2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

The 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-17 football competition that will determine the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Israel in the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to participate.[3]

2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesQualifying round:
autumn 2021[1]
Elite round:
spring 2022
Teams54 (from 1 confederation)

Apart from Israel as the host, the remaining 54 teams enter the qualifying competition, where the original format would consist of two rounds: Qualifying round, which would take place in autumn of 2021, and Elite round, which would take place in spring of 2022.

Format

The qualifying competition would originally consist of the following two rounds:

  • Qualifying round: Apart from Netherlands and Spain, which receive byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams are drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
  • Elite round: The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against all teams in their group qualify for the final tournament.


The schedule of each group is 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

Tiebreakers

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[3]

  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 are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are 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 have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.03):[3]

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

To determine the seven best runners-up from the elite round, all results are considered. The same criteria as above are applied (Regulations Articles 15.02 and 15.03).[3]

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 9 December 2020, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[5][6]

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: Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Final tournament hosts
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Israel11.167—
Bye to elite round
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Netherlands28.5561
 Spain27.4442
Teams entering qualifying round
Pot A
TeamCoeff.Rank
 England23.0563
 Italy22.6674
 Portugal20.7225
 Germany19.8336
 France18.9447
 Belgium18.5568
 Republic of Ireland16.8339
 Sweden15.27810
 Hungary14.38911
 Austria13.55612
 Serbia13.27813
 Turkey12.66714
 Bosnia and Herzegovina12.33315
Pot B
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Scotland12.00016
 Ukraine11.88917
 Czech Republic11.72218
  Switzerland11.11119
 Denmark11.00020
 Norway10.72221
 Russia10.66722
 Greece10.22223
 Slovenia10.11124
 Poland10.00025
 Croatia9.83326
 Slovakia9.33327
 Iceland8.16728
Pot C
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Finland7.83329
 Cyprus6.16730
 Belarus5.50031
 Romania5.33332
 Azerbaijan5.33333
 North Macedonia4.83334
 Montenegro4.66735
 Wales4.50036
 Georgia4.33337
 Northern Ireland4.16738
 Bulgaria4.00039
 Latvia3.00040
 Faroe Islands2.88941
Pot D
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Lithuania2.66742
 Albania2.33343
 Estonia2.33344
 Armenia2.00045
 Kazakhstan2.00046
 Kosovo2.00047
 Andorra1.33348
 Liechtenstein1.00049
 Moldova0.66750
 Luxembourg0.66751
 San Marino0.33352
 Malta0.00053
 Gibraltar0.00054
Notes
  • Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Groups

The qualifying round is scheduled to be played by 16 November 2021.

Times up to 27 March 2022 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 7
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 9
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 10
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 11
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 12
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 13
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Elite round

The draw for the elite round will be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Draw

The draw for the elite round will be held in spring 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[7]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[8] The Netherlands and Spain, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 —  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pot A
2 —  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient ranking; 6) drawing of lots.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-17 Euro1
only U-17 era (since 2002)
 IsraelHosts0 (debut)
TBDElite round Group 1 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 2 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 3 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 4 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 5 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 6 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 7 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 8 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 9 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 10 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 11 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 12 winnersMarch 2022
TBDElite round Group 13 winnersMarch 2022
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "2020/21 U17 qualifying round guide". UEFA. 18 July 2020.
  2. "Cyprus, Israel to host U17 EURO in 2021, 2022". UEFA. 24 September 2019.
  3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2020/21". UEFA. 13 July 2020.
  4. "2021/22 U17 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 9 December 2020.
  5. "2020/21 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. "2020/21 U17 EURO qualifying round draw coefficients" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  7. "2021/22 U17 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 9 December 2020.
  8. "2020 U17 elite round coefficients" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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