2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 22 September – 31 October 2015 Elite round: 11 March – 3 April 2016
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Goals scored	242 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	João Filipe (5 goals)

The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification tournament is a men's under-17 football competition that will determine the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Azerbaijan in the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to participate. Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Format

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, which receive a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams are drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualify for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied:^[3]

1. Higher number of points;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
5. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2014, 09:00 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][7]

• 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar (due to the disputed status of Gibraltar), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Bye to elite round

Team	Coeff	Rank
Germany	11.333	1

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  England 10.000 2  Netherlands 10.000 3  Portugal 9.167 4  Poland 9.167 5  France 8.833 6  Serbia 8.667 7  Russia 8.000 8   Switzerland 7.833 9  Italy 7.833 10  Spain 7.500 11  Czech Republic 7.500 12  Scotland 7.333 13  Georgia 7.000 14  Sweden 7.000 15  Hungary 6.667 16  Ukraine 6.500 17  Belgium 6.500 18  Iceland 6.000 19  Austria 5.833 20  Turkey 5.667 21  Croatia 5.667 22  Denmark 5.500 23  Republic of Ireland 5.167 24  Norway 4.833 25  Belarus 4.633 26  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.167 27

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Greece 4.167 28  Bulgaria 4.000 29  Israel 4.000 30  Slovakia 4.000 31  Albania 3.833 32  Slovenia 3.667 33  Northern Ireland 3.500 34  Romania 2.833 35  Latvia 2.667 36  Macedonia 2.667 37  Estonia 2.500 38  Finland 2.333 39  Wales 2.000 40  Lithuania 2.000 41  Armenia 2.000 42  Luxembourg 1.667 43  Cyprus 1.667 44  Faroe Islands 1.667 45  Moldova 1.333 46  Montenegro 1.333 47  Kazakhstan 1.333 48  Malta 0.333 49  Andorra 0.333 50  San Marino 0.333 51  Liechtenstein 0.000 52  Gibraltar 0.000 53

Notes

• Azerbaijan (Coeff: 1.667) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.

Groups

Times up to 24 October 2015 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6[lower-alpha 1]	Elite round
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6[lower-alpha 1]
3	Wales (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Albania	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Elite round
2	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
3	Cyprus	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Belarus (H)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
3	Finland (H)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Malta	3	0	0	3	3	15	−12	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5	Elite round
2	Georgia	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4[lower-alpha 1]
3	Romania	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4[lower-alpha 1]
4	Hungary (H)	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Elite round
2	Serbia	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
3	Lithuania	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Luxembourg (H)	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Elite round
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Latvia (H)	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	15	3	+12	7	Elite round
2	Croatia	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
3	Liechtenstein (H)	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Elite round
2	Greece	3	1	2	0	7	1	+6	5
3	Iceland (H)	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	14	1	+13	7	Elite round
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7
3	Armenia	3	0	1	2	1	13	−12	1
4	San Marino	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Elite round
2	Turkey	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Slovenia (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Elite round
2	Israel (H)	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Norway	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Elite round
2	Bulgaria (H)	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4[lower-alpha 1]
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4[lower-alpha 1]
4	Macedonia	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2

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Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Elite round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Estonia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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Ranking of third-placed teams

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

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	1	Wales	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Elite round
2	10	Slovenia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	3	Finland	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
4	8	Iceland	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1[lower-alpha 1]
5	12	Scotland	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1[lower-alpha 1]
6	5	Lithuania	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
7	4	Romania	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
8	11	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
9	13	Estonia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
10	7	Liechtenstein	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0[lower-alpha 1]
11	6	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0[lower-alpha 1]
12	2	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
13	9	Armenia	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 3 December 2015, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[8][9]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[10] Germany, which received a bye 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. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.^[11]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	2	Russia	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9
3	6	Spain	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
4	11	France	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
5	9	England	3	2	1	0	14	1	+13	7
6	7	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	15	3	+12	7
7	9	Portugal	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7
8	3	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
9	7	Croatia	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Pot B
10	13	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7[lower-alpha 1]
11	8	Denmark	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7[lower-alpha 1]
12	10	Belgium	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
13	5	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
14	1	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
15	6	Poland	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
16	13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
17	11	Israel	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6	Pot C
18	1	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
19	8	Greece	3	1	2	0	7	1	+6	5
20	5	Serbia	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
21	3	Sweden	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
22	10	Turkey	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5[lower-alpha 2]
23	12	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5[lower-alpha 2]
24	4	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
25	8	Iceland	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Pot D
26	4	Georgia	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4
27	3	Finland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
28	12	Scotland	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
29	10	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4[lower-alpha 2]
30	1	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4[lower-alpha 2]
31	2	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4[lower-alpha 2]
32	12	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4[lower-alpha 2]

Groups

Times up to 26 March 2016 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Georgia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Croatia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Poland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Belgium (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	1	Group 1 second place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	2	Group 2 second place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Group 3 second place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Group 4 second place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Group 5 second place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Group 6 second place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Group 7 second place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Group 8 second place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1 only U-17 era (since 2002)
Azerbaijan	* !Hosts	01 !20 March 2012[1]	00 !0 (debut)
TBD	1 !Elite round Group 1 winners
TBD	2 !Elite round Group 2 winners
TBD	3 !Elite round Group 3 winners
TBD	4 !Elite round Group 4 winners
TBD	5 !Elite round Group 5 winners
TBD	6 !Elite round Group 6 winners
TBD	7 !Elite round Group 7 winners
TBD	8 !Elite round Group 8 winners
TBD	Z1 !Elite round best seven runners-up
TBD	Z2 !Elite round best seven runners-up
TBD	Z3 !Elite round best seven runners-up
TBD	Z4 !Elite round best seven runners-up
TBD	Z5 !Elite round best seven runners-up
TBD	Z6 !Elite round best seven runners-up
TBD	Z7 !Elite round best seven runners-up

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicate host.

References

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