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

Teams went into the preliminary round already knowing who they would face should they get through.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Estonia1–7Wales0–21–5
Malta2–4Georgia1–21–2
San Marino3–4Armenia3–00–4
Liechtenstein1–8Northern Ireland1–40–4
Kazakhstan0–1Moldova0–00–1
Luxembourg0–5Macedonia0–30–2
Andorra0–2Iceland0–00–2
Azerbaijan1–5Republic of Ireland1–20–3

Qualifying groups

Group 1

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Bosnia and Herzegovina211043+14
Armenia21013303
Norway201112−11

Group 2

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Spain220072+56
Slovakia201124−21
Albania201103−31

Group 3

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Serbia220051+46
Lithuania210112−13
Georgia200214−30

Group 4

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Belgium220031+26
Republic of Ireland210121+13
Greece200214−30

Group 5

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Italy220020+26
Austria201101−11
Iceland201101−11

Group 6

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Russia220082+66
Hungary210163+33
Finland2002110−90

Group 7

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Portugal220040+46
Poland21013303
Latvia200215−40

Group 8

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England211054+14
Switzerland210154+13
Moldova201135−21

Group 9

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Czech Republic220041+36
Belarus21012203
Cyprus200203−30

Group 10

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Germany220083+56
Romania210145−13
Northern Ireland200226−40

Group 11

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Sweden220051+46
Denmark210132+13
Macedonia200216−50

Group 12

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Bulgaria220051+46
Ukraine210124−23
Croatia200224−20

Group 13

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Israel211032+14
Turkey20200002
Wales201123−11

Group 14

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France220051+46
Slovenia210112−13
Scotland200214−30

Play-offs

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Serbia5–3Sweden0–35–0
Czech Republic3–2Bosnia and Herzegovina2–11–1
Russia4–4 (a)Portugal4–10–3
England3–0Germany1–02–0
Italy2–1Spain0–02–1
Belgium5–2Bulgaria1–14–1
France1–2Israel1–10–1

External links

  • at uefa.com