The 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship started with a qualifying competition which began on 27 March 2009 and finished on 13 October 2010. The final tournament was held in Denmark between 11–25 June 2011.

The first stage of the qualifying competition was a group stage followed by play-offs. Each of the 10 group winners, as well as the four highest ranked second place teams, advanced to the play-off. The play-offs determined which seven nations joined Denmark in the final tournament. Denmark, as hosts, qualified automatically.

Groups

Summary

Teams that secured a place in the play-offs are highlighted in green in their respective qualifying groups. The teams are ordered by final group position.

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5
RomaniaSwitzerlandItalyNetherlands SpainCzech Republic Iceland
Russia Moldova Latvia Faroe Islands AndorraTurkey Georgia Armenia Estonia Republic of IrelandWales Hungary Bosnia and Herzegovina LuxembourgFinland Poland LiechtensteinGermany Northern Ireland San Marino
Group 6Group 7Group 8Group 9Group 10
SwedenCroatiaUkraineGreece EnglandScotland Belarus
Israel Montenegro Kazakhstan BulgariaSlovakia Serbia Norway CyprusBelgium France Slovenia MaltaPortugal Lithuania MacedoniaAustria Albania Azerbaijan

In case of equal points, the teams are ranked by their head-to-head record:

  1. number of points
  2. goal difference
  3. goals scored
  4. goals scored away from home.

If some teams have equal head-to-head record, then the following tiebreaks apply:

  1. overall goal difference
  2. overall goals scored
  3. overall goals scored away from home
  4. fair play conduct.

Group 1

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsRomania national under-21 football teamRussia national under-21 football teamMoldova national under-21 football teamLatvia national under-21 football teamFaroe Islands national under-21 football teamAndorra national under-21 football team
Romania10811236+1725—3–03–04–13–02–0
Russia10712226+16220–0—3–12–12–04–0
Moldova10424913−4140–10–3—1–01–01–0
Latvia104151615+1135–10–41–1—0–14–0
Faroe Islands10325816−8110–41–01–11–3—3–1
Andorra10019325−2210–20–41–30–11–1—

Group 2

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsSwitzerland national under-21 football teamTurkey national under-21 football teamGeorgia national under-21 football teamArmenia national under-21 football teamEstonia national under-21 football teamRepublic of Ireland national under-21 football team
Switzerland10622158+720—0–21–02–10–11–0
Turkey105141311+2161–3—0–11–00–01–0
Georgia10433129+3150–04–0—0–22–01–1
Armenia104151819−1131–32–52–3—1–14–1
Estonia10334916−7121–41–02–02–3—1–1
Republic of Ireland101451115−471–10–31–11–25–0—

Group 3

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsItaly national under-21 football teamWales national under-21 football teamHungary national under-21 football teamBosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football teamLuxembourg national under-21 football team
Italy8512125+716—1–02–01–12–0
Wales8512156+9162–1—4–12–05–1
Hungary841397+2132–00–1—0–03–0
Bosnia and Herzegovina822448−480–12–10–2—0–1
Luxembourg8116216−1440–40–00–10–1—

Group 4

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsNetherlands national under-21 football teamSpain national under-21 football teamFinland national under-21 football teamPoland national under-21 football teamLiechtenstein national under-21 football team
Netherlands8701195+1421—2–12–03–23–0
Spain8611155+10192–1—1–02–03–1
Finland8314117+4100–11–1—2–03–0
Poland83051113−290–40–12–1—2–0
Liechtenstein8008127−2600–30–40–40–5—

Group 5

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsCzech Republic national under-21 football teamIceland national under-21 football teamGermany national under-21 football teamNorthern Ireland national under-21 football teamSan Marino national under-21 football team
Czech Republic8710254+2122—3–11–12–05–0
Iceland85122911+18160–2—4–12–18–0
Germany83322610+16121–22–2—3–06–0
Northern Ireland82151216−471–22–61–1—4–0
San Marino8008051−5100–80–60–110–3—

Group 6

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsSweden national under-21 football teamIsrael national under-21 football teamMontenegro national under-21 football teamKazakhstan national under-21 football teamBulgaria national under-21 football team
Sweden8611155+1019—1–22–05–12–1
Israel8512188+10160–1—5–01–14–0
Montenegro8413911−2130–21–0—3–12–0
Kazakhstan8125717−1051–11–20–2—2–0
Bulgaria8116816−840–13–41–13–0—

Group 7

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsCroatia national under-21 football teamSlovakia national under-21 football teamSerbia national under-21 football teamNorway national under-21 football teamCyprus national under-21 football team
Croatia85211710+717—1–13–14–10–2
Slovakia842211110141–2—2–11–41–0
Serbia84131412+2132–21–2—3–22–0
Norway82151418−471–32–20–1—1–3
Cyprus8206813−561–20–11–31–3—

Group 8

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsUkraine national under-21 football teamBelgium national under-21 football teamFrance national under-21 football teamSlovenia national under-21 football teamMalta national under-21 football team
Ukraine8440135+816—1–12–20–01–0
Belgium843185+3150–2—0–02–01–0
France8431126+6152–20–1—1–02–0
Slovenia8224610−480–22–21–3—1–0
Malta8008013−1300–30–10–20–2—

Group 9

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsGreece national under-21 football teamEngland national under-21 football teamPortugal national under-21 football teamLithuania national under-21 football teamNorth Macedonia national under-21 football team
Greece8611137+619—1–12–11–03–1
England8521157+8171–2—1–03–06–3
Portugal8413128+4132–10–1—4–13–1
Lithuania8125311−850–10–00–1—1–0
Macedonia8026919−1021–21–21–11–1—

Group 10

TeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsScotland national under-21 football teamBelarus national under-21 football teamAustria national under-21 football teamAlbania national under-21 football teamAzerbaijan national under-21 football team
Scotland8521167+917—1–03–15–22–2
Belarus85211611+5171–1—2–14–21–0
Austria84221711+6141–03–3—3–14–0
Albania81161120−940–11–22–2—1–0
Azerbaijan8116819−1140–42–31–23–2—

Ranking of second-placed teams

Since Groups 1 and 2 were composed of six teams, results against the 6th-ranked team were excluded.

GrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
4Spain8611155+1019
9England8521157+817
10Belarus85211611+517
5Iceland85122911+1816
6Israel8512188+1016
3Wales8512156+916
1Russia8512146+816
8Belgium843185+315
7Slovakia84221111014
2Turkey8314911−210

Play-offs

The play-off first legs played on 9 October 2010, second legs played on 13 October 2010.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
England England2–1Romania Romania2–10–0
Netherlands Netherlands3–3 (a)Ukraine Ukraine1–32–0
Spain Spain5–1Croatia Croatia2–13–0
Switzerland Switzerland5–2Sweden Sweden4–11–1
Iceland Iceland4–2Scotland Scotland2–12–1
Czech Republic Czech Republic5–0Greece Greece3–02–0
Italy Italy2–3Belarus Belarus2–00–3

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament
Denmark00Host0010 December 200841 (1978, 1986, 1992, 2006)
SwitzerlandPlay-off winners against Sweden11 October 20102 (2002, 2004)
IcelandPlay-off winners against Scotland11 October 2010First appearance
EnglandPlay-off winners against Romania12 October 201010 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009)
SpainPlay-off winners against Croatia12 October 201010 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2009)
BelarusPlay-off winners against Italy12 October 20102 (2004, 2009)
Czech RepublicPlay-off winners against Greece12 October 20104 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2007)
UkrainePlay-off winners against Netherlands12 October 20101 (2006)

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