29 March 2022 10 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018)
  Austria Elite round Group 7 winners 29 March 2022 7 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  Serbia Elite round Group 6 winners 7 June 2022 7 (20052, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)

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

In the qualifying round, there were 248 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match.

In the elite round, there were 125 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 3.21 goals per match.

In total, there were 373 goals scored in 117 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com

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