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

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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

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Group 1

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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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
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