2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

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The 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1998. The final tournament was held in 2000 in Slovakia.

The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (seven groups of 5 + two groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

• Groups 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, featured the same nations
• Group 4 did not include Andorra
• Group 6 did not include San Marino, but included Netherlands (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
• Group 7 did not include Liechtenstein
• Group 9 did not include Faroe Islands, but included Belgium (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 8 7 1 0 20 7 +13 22   Switzerland 8 4 2 2 8 4 +4 14  Denmark 8 3 1 4 11 13 –2 10  Belarus 8 2 1 5 5 12 –7 7  Wales 8 0 3 5 6 14 –8 3

Belarus  — 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 Denmark  2–0 — 1–2 1–3 2–2 Italy  4–1 3–1 — 1–0 6–2 Switzerland  2–1 2–0 0–0 — 1–0 Wales  0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 —

 Italy qualified as group winners
  Switzerland failed to qualify as one of the best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	10	7	2	1	32	10	+22	23
Norway	10	7	1	2	21	8	+13	22
Georgia	10	2	5	3	11	13	–2	11
Latvia	10	2	3	5	8	19	–11	9
Slovenia	10	1	5	4	10	19	–9	8
Albania	10	1	4	5	8	21	–13	7

 Greece qualified as group winners
 Norway qualified as one of the best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	8	4	4	0	11	4	+7	16
Germany	8	4	1	3	9	7	+2	13
Finland	8	3	4	1	9	7	+2	13
Northern Ireland	8	1	3	4	5	9	–4	6
Moldova	8	0	4	4	3	10	–7	4

 Turkey qualified as group winners
 Germany failed to qualify as one of the best runners-up
Germany (13 pts) and Finland (13 pts) head-to-head record:
2–0 in Germany, 3–1 in Finland. Germany is ranked higher on away goals rule.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 8 6 1 1 18 4 +14 19  Russia 8 6 0 2 17 5 +12 18  Ukraine 8 3 2 3 16 12 +4 11  Iceland 8 2 0 6 9 18 −9 6  Armenia 8 1 1 6 6 27 −21 4

France  — 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 Russia  2–1 — 2–0 3–0 6–0 Ukraine  0–0 1–0 — 5–1 8–0 Iceland  0–2 1–2 4–1 — 2–0 Armenia  1–4 0–2 1–1 3–1 —

 France qualified as group winners
 Russia qualified as one of the best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	8	7	0	1	23	3	+20	21
Poland	8	5	2	1	21	12	+9	17
Bulgaria	8	4	2	2	17	9	+8	14
Sweden	8	2	0	6	7	15	–8	6
Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	0	29	–29	0

 England qualified as group winners
 Poland qualified as one of the best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	8	7	1	0	21	5	+16	22
Netherlands	8	6	0	2	17	8	+9	18
Israel	8	2	2	4	6	13	–7	8
Cyprus	8	1	3	4	7	18	–11	6
Austria	8	1	0	7	8	15	–7	3

 Spain qualified as group winners
 Netherlands qualified as one of the best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovakia	8	5	2	1	12	6	+6	17
Portugal	8	5	2	1	17	6	+11	17
Romania	8	3	3	2	10	8	+2	12
Hungary	8	2	0	6	12	16	–4	6
Azerbaijan	8	1	1	6	5	20	–15	4

 Slovakia qualified as group winners
 Portugal qualified as one of the best runners-up

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Croatia 8 6 2 0 25 7 +18 20  FR Yugoslavia 8 5 2 1 29 10 +19 17  Republic of Ireland 8 4 2 2 13 12 +1 14  Malta 8 1 0 7 8 23 –15 3  Macedonia 8 1 0 7 2 25 –23 3

Croatia  — 5–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 Republic of Ireland  2–2 — 3–0* 2–1 0–2 Macedonia  0–2 0–1 — 1–0 0–8 Malta  0–3 1–3 5–1 — 1–5 FR Yugoslavia  2–6 1–1 2–0 7–0 —

 Croatia qualified as group winners
 FR Yugoslavia qualified as one of the best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	10	8	1	1	31	9	+22	25
Czech Republic	10	8	1	1	17	5	+12	25
Lithuania	10	5	1	4	14	10	4	16
Scotland	10	4	2	4	18	12	+6	14
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	2	1	7	11	24	–13	7
Estonia	10	0	0	10	4	35	–31	0

 Belgium qualified as group winners
 Czech Republic qualified as one of the best runners-up

Because groups contained different number or teams (six and five), matches against the fifth and sixth-placed teams in each group were not included in the ranking. As a result, six matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The top seven advanced to the play-off.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Czech Republic	6	5	0	1	10	5	+5	15
6	Netherlands	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12
4	Russia	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
8	FR Yugoslavia	6	3	2	1	19	10	+9	11
7	Portugal	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
5	Poland	6	3	2	1	12	12	0	11
2	Norway	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
1	Switzerland	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10
3	Germany	6	2	1	3	5	7	–2	7

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Portugal	2–3	Croatia	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)
Norway	1–7	Spain	1–3	0–4
Czech Republic	3–1	Greece	3–0	0–1
England	3–0	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	—
Poland	2–2 (a)	Turkey	2–1	0–1
Russia	1–4	Slovakia	0–1	1–3
Netherlands	4–2	Belgium	2–2	2–0
France	2–3	Italy	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

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