2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 21 September – 23 November 2022 Elite round: 22 – 28 March 2023
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	117
Goals scored	353 (3.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leon Elshan Orri Óskarsson (6 goals each)
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The 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Malta in the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to participate.

Russia were originally scheduled to participate in the competition before being excluded due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, while Liechtenstein opted not to participate. This meant that the tournament featured 52 of the remaining 54 UEFA member association national teams. Qualification consisted of a qualifying round in autumn 2022 followed by an elite round in spring 2023.^[2]

The qualifying competition consisted of the following two rounds:

• Qualifying Round: Apart from Portugal, which received a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 51 teams were drawn in twelve groups of four teams and one group of three teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The thirteen group winners, thirteen runners-up, and the third placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite Round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group was as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):^[3]

Group Schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

In the qualifying and elite round, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams:
5. Goal difference in all group matches
6. Goals scored in all group matches
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage)
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for 2 yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):^[4]

1. Points
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Disciplinary points (total 3 matches)
5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 8 December 2021, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[2]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[5]

• 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Ukraine and Russia, Serbia and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff. Rank  Malta 2.333 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff. Rank  Portugal 29.389 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank  France 23.778 2  England 23.000 3  Italy 21.889 4  Netherlands 16.778 5  Czech Republic 16.722 6  Spain 16.222 7  Germany 15.833 8  Ukraine 14.389 9  Republic of Ireland 13.278 10  Norway 12.611 11  Turkey 12.611 12  Austria 11.833 13  Croatia 11.611 14

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank  Greece 11.000 15  Belgium 10.667 16  Sweden 10.278 17  Serbia 10.167 18  Slovakia 10.167 19  Poland 10.167 20  Scotland 9.833 21  Israel 9.833 22  Bulgaria 9.722 23  Hungary 9.167 24  Romania 8.833 25  Denmark 8.833 26  Slovenia 8.167 27

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank  Georgia 7.833 28  Russia 7.333 29  Finland 7.333 30   Switzerland 7.000 31  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.667 32  Cyprus 5.333 33  Wales 5.000 34  Latvia 4.667 35  Iceland 4.667 36  Azerbaijan 4.500 37  North Macedonia 4.333 38  Northern Ireland 4.333 39  Belarus 4.333 40

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank  Armenia 3.667 41  Montenegro 3.333 42  Kosovo 3.167 43  Albania 2.000 44  Kazakhstan 1.667 45  Andorra 1.667 46  Luxembourg 1.667 47  Moldova 1.333 48  Estonia 1.333 49  Faroe Islands 1.333 50  Lithuania 1.000 51  Gibraltar 0.333 52  San Marino 0.000 53

Notes

• Teams marked in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Liechtenstein

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Elite round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
3	Switzerland (H)	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	1	2	0	10	6	+4	5	Elite round
2	Luxembourg	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Bulgaria (H)	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Elite round
2	Sweden (H)	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Cyprus	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
4	Kosovo	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Elite round
2	Hungary	3	1	1	1	8	1	+7	4
3	Wales (H)	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	2	23	−21	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6[a]	Elite round
2	Estonia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6[a]
3	Italy	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6[a]
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania (H)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Elite round
2	Latvia	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Austria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	4	Elite round
2	Belgium (H)	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
3	Albania	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
4	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Banned due to invasion of Ukraine[12]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Scotland (H)	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Elite round
2	Denmark (H)	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	North Macedonia (H)	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6[a]	Elite round
2	Israel	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6[a]
3	Finland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6[a]
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Belarus	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2
4	Armenia	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5	Elite round
2	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Netherlands (H)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	5	Italy	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3	Elite round
2	11	Finland	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	2	Bulgaria	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
4	13	Netherlands	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
5	6	Austria	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1[a]
6	4	Wales	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1[a]
7	3	Cyprus	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
8	12	Belarus	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1
9	1	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0
10	8	Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
11	10	North Macedonia	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0
12	9	Montenegro	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0[b]
13	7	Albania	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0[b]

The draw for the elite round was held on 8 December 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[13]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	8	France	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9
3	9	England	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
4	12	Germany	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
5	4	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
6	10	Serbia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
7	3	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
8	1	Greece	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Pot B
9	1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
10	11	Croatia	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
11	9	Denmark	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
12	10	Norway	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
13	11	Israel	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
14	5	Poland	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
15	8	Iceland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Pot C
16	5	Estonia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
17	2	Turkey	3	1	2	0	10	6	+4	5
18	13	Slovenia	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
19	13	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
20	6	Romania	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
21	2	Luxembourg	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
22	5	Italy	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6	Pot D
23	6	Latvia	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
24	4	Hungary	3	1	1	1	8	1	+7	4
25	7	Spain	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	4
26	7	Belgium	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
27	12	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
28	3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Final tournament
2	France (H)	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5	Final tournament
2	Germany (H)	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Belgium	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7	Final tournament
2	Denmark	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Czechia	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
3	Sweden	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
4	Croatia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5	Final tournament
2	Israel	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Serbia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Final tournament
2	England (H)	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
3	Turkey	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Hungary	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Under-19 Euro1 only U-19 era (since 2002)
Malta	Hosts	19 April 2021[1]	0 (debut)
Norway	Elite round Group 1 winners	25 March 2023	5 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019)
Portugal	Elite round Group 4 winners	25 March 2023	11 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Italy	Elite round Group 2 winners	28 March 2023	8 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022)
Spain	Elite round Group 3 winners	28 March 2023	12 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019)
Greece	Elite round Group 5 winners	28 March 2023	6 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Poland	Elite round Group 6 winners	28 March 2023	2 (2004, 2006)
Iceland	Elite round Group 7 winners	28 March 2023	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

In the qualifying round, there were 235 goals scored in 75 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.

In the elite round, there were 118 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.

In total, there were 191 goals scored in 63 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com

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