2007_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship_qualification Knowpia

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:

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

Preliminary round edit

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 edit

Group 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5 edit

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 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8 edit

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 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 10 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 11 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 12 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 13 edit

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 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs edit

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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