2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8
Group 8 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of five teams: Netherlands, Slovakia, Turkey, Belarus, and Cyprus. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.[1]
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).[2]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Final tournament | — | 4–2 | 6 Oct | 29 Mar | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Netherlands |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Possible Play-offs | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 6 Oct | 4–0 | |
| 3 | Belarus |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | 1–0 | 2 Sep | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Turkey |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | TBC | 0–1 | TBC | — | 1 Sep | ||
| 5 | Cyprus (E) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | 5 Sep | TBC | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated.
Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).
17 November 2015 18:00 |
| Slovakia |
4–2 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
Mihalík  50'Rusnák 64'Chrien 83'Zreľák 90+4' (pen.) |
Report | Janssen 16', 23' |
Dates of remaining fixtures to be confirmed.
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
- Stefanos Mouktaris (playing against Turkey)
References
- ↑ "2017 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
External links
- Standings and fixtures at UEFA.com