1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Summary

The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1992 and finished in early 1994. The final tournament was held in March and April 1994 in France.

The 32 national teams were divided into six groups (four groups of 5 + two groups of 6). The group winners and the two best runners-up played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches.

The team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (founded in April 1992) were excluded from the tournament for political reasons. They had been drawn in group five. In the first competition since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia competed. Wales also competed for the first time.

Albeit had been dissolved in 1992, Czechoslovakia still competed for this time.

Qualifying group stage edit

Draw edit

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

  • Group 1 did not include Estonia
  • Groups 2 and 6 featured the same nations
  • Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland, Lithuania and Latvia, but included Germany (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)
  • Group 4 did not include Faroe Islands
  • Group 5 featured the same nations. As in the World Cup qualifiers, Yugoslavia was excluded from the group after the draw

Group 1 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 8 7 0 1 16 6 +10 21
  Portugal 8 5 2 1 18 4 +14 17
  Switzerland 8 3 2 3 11 8 +3 11
  Scotland 8 2 2 4 8 11 −3 8
  Malta 8 0 0 8 1 25 −24 0

Switzerland  2 – 0  Scotland

Scotland  0 – 0  Portugal
(Report)
Referee: Finn Lambek (Denmark)

Italy  1 – 0  Switzerland

Switzerland  1 – 0  Malta

Scotland  1 – 2  Italy

Malta  0 – 1  Italy

Malta  0 – 2  Portugal
(Report) Bruno   57', 83'
Referee: Andreas Georghiou (Cyprus)

Scotland  3 – 0  Malta

Portugal  2 – 0  Italy
J. Costa   55'
Toni   62'
(Report)
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

Italy  3 – 0  Malta

Switzerland  1 – 1  Portugal
(Report) Bruno   18'
Referee: Atanas Ouzounov (Bulgaria)

Malta  1 – 4  Switzerland

Portugal  2 – 1  Scotland
Gil   8'
Bruno   78'
(Report)
Estádio Municipal Doutor Alves Vieira, Torres Novas
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Switzerland  0 – 2  Italy

Portugal  7 – 0  Malta
Toni   13', 76', 91'
Torres   20'
Bruno   51', 61', 75'
(Report)

Portugal  3 – 0  Switzerland
Toni   3', 45'
Torres   27'
(Report)
Estádio Professor Doutor José Vieira de Carvalho, Maia
Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)

Scotland  0 – 0  Switzerland

Italy  5 – 2  Scotland

Malta  0 – 1  Scotland

Italy  2 – 1  Portugal
(Report) Toni   33'
Referee: Werner Kasimir (Germany)

Group 2 edit

Qualifying Group 2 P W D L F A Pts
1   Poland 10 7 0 3 26 10 21
2   Turkey 10 6 2 2 15 10 20
3   Norway 10 6 1 3 20 13 19
4   England 10 4 3 3 20 8 15
5   Netherlands 10 3 2 5 11 14 11
6   San Marino 10 0 0 10 3 40 0
  • Norway 3-2 San Marino
  • Poland 3-0 Turkey
  • Norway 1-0 Netherlands
  • San Marino 0-3 Norway
  • England 0-2 Norway
  • Netherlands 1-3 Poland
  • Turkey 4-0 San Marino
  • England 0-1 Turkey
  • Turkey 1-1 Netherlands
  • England 6-0 San Marino
  • Netherlands 0-1 Turkey
  • San Marino 0-2 Turkey
  • Netherlands 3-0 San Marino
  • Turkey 0-0 England
  • Poland 7-0 San Marino
  • Norway 5-2 Turkey
  • England 3-0 Netherlands
  • San Marino 0-5 Poland
  • Poland 1-4 England
  • Norway 1-1 England
  • Netherlands 2-1 Norway
  • England 1-2 Poland
  • Norway 3-1 Poland
  • San Marino 1-3 Netherlands
  • Poland 2-0 Norway
  • Netherlands 1-1 England
  • Turkey 1-0 Poland
  • Turkey 3-1 Norway
  • Poland 2-0 Netherlands
  • San Marino 0-4 England

  Poland qualify as group winners

Group 3 edit

Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts
1   Spain 8 7 1 0 15 4 22
2   Germany 8 5 0 3 20 8 15
3   Denmark 8 4 0 4 12 9 12
4   Albania 8 1 2 5 5 18 5
5   Republic of Ireland 8 1 1 6 7 20 4
  • Spain 1-1 Albania
  • Ireland 3-1 Albania
  • Denmark 3-2 Ireland
  • Albania 0-1 Germany
  • Spain 2-1 Ireland
  • Germany 1-2 Spain
  • Germany 4-1 Albania
  • Ireland 0-1 Germany
  • Germany 8-0 Ireland
  • Denmark 0-1 Spain
  • Denmark 1-4 Germany
  • Ireland 0-2 Denmark
  • Albania 1-1 Ireland
  • Denmark 5-0 Albania
  • Albania 1-0 Denmark
  • Albania 0-3 Spain
  • Germany 0-1 Denmark
  • Ireland 0-2 Spain
  • Spain 1-0 Denmark
  • Spain 3-1 Germany

  Spain qualify as group winners

Group 4 edit

Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts
1   Czechoslovakia 8 6 1 1 16 4 19
2   Romania 8 5 0 3 13 10 15
3   Belgium 8 4 1 3 9 7 13
4   Wales 8 3 2 3 16 16 11
5   Cyprus 8 0 0 8 4 21 0
  • Belgium 3-0 Cyprus
  • Romania 2-3 Wales
  • Czechoslovakia 1-0 Belgium
  • Cyprus 2-4 Wales
  • Belgium 1-0 Romania
  • Romania 1-0 Czechoslovakia
  • Belgium 3-1 Wales
  • Cyprus 0-2 Romania
  • Cyprus 0-1 Belgium
  • Cyprus 0-2 Czechoslovakia
  • Wales 0-0 Belgium
  • Romania 1-0 Cyprus
  • Czechoslovakia 1-1 Wales
  • Czechoslovakia 4-2 Romania
  • Wales 0-4 Czechoslovakia
  • Romania 3-1 Belgium
  • Wales 6-2 Cyprus
  • Czechoslovakia 2-0 Cyprus
  • Wales 1-2 Romania
  • Belgium 0-2 Czechoslovakia

  Czechoslovakia qualify as group winners

Group 5 edit

  Yugoslavia was excluded due to Yugoslav war.

Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts
1   Russia 8 6 2 0 25 4 20
2   Greece 8 6 2 0 23 6 20
3   Iceland 8 3 0 5 11 17 9
4   Hungary 8 2 1 5 8 16 7
5   Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 2 26 1
  • Greece 3-0 Iceland
  • Hungary 3-2 Iceland
  • Luxembourg 0-0 Hungary
  • Iceland 1-3 Greece
  • Russia 5-0 Iceland
  • Russia 2-1 Luxembourg
  • Greece 2-1 Hungary
  • Greece 6-0 Luxembourg
  • Hungary 1-2 Greece
  • Luxembourg 0-6 Russia
  • Russia 2-0 Hungary
  • Luxembourg 1-3 Iceland
  • Russia 1-1 Greece
  • Iceland 0-1 Russia
  • Iceland 2-1 Hungary
  • Hungary 0-6 Russia
  • Iceland 3-0 Luxembourg
  • Luxembourg 0-4 Greece
  • Hungary 2-0 Luxembourg
  • Greece 2-2 Russia

  Russia qualify as group winners
  Greece qualify as a "best runner-up"

Group 6 edit

Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts
1   France 10 8 1 1 20 6 25
2   Sweden 10 4 4 2 21 8 16
3   Finland 10 4 2 4 10 13 14
4   Bulgaria 10 4 2 4 9 13 14
5   Israel 10 3 1 6 17 16 10
6   Austria 10 1 2 7 8 29 5
  • Finland 0-0 Bulgaria
  • Finland 1-0 Sweden
  • Bulgaria 0-1 France
  • Sweden 6-0 Bulgaria
  • France 6-1 Austria
  • Austria 1-5 Israel
  • Israel 1-1 Sweden
  • France 1-2 Finland
  • Israel 1-2 Bulgaria
  • Israel 1-2 France
  • Austria 0-1 France
  • Austria 2-0 Bulgaria
  • Bulgaria 3-1 Finland
  • France 2-1 Sweden
  • Bulgaria 1-0 Israel
  • Finland 2-0 Austria
  • Sweden 1-1 Austria
  • Sweden 4-1 Israel
  • Finland 1-0 Israel
  • Sweden 1-1 France
  • Austria 2-2 Finland
  • Finland 0-1 France
  • Bulgaria 0-0 Sweden
  • Bulgaria 3-0 Austria
  • Sweden 4-0 Finland
  • France 3-0 Israel
  • Israel 6-0 Austria
  • Israel 2-1 Finland
  • Austria 1-3 Sweden
  • France 2-0 Bulgaria

  France qualify as group winners

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

Because groups contained different number or teams (six and five), matches against the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in each group are not included in the ranking. As a result, six matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The top seven advanced to the play-off.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5   Greece 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14
1   Portugal 6 3 2 1 14 4 +10 11
2   Turkey 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10
3   Germany 6 3 0 3 11 8 +3 9
4   Romania 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9
6   Sweden 6 2 2 2 12 4 +8 8

See also edit