2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Qualifying for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began in May 2006.

Netherlands qualify as hosts and are exempt from qualifying. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the Faroe Islands chose not to compete. That left 50 nations attempting to qualify for the 7 remaining spots at the finals.

The competition's structure is as follows:

1. The 16 lowest ranked nations played-off (on a home-and-away basis) before the qualifying group stage, to eliminate 8 teams.
2. The remaining 42 teams formed 14 three-team groups, each team playing one home match and one away match.
3. The 14 group winners played-off (on a home-and-away basis) to decide the seven qualifying nations.

Preliminary round

Main article: 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification preliminary round

Teams went into the preliminary round already knowing who they would face should they get through.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estonia	1–7	Wales	0–2	1–5
Malta	2–4	Georgia	1–2	1–2
San Marino	3–4	Armenia	3–0	0–4
Liechtenstein	1–8	Northern Ireland	1–4	0–4
Kazakhstan	0–1	Moldova	0–0	0–1
Luxembourg	0–5	Macedonia	0–3	0–2
Andorra	0–2	Iceland	0–0	0–2
Azerbaijan	1–5	Republic of Ireland	1–2	0–3

Qualifying groups

Main article: 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage

Group 1

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
Armenia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Norway	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 2

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
Slovakia	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
Albania	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 3

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Lithuania	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Georgia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 4

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Greece	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 5

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
Austria	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
Iceland	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 6

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6
Hungary	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
Finland	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 7

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Poland	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Latvia	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 8

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
Moldova	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 9

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Belarus	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Cyprus	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 10

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	2	2	0	0	8	3	+5	6
Romania	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 11

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Denmark	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
Macedonia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 12

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Ukraine	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Croatia	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 13

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Turkey	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wales	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 14

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Slovenia	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Play-offs

Main article: 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The 14 group winners were paired up. The winners over two legs qualified for the finals. The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 8 September 2006.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Serbia	5–3	Sweden	0–3	5–0
Czech Republic	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	1–1
Russia	4–4 (a)	Portugal	4–1	0–3
England	3–0	Germany	1–0	2–0
Italy	2–1	Spain	0–0	2–1
Belgium	5–2	Bulgaria	1–1	4–1
France	1–2	Israel	1–1	0–1

External links

• Draw and Fixtures at uefa.com