2002_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship_qualification Knowpia

The 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 2000. The final tournament was held in 2002. The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

Qualifying group stage edit

Draw edit

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

Groups 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 featured the same nations
Group 1 did not include Faroe Islands
Group 2 did not include Andorra
Group 6 did not include San Marino
Group 7 did not include Liechtenstein, but included France (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)

Group 1 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	22	10	+12	16
Russia	8	4	3	1	23	9	+14	15
Yugoslavia	8	4	3	1	22	11	+11	15
Slovenia	8	2	2	4	10	10	0	8
Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	1	38	−37	0


Luxembourg	—	0–10	1–5	0–3	0–3
Russia	2–0	—	0–0	3–3	2–0
Slovenia	1–0	1–3	—	0–0	1–2
Switzerland	6–0	3–1	2–1	—	2–2
Yugoslavia	8–0	2–2	2–1	3–3	—

Switzerland qualify as group winners
Russia fail to qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 2 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	8	6	1	1	22	4	+18	19
Netherlands	8	5	2	1	20	7	+13	17
Republic of Ireland	8	4	1	3	10	7	+3	13
Cyprus	8	3	0	5	9	17	−8	9
Estonia	8	0	0	8	2	28	−26	0


Cyprus	—	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
Estonia	0–3	—	0–5	1–3	0–3
Netherlands	4–2	6–0	—	1–1	2–0
Portugal	7–0	4–0	3–0	—	3–1
Republic of Ireland	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	—

Portugal qualify as group winners
Netherlands qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 3 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	10	9	0	1	28	5	+23	27
Bulgaria	10	5	3	2	16	17	−1	18
Denmark	10	4	3	3	18	12	+6	15
Iceland	10	3	2	5	13	17	−4	11
Northern Ireland	10	2	2	6	12	21	−9	8
Malta	10	0	4	6	5	20	−15	4

Bulgaria 1-0 Czech Rep.
Iceland 0-0 Denmark
N. Ireland 1-1* Malta
Bulgaria 2-0 Malta
Czech Rep. 2-1 Iceland
N. Ireland 0-3 Denmark
Denmark 2-2 Bulgaria
Malta 0-1 Czech Rep.
Iceland 2-5 N. Ireland
Malta 0-0 Denmark
N. Ireland 0-2 Czech Rep.
Bulgaria 1-0 Iceland
Bulgaria 2-0 N. Ireland
Czech Rep. 3-0 Denmark
Malta 1-1 Iceland

Denmark 3-4 Czech Rep.
Iceland 3-0 Malta
N. Ireland 1-1 Bulgaria
Denmark 3-0 Malta
Iceland 3-2 Bulgaria
Czech Rep. 4-0 N. Ireland
Denmark 2-0 N. Ireland
Iceland 0-1 Czech Rep.
Malta 2-2 Bulgaria
Bulgaria 3-1 Denmark
Czech Rep. 3-0 Malta
N. Ireland 1-3 Iceland
Denmark 4-0 Iceland
Malta 2-2 N. Ireland
Czech Rep. 8-0 Bulgaria

(*) Match awarded 3-0 to N.Ireland
due to Malta fielding an ineligible player.
Czech Republic qualify as group winners
Bulgaria fail to qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 4 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	10	7	2	1	19	6	+13	23
Sweden	10	5	4	1	19	6	+13	19
Slovakia	10	4	4	2	13	7	+6	16
Moldova	10	2	3	5	6	13	−7	9
Azerbaijan	10	2	3	5	4	17	−13	9
Macedonia	10	1	2	7	6	18	−12	5

Azerbaijan 0-5 Sweden
Turkey 1-0 Moldova
Slovakia 2-0 R. Macedonia
Moldova 0-3 Slovakia
R. Macedonia 1-2 Azerbaijan
Sweden 0-0 Turkey
Moldova 3-0 R. Macedonia
Azerbaijan 1-2 Turkey
Slovakia 1-1 Sweden
Turkey 0-1 Slovakia
Sweden 2-0 R. Macedonia
Azerbaijan 0-0 Moldova
R. Macedonia 1-4 Turkey
Slovakia 5-0 Azerbaijan
Moldova 0-2 Sweden

Turkey 3-0 Azerbaijan
Sweden 4-0 Slovakia
R. Macedonia 2-0 Moldova
Turkey 2-0 R. Macedonia
Azerbaijan 0-0 Slovakia
Sweden 3-0 Moldova
Slovakia 0-1 Turkey
Moldova 1-0 Azerbaijan
R. Macedonia 1-1 Sweden
Turkey 4-1 Sweden
Azerbaijan 1-0 R. Macedonia
Slovakia 0-0 Moldova
Moldova 2-2 Turkey
Sweden 0-0 Azerbaijan
R. Macedonia 1-1 Slovakia

Turkey qualify as group winners
Sweden qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 5 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	10	6	1	3	14	13	+1	19
Poland	10	5	3	2	20	14	+6	18
Norway	10	6	0	4	21	12	+9	18
Belarus	10	5	1	4	21	14	+7	16
Armenia	10	4	2	4	10	15	−5	14
Wales	10	0	1	9	4	22	−18	1


Armenia	—	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0
Belarus	5–0	—	1–0	3–3	1–2	4–1
Norway	5–1	5–1	—	1–2	3–1	2–0
Poland	1–1	0–4	3–0	—	3–0	2–1
Ukraine	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	—	1–0
Wales	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–4	0–3	—

Ukraine qualify as group winners
Poland qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 6 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	6	4	1	1	8	2	+6	13
Croatia	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
Scotland	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
Latvia	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1


Belgium	—	2–1	3–0	0–0
Croatia	1–0	—	2–1	3–1
Latvia	0–2	1–1	—	1–3
Scotland	0–1	1–1	1–0	—

Belgium qualify as group winners
Croatia qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 7 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	8	6	2	0	16	6	+10	20
Spain	8	5	1	2	13	7	+6	16
Israel	8	4	0	4	16	13	+3	12
Austria	8	2	2	4	7	14	−7	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	0	1	7	5	17	−12	1

Bosnia & Herz. 0-2 Spain
France 3-0 Israel
France 2-1 Austria
Spain 1-0 Israel
Austria 2-1 Spain
Israel 2-1 Bosnia & Herz.
Bosnia & Herz. 0-1 France
Israel 3-4 France
Bosnia & Herz. 0-0 Austria
Spain 1-1 France

Austria 0-2 Israel
Austria 1-1 France
Spain 5-1 Bosnia & Herz.
Israel 0-1 Spain
Spain 2-0 Austria
Bosnia & Herz. 2-4 Israel
Austria 2-1 Bosnia & Herz.
France 3-0 Spain
France 1-0 Bosnia & Herz.
Israel 5-1 Austria

France qualify as group winners
Spain qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 8 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	8	6	1	1	14	5	+9	19
Romania	8	5	1	2	13	5	+8	16
Hungary	8	5	0	3	12	9	+3	15
Lithuania	8	2	0	6	5	17	−12	6
Georgia	8	1	0	7	9	17	−8	3

Romania 2-0* Lithuania
Hungary 0-3 Italy
Lithuania 2-1 Georgia
Italy 1-1 Romania
Lithuania 0-1 Hungary
Italy 3-2 Georgia
Hungary 4-1 Lithuania
Romania 0-1 Italy
Georgia 0-3 Romania
Italy 1-0 Lithuania

Romania 1-0 Hungary
Georgia 0-2 Italy
Lithuania 1-0 Romania
Hungary 2-1 Georgia
Georgia 0-2 Hungary
Lithuania 0-3 Italy
Hungary 1-3 Romania
Georgia 4-1 Lithuania
Italy 0-2 Hungary
Romania 2-1 Georgia

(*) Match awarded 3-0 to Romania
due to Lithuania fielding an ineligible player.
Italy qualify as group winners
Romania qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 9 edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	8	5	2	1	18	8	+10	17
Greece	8	5	1	2	14	6	+8	16
Germany	8	5	1	2	18	7	+11	16
Finland	8	1	1	6	7	20	−13	4
Albania	8	1	1	6	3	19	−16	4

Finland 3-0 Albania
Germany 2-1 Greece
England 1-1 Germany
Greece 3-1 Finland
Finland 2-2 England
Albania 0-1 Greece
Germany 8-0 Albania
England 4-0 Finland
Albania 0-1 England
Greece 2-0 Germany

Finland 1-3 Germany
Greece 0-0 Albania
Greece 3-1 England
Albania 0-1 Germany
Germany 1-2 England
Albania 3-0 Finland
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England 5-0 Albania
Finland 0-3 Greece
England 2-1 Greece
Germany 2-0 Finland

England qualify as group winners
Greece qualify as one of best runners-up
Greece (16pts) Germany (16pts) head-to-head:
2-1 in GER, 2-0 in GRE
.: Greece better (3-2 on aggregate)

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

Because groups contained different number or teams (six, five and four), 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
9	Greece	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	12
4	Sweden	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11
5	Poland	6	3	2	1	13	10	+3	11
6	Croatia	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
2	Netherlands	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
8	Romania	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10
7	Spain	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10
3	Bulgaria	6	3	1	2	9	14	−5	10
1	Russia	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	9

Play-offs edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sweden	3–4	Belgium	3–2	0–2
Greece	4–2	Turkey	3–0	1–2
Netherlands	2–3	England	2–2	0–1
Spain	2–2 (a)	Portugal	2–1	0–1
Croatia	1–1 (a)	Czech Republic	1–1	0–0
Poland	2–5	Italy	2–5	0–0
Romania	0–5	France	0–1	0–4
Ukraine	2–4	Switzerland	1–2	1–2