2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification play-offs

The play-off first legs were played on 8 October 2010, while the second legs were played on 12 October 2010. Winners of play-off round and host nation Denmark will participate in the championship next year.

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Matches

The draw took place on 10 September 2010 in Herning, Denmark. 14 teams were drawn into 7 two-legged ties. [1] The matches between Iceland and Scotland were moved back a day to avoid a fixture clash with full internationals.[2]

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
England 2–1 Romania 2–1 0–0
Netherlands 3–3(a) Ukraine 1–3 2–0
Spain 5–1 Croatia 2–1 3–0
Switzerland 5–2 Sweden 4–1 1–1
Iceland 4–2 Scotland 2–1 2–1
Czech Republic 5–0 Greece 3–0 2–0
Italy 2–3 Belarus 2–0 0–3(aet)

First leg

7 October 2010
20:15
Switzerland  4 – 1  Sweden Stade Tourbillon, Sion
Attendance: 4,425
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Frei  2'
Hochstrasser  20'
Mehmedi  52'
Kasami  83'
Report Molins  50'

7 October 2010
21:00
Iceland  2 – 1  Scotland Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 7,255
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Guðmundsson  34'
Ormarsson  78'
Report Murphy  19'

8 October 2010
16:00
Czech Republic  3 – 0  Greece Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
Vošahlík  1'
Pekhart  19' (pen.)
Kozák  77'
Report

8 October 2010
18:00
Italy  2 – 0  Belarus Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)
Destro  30'
Okaka  61'
Report

8 October 2010
20:30
England  2 – 1  Romania Carrow Road, Norwich
Attendance: 25,749
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Henderson  63'
Smalling  83'
Report Hora  71'

9 October 2010
19:00
Netherlands  1 – 3  Ukraine Het Kasteel, Rotterdam
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
de Jong  78' Report Kryvtsov  2'7'
Konoplianka  73' (pen.)

9 October 2010
21:30
Spain  2 – 1  Croatia El Plantío, Burgos
Referee: Istvan Vad (Hungary)
Adrián  21'
San José  42'
Report Školnik  22'

Second leg

11 October 2010
20:00
Sweden  1 – 1  Switzerland Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
Bengtsson  15' Report Khalifa  47'

Switzerland won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship


11 October 2010
20:45
Scotland  1 – 2  Iceland Easter Road, Edinburgh
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
Maguire  75' Report Sigurðsson  74'80'

Iceland won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship


12 October 2010
13:30
Romania  0 – 0  England Municipal, Botoşani
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
Report

England won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship


12 October 2010
16:00
Croatia  0 – 3  Spain Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, Varaždin
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Report Domínguez  67'
Adrián  89'
Jeffrén  90+1'

Spain won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship


12 October 2010
16:30
Belarus  3 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Italy Haradzki Stadium, Barysaw
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Yurchenko  4'5'
Veretilo  96'
Report

Belarus won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship


12 October 2010
17:00
Greece  0 – 2  Czech Republic Asteras Tripolis Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Report Pekhart  19'
Kozák  79'

Czech Republic won 5–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship


12 October 2010
19:00
Ukraine  0 – 2  Netherlands Valeri Lobanovsky Stadium, Kiev
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Report Dost  45'
Goossens  57'

3–3 on aggregate, Ukraine won on away goals and qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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