2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round

The 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round was the first round of the qualification for the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament. A total of 52 participating teams were divided into 13 groups of 4 teams, with one of the teams hosting all six group matches in a single round-robin format. The 13 group winners, 13 group runners-up and the best third-placed team secured qualification for the elite round. Hungary qualified as hosts, while Spain 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.^[1] Matches were played from 6 September to 19 November 2013.

Seeding

A total of 52 participating teams were divided in two draw pots, based on the UEFA Under-19 coefficient ranking. Before the draw, UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan would not host the mini-tournament if they were drawn in the same group, due to the dispute concerning the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh; the same rule applied 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. A decision on the admission of the Gibraltar Football Association as a full member of UEFA was taken by the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress in London in May 2013.^[2]

Pot A	Pot B
France  England  Greece  Portugal  Serbia  Croatia  Netherlands  Italy  Turkey  Belgium  Republic of Ireland  Germany  Ukraine  Czech Republic  Norway  Denmark  Austria  Romania   Switzerland  Slovakia  Scotland  Russia  Poland  Georgia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Montenegro	Azerbaijan  Northern Ireland  Israel  Wales  Latvia  Estonia  Slovenia  Finland  Iceland  Armenia  Albania  Belarus  Bulgaria  Macedonia  Moldova  Cyprus  Faroe Islands  Lithuania  Sweden  Kazakhstan  Luxembourg  Malta  Andorra  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
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
Cyprus	3	1	1	1	10	6	+4	4
Croatia	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Lithuania	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Armenia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Poland	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

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Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Sweden	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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Group 4

France, the reigning youth world champions having won the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, failed to advance from this stage, thus also missed out on qualification to the 2015 World Cup.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Iceland	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
France	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

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Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Scotland	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Latvia	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
Belarus	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

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Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Slovakia	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
Albania	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

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Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
Austria	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
Finland	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

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Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Norway	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Group 9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Slovenia	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

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Group 10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Israel	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
Italy	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

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Group 11

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Georgia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
Wales	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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Group 12

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Macedonia	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Group 13

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Ukraine	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Estonia	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1
Malta	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

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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
10	Italy	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
12	Macedonia	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
4	France	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
6	Slovakia	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1
2	Armenia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
11	Netherlands	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
9	Slovenia	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
1	Croatia	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
5	Latvia	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1
7	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
13	Estonia	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0
8	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

References

External links

• UEFA.com