2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-19 football competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Slovakia in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible to participate.

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesQualifying round:
TBA
Elite round:
TBA
Teams54 (from 1 confederation)

Originally, the qualifying competition would use a new format with teams split into three different leagues with promotion and relegation, with the draw of the first round under the new format already held in December 2019. However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the introduction of the new format had been postponed to the next edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and qualification for this edition would use the previous format involving two rounds only.[2]

Apart from Slovakia, 53 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, where the original format would consist of two rounds: Qualifying round, which will take place in autumn 2021, and Elite round, which will take place in spring 2022.[3]

Format

The qualifying competition will consist of the following two rounds:

  • Qualifying round: Apart from Portugal, which receives a bye to the elite round as the team 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 third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
  • Elite round: The 28 teams are drawn into seven 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 seven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group is as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):[4]

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

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

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2019, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3]

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: Spain and Gibraltar, Ukraine and Russia, Serbia and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Final tournament hosts
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Slovakia10.167—
Bye to elite round
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Portugal29.3891
Teams entering qualifying round
Pot A
TeamCoeff.Rank
 France23.7782
 England23.0003
 Italy21.8894
 Netherlands16.7785
 Czech Republic16.7226
 Spain16.2227
 Germany15.8338
 Ukraine14.3899
 Republic of Ireland13.27810
 Norway12.61111
 Turkey12.61112
 Austria11.83313
 Croatia11.61114
Pot B
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Greece11.00015
 Belgium10.66716
 Sweden10.27817
 Serbia10.16718
 Poland10.16719
 Scotland9.83320
 Israel9.83321
 Bulgaria9.72222
 Hungary9.16723
 Romania8.83324
 Denmark8.83325
 Slovenia8.16726
 Georgia7.83327
Pot C
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Russia7.33328
 Finland7.33329
  Switzerland7.00030
 Bosnia and Herzegovina6.66731
 Cyprus5.33332
 Wales5.00033
 Latvia4.66734
 Iceland4.66735
 Azerbaijan4.50036
 North Macedonia4.33337
 Northern Ireland4.33338
 Belarus4.33339
 Armenia3.66740
Pot D
TeamCoeff.Rank
 Montenegro3.33341
 Kosovo3.16742
 Malta2.33343
 Albania2.00044
 Kazakhstan1.66745
 Andorra1.66746
 Luxembourg1.66747
 Moldova1.33348
 Estonia1.33349
 Faroe Islands1.33350
 Lithuania1.00051
 Gibraltar0.33352
 San Marino0.00053
Notes
  • Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter
 Liechtenstein

Groups

The qualifying round was originally scheduled to be played by 17 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round would be delayed to March 2021.[7]

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  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Switzerland 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Belarus 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Israel 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Finland 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 7
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  North Macedonia 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 8

Originally scheduled to be played between 7–13 October 2020.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Belgium 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 9
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Latvia 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 10
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Wales 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 11
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Armenia 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 2021. 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 Elite round
2  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iceland 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group 13
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Northern Ireland 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 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Elite round

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

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-19 Euro1
only U-19 era (since 2002)
 SlovakiaHosts[1]-
TBDPlay-off winnersMay 2021
TBDPlay-off winnersMay 2021
TBDPlay-off winnersMay 2021
TBDPlay-off winnersMay 2021
TBDPlay-off winnersMay 2021
TBDPlay-off winnersMay 2021
TBDPlay-off winnersMay 2021
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Romania, Slovakia to stage U19 EURO in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 24 September 2019.
  2. "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
  3. "2021/22 U19 EURO qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 9 December 2020.
  4. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2020/21". UEFA. 13 July 2020.
  5. "2020/21 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. "2020/21 U19 EURO qualifying round draw coefficients" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  7. "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
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