2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite round

The 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite round was the second round of qualification for the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament. The 27 teams advancing from the first qualification round plus Spain, who received a bye to the elite round, were distributed into seven groups of four teams, with one of the teams in each group hosting all six matches in a round-robin format. The seven group-winning teams qualified automatically for the final tournament in Hungary.

Main article: 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Seeding

The draw for the elite round was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, on 28 November 2013.[1] Each team was placed in one of four drawing pots, according to their qualifying round results.[2] The seven sides with the best records were seeded in Pot A, and so forth until Pot D, which contained the seven teams with the weakest records. During the draw, each group was filled with one team from every pot, taking into account that teams that played each other in the first qualifying round could not be drawn into the same group again.

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D
 Spain
 Portugal
 Czech Republic
 Georgia
 Serbia
 Russia
 England		  Germany
 Ukraine
 Belgium
 Republic of Ireland
 Israel
 Austria
 Sweden		  Norway
 Montenegro
  Switzerland
 Italy
 Turkey
 Denmark
 Greece		  Bulgaria
 Scotland
 Romania
 Cyprus
 Wales
 Lithuania
 Iceland

    Tiebreakers

    If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.[3]

    1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
    2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
    3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
    4. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1) to 3) would be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5) and 6) would apply
    5. Results of all group matches:
      1. Superior goal difference
      2. Higher number of goals scored
    6. Drawing of lots

    Additionally, if two teams which had the same number of points, goals scored and goals conceded played their last group match against each other and were still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings were determined by means of a penalty shoot-out. This procedure was applicable only if a ranking of the teams was required to determine the group winner.

    Groups

    The hosts of the seven mini-tournament groups are indicated below.

    All times are CEST (UTC+02:00).

    Group 1
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Final tournament
    2  England (H) 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
    3  Montenegro 3 1 0 2 1 10 −9 3
    4  Scotland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
    Source:
    (H) Host.
    England 6–0 Montenegro
    Ibe  27', 58', 65'
    Baker  52' (pen.)
    Gallagher  62'
    Robinson  90+2'    		 Report
    Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)
    Ukraine 0–0 Scotland
    Report
    Montenegro 0–4 Ukraine
    Report Kovalenko  45+5'
    Bilonoh  56'
    Tankovskyi  64'
    Habelok  73'
    Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)
    England 2–1 Scotland
    Baker  76', 82' Report Souttar  51'
    Scotland 0–1 Montenegro
    Report Grbović  10'
    Ukraine 1–0 England
    Sobol  90+4' Report

    Group 2
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Bulgaria (H) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Final tournament
    2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
    3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
    4  Italy 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
    Source:
    (H) Host.
    Czech Republic 1–0 Italy
    Holzer  72' Report
    Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)
    Sweden 1–2 Bulgaria
    Tanković  89' Report Dryanov  2'
    Tsonev  13'
    Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
    Czech Republic 0–2 Bulgaria
    Report Kolev  52'
    Vutov  62'
    Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
    Italy 1–3 Sweden
    Grassi  40' Report Gustafson  48', 73'
    Berisha  59'
    Sweden 3–0 Czech Republic
    Tanković  6'
    Olsson  14'
    Berisha  37'    		 Report
    Bulgaria 1–1 Italy
    Vutov  72' (pen.) Report Crecco  74'
    Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

    Group 3
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Israel 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Final tournament
    2  Georgia 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
    3   Switzerland (H) 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
    4  Cyprus 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
    Source:
    (H) Host.
    Israel 4–0 Cyprus
    Weissman  36'
    Ohana  73', 86'
    Dror  90+4'    		 Report
    Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)
    Georgia 2–0  Switzerland
    Dartsimelia  31'
    Papunashvili  86'    		 Report
    Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch, Lausanne
    Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
    Georgia 5–1 Cyprus
    Tsintsadze  14'
    Kikabidze  19', 55'
    Zarandia  30'
    Loizides  45+2' (o.g.)    		 Report Panayiotou  90+3' (pen.)
    Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch, Lausanne
    Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
    Switzerland  0–1 Israel
    Report Weissman  5'
    Israel 1–0 Georgia
    Yehezkel  69' Report
    Cyprus 0–2  Switzerland
    Report Graf  70'
    Karlen  76'
    Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch, Lausanne
    Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

    Group 4
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Serbia 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Final tournament
    2  Turkey 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7
    3  Republic of Ireland (H) 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
    4  Iceland 3 0 0 3 4 12 −8 0
    Source:
    (H) Host.
    Serbia 1–1 Turkey
    Maksimović  90+6' Report Demirci  24' (pen.)
    Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
    Republic of Ireland 2–1 Iceland
    Byrne  51', 60' Report Jóhannesson  67'
    Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
    Serbia 6–0 Iceland
    Simić  33', 59'
    Milinković-Savić  38' (pen.), 54'
    Babić  58'
    Živković  79'    		 Report
    Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
    Turkey 2–1 Republic of Ireland
    Ünal  50'
    Aydın  81'    		 Report Browne  71' (pen.)
    Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
    Republic of Ireland 1–3 Serbia
    Byrne  70' Report Simić  36', 67'
    Mandić  46'
    Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
    Iceland 3–4 Turkey
    O. Ómarsson  17'
    Finnbogason  29'
    E. Ómarsson  90+4'    		 Report Ünal  5'
    Altıntaş  32', 78', 89'
    Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

    Group 5
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Germany 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Final tournament
    2  Spain 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
    3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
    4  Lithuania 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
    Source:
    Germany 2–0 Lithuania
    Holthaus  8'
    Mukhtar  78'    		 Report
    Referee: Andreas Pappas (Greece)
    Spain 3–1 Denmark
    Sandro  33' (pen.)
    Munir  74'
    López  90+2'    		 Report Mathiasen  50'
    Referee: Davide Massa (Italia)
    Denmark 0–4 Germany
    Report Meyer  31', 56'
    Mukhtar  60'
    Stendera  89'
    Referee: Andreas Pappas (Greece)
    Spain 2–0 Lithuania
    Munir  31'
    Sandro  90' (pen.)    		 Report
    Referee: Ádám Németh (Hungary)
    Germany 3–1 Spain
    Selke  19'
    Brandt  37'
    Lohkemper  78'    		 Report El Haddadi  6'
    Referee: Davide Massa (Italia)
    Lithuania 1–3 Denmark
    Šegžda  44' Report Hansen  3'
    Nordam  16'
    Børsting  88'
    Referee: Ádám Németh (Hungary)

    Group 6
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Austria 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Final tournament
    2  Russia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
    3  Romania (H) 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
    4  Norway 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
    Source:
    (H) Host.
    Russia 3–0 Norway
    Davydov  32', 50' (pen.)
    Koryan  60'    		 Report
    Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
    Austria 5–0 Romania
    Grillitsch  6', 42', 44', 53'
    Gschweidl  72'    		 Report
    Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
    Russia 3–1 Romania
    Miranchuk  61'
    Davydov  76', 80'    		 Report Paun-Alexandru  23'
    Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
    Norway 1–3 Austria
    Svendsen  64' Report Rasner  5'
    Puchegger  9'
    Bytyqi  43'
    Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
    Austria 0–0 Russia
    Report
    Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
    Romania 3–0 Norway
    Vînă  28', 90+3'
    Mitriță  45'    		 Report
    Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

    Group 7
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Portugal (H) 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Final tournament
    2  Wales 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
    3  Belgium 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
    4  Greece 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
    Source:
    (H) Host.
    Belgium 1–1 Wales
    Marquet  63' Report O'Sullivan  38'
    Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
    Portugal 3–0 Greece
    Rodrigues  78'
    Santos  86'
    Silva  90+1' (pen.)    		 Report
    Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
    Greece 2–4 Belgium
    Kritikos  59'
    Deligiannidis  61'    		 Report Musonda  27', 55'
    Schrijvers  63', 89'
    Sports Center CF Fão, Fão
    Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
    Portugal 3–2 Wales
    Silva  20'
    Lopes  33'
    Luís Rafael  89'    		 Report Hedges  76'
    O'Sullivan  80'
    Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)
    Belgium 2–3 Portugal
    Gerkens  34'
    Schrijvers  36'    		 Report Silva  46', 56'
    Santos  86'
    Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
    Wales 3–0 Greece
    O'Sullivan  55' (pen.), 77'
    Saunders  69'    		 Report
    Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

    Qualified teams
    Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1
     HungaryHosts 1 (2008)
     UkraineGroup 1 winner 2 (2004, 2009)
     BulgariaGroup 2 winner 1 (2008)
     IsraelGroup 3 winner 0 (debut)
     SerbiaGroup 4 winner 6 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
     GermanyGroup 5 winner 5 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)
     AustriaGroup 6 winner 4 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010)
     PortugalGroup 7 winner 6 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013)
    1 Only counted appearances for under-19 era (bold indicates champion for that year, while italic indicates hosts)

    References
    1. "Serbia learn elite round opposition". UEFA. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
    2. "2013/14 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Elite round draws" (PDF). UEFA. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
    3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2013/14" (PDF).
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