2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round

The 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round was the first round of qualification for the final tournament of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Malta. Fifty-two teams entering in this round were drawn into 13 groups of four teams, where they played each other in a single round-robin mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. The 13 group winners, 13 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the elite round, the second round of qualification.

As hosts, Malta qualified directly for the final tournament, while Germany received a bye to the elite round as the side with the highest competition coefficient. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 5 December 2012 in Nyon, and matches took place between 21 September and 19 November 2013.^[1]

Seeds

A total of fifty-two participating teams were divided in two draw pots based on the UEFA Under-17 coefficient ranking. Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan would not host the mini-tournament if they are drawn in the same group due to the dispute concerning territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with the same rule applying for Georgia and Russia due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia. The UEFA Executive Committee admitted Gibraltar as a provisional member of UEFA on 1 October 2012. Gibraltar Football Association was admitted as a full member of UEFA at the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress in London in May 2013.^[2]

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

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
4. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5) and 6) will apply
5. Results of all group matches:
   1. Superior goal difference
   2. Higher number of goals scored
6. Drawing of lots

Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner or the runners-up and the third-placed team.

Groups

Colour key in group tables
Group winners, runners-up and best third-place team advance to the elite round.

The hosts of the thirteen mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00) until 26 October 2013 and CET (UTC+01:00) starting from 27 October 2013.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
Albania	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Finland	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Sweden	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Ukraine	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Lithuania	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

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^† On 21 October 2012, the match between Ukraine and Sweden to be played at the ARVI Football Arena in Marijampolė was postponed to the next day due to heavy rain.^[4][5]

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Israel	3	1	1	1	12	6	+6	4
Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Wales	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	5
Slovenia	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Hungary	3	0	1	2	8	11	−3	1

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Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Croatia	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
Montenegro	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

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Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7
Greece	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Estonia	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

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Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9
Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
Armenia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

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Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Norway	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Cyprus	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Moldova	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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Group 9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Latvia	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Luxembourg	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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Group 10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iceland	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	7
Russia	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

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Group 11

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9
Georgia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
San Marino	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

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Group 12

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7
Austria	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Denmark	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Group 13

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Macedonia	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-ranked team from the qualifying round, only the results of the third-placed team against the winners and runners-up in each group are taken into account.

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Ukraine	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Israel	2	0	1	1	4	6	−2	1
12	Denmark	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
10	Slovakia	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0
8	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0
1	Belarus	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
5	Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
9	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
6	Estonia	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0
4	Slovenia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
13	Macedonia	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0
7	Armenia	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
11	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

References

External links

• UEFA.com