1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Main article: 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1992 and finished in early 1994. The final tournament was held in March and April 1994 in France.

The 32 national teams were divided into six groups (four groups of 5 + two groups of 6). The group winners and the two best runners-up played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches.

The team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (founded in April 1992) were excluded from the tournament for political reasons. They had been drawn in group five. In the first competition since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia competed. Wales also competed for the first time.

Albeit had been dissolved in 1992, Czechoslovakia still competed for this time.

Qualifying group stage

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

• Group 1 did not include Estonia
• Groups 2 and 6 featured the same nations
• Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland, Lithuania and Latvia, but included Germany (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)
• Group 4 did not include Faroe Islands
• Group 5 featured the same nations. As in the World Cup qualifiers, Yugoslavia was excluded from the group after the draw

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	8	7	0	1	16	6	+10	21
Portugal	8	5	2	1	18	4	+14	17
Switzerland	8	3	2	3	11	8	+3	11
Scotland	8	2	2	4	8	11	−3	8
Malta	8	0	0	8	1	25	−24	0

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8 September 1992

Switzerland	2–0	Scotland

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13 October 1992

Scotland	0–0	Portugal
	(Report)

McDiarmid Park, Perth

Referee: Finn Lambek (Denmark)

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15 October 1992

Italy	1–0	Switzerland

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17 November 1992

Switzerland	1–0	Malta

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18 November 1992

Scotland	1–2	Italy

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16 December 1992

Malta	0–1	Italy

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23 January 1993

Malta	0–2	Portugal
	(Report)	Bruno 57', 83'

Hibernians Ground, Paola

Referee: Andreas Georghiou (Cyprus)

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16 February 1993

Scotland	3–0	Malta

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23 February 1993

Portugal	2–0	Italy
J. Costa 55' Toni 62'	(Report)

Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga

Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

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25 March 1993

Italy	3–0	Malta

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30 March 1993

Switzerland	1–1	Portugal
	(Report)	Bruno 18'

Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains

Referee: Atanas Ouzounov (Bulgaria)

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16 April 1993

Malta	1–4	Switzerland

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27 April 1993

Portugal	2–1	Scotland
Gil 8' Bruno 78'	(Report)

Estádio Municipal Dr. Alves Vieira, Torres Novas

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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25 March 1993

Switzerland	0–2	Italy

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18 June 1993

Portugal	7–0	Malta
Toni 13', 76', 91' Torres 20' Bruno 51', 61', 75'	(Report)

Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga

Referee: Frank Mcdonald (Northern Ireland)

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18 June 1993

Portugal	3–0	Switzerland
Toni 3', 45' Torres 27'	(Report)

Estádio Professor Doutor José Vieira de Carvalho, Maia

Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)

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7 September 1993

Scotland	0–0	Switzerland

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13 October 1993

Italy	5–2	Scotland

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16 November 1993

Malta	0–1	Scotland

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18 November 1993

Italy	2–1	Portugal
	(Report)	Toni 33'

Stadio Silvio Appiani, Padua

Referee: Werner Kasimir (Germany)

Group 2

Qualifying Group 2		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Poland	10	7	0	3	26	10	21
2	Turkey	10	6	2	2	15	10	20
3	Norway	10	6	1	3	20	13	19
4	England	10	4	3	3	20	8	15
5	Netherlands	10	3	2	5	11	14	11
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	3	40	0

Norway 3–2 San Marino Poland 3–0 Turkey Norway 1–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–3 Norway England 0–2 Norway Netherlands 1–3 Poland Turkey 4–0 San Marino England 0–1 Turkey Turkey 1–1 Netherlands England 6–0 San Marino Netherlands 0–1 Turkey San Marino 0–2 Turkey Netherlands 3–0 San Marino Turkey 0–0 England Poland 7–0 San Marino

Norway 5–2 Turkey England 3–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–5 Poland Poland 1–4 England Norway 1–1 England Netherlands 2–1 Norway England 1–2 Poland Norway 3–1 Poland San Marino 1–3 Netherlands Poland 2–0 Norway Netherlands 1–1 England Turkey 1–0 Poland Turkey 3–1 Norway Poland 2–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–4 England

  Poland qualify as group winners

Group 3

Qualifying Group 3		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Spain	8	7	1	0	15	4	22
2	Germany	8	5	0	3	20	8	15
3	Denmark	8	4	0	4	12	9	12
4	Albania	8	1	2	5	5	18	5
5	Republic of Ireland	8	1	1	6	7	20	4

Spain 1–1 Albania Ireland 3–1 Albania Denmark 3–2 Ireland Albania 0–1 Germany Spain 2–1 Ireland Germany 1–2 Spain Germany 4–1 Albania Ireland 0–1 Germany Germany 8–0 Ireland Denmark 0–1 Spain

Denmark 1–4 Germany Ireland 0–2 Denmark Albania 1–1 Ireland Denmark 5–0 Albania Albania 1–0 Denmark Albania 0–3 Spain Germany 0–1 Denmark Ireland 0–2 Spain Spain 1–0 Denmark Spain 3–1 Germany

  Spain qualify as group winners

Group 4

Qualifying Group 4		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	8	6	1	1	16	4	19
2	Romania	8	5	0	3	13	10	15
3	Belgium	8	4	1	3	9	7	13
4	Wales	8	3	2	3	16	16	11
5	Cyprus	8	0	0	8	4	21	0

Belgium 3–0 Cyprus Romania 2–3 Wales Czechoslovakia 1–0 Belgium Cyprus 2–4 Wales Belgium 1–0 Romania Romania 1–0 Czechoslovakia Belgium 3–1 Wales Cyprus 0–2 Romania Cyprus 0–1 Belgium Cyprus 0–2 Czechoslovakia

Wales 0–0 Belgium Romania 1–0 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 1–1 Wales Czechoslovakia 4–2 Romania Wales 0–4 Czechoslovakia Romania 3–1 Belgium Wales 6–2 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 2–0 Cyprus Wales 1–2 Romania Belgium 0–2 Czechoslovakia

  Czechoslovakia qualify as group winners

Group 5

  FR Yugoslavia was excluded due to Yugoslav war.

Qualifying Group 5		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Russia	8	6	2	0	25	4	20
2	Greece	8	6	2	0	23	6	20
3	Iceland	8	3	0	5	11	17	9
4	Hungary	8	2	1	5	8	16	7
5	Luxembourg	8	0	1	7	2	26	1

Greece 3–0 Iceland Hungary 3–2 Iceland Luxembourg 0–0 Hungary Iceland 1–3 Greece Russia 5–0 Iceland Russia 2–1 Luxembourg Greece 2–1 Hungary Greece 6–0 Luxembourg Hungary 1–2 Greece Luxembourg 0–6 Russia

Russia 2–0 Hungary Luxembourg 1–3 Iceland Russia 1–1 Greece Iceland 0–1 Russia Iceland 2–1 Hungary Hungary 0–6 Russia Iceland 3–0 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–4 Greece Hungary 2–0 Luxembourg Greece 2–2 Russia

  Russia qualify as group winners
  Greece qualify as a "best runner-up"

Group 6

Qualifying Group 6		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	France	10	8	1	1	20	6	25
2	Sweden	10	4	4	2	21	8	16
3	Finland	10	4	2	4	10	13	14
4	Bulgaria	10	4	2	4	9	13	14
5	Israel	10	3	1	6	17	16	10
6	Austria	10	1	2	7	8	29	5

Finland 0–0 Bulgaria Finland 1–0 Sweden Bulgaria 0–1 France Sweden 6–0 Bulgaria France 6–1 Austria Austria 1–5 Israel Israel 1–1 Sweden France 1–2 Finland Israel 1–2 Bulgaria Israel 1–2 France Austria 0–1 France Austria 2–0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3–1 Finland France 2–1 Sweden Bulgaria 1–0 Israel

Finland 2–0 Austria Sweden 1–1 Austria Sweden 4–1 Israel Finland 1–0 Israel Sweden 1–1 France Austria 2–2 Finland Finland 0–1 France Bulgaria 0–0 Sweden Bulgaria 3–0 Austria Sweden 4–0 Finland France 3–0 Israel Israel 6–0 Austria Israel 2–1 Finland Austria 1–3 Sweden France 2–0 Bulgaria

  France qualify as group winners

Ranking of second-placed teams

Because groups contained different number or teams (six and five), matches against the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in each group are 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
5	Greece	6	4	2	0	13	6	+7	14
1	Portugal	6	3	2	1	14	4	+10	11
2	Turkey	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10
3	Germany	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	9
4	Romania	6	3	0	3	10	10	0	9
6	Sweden	6	2	2	2	12	4	+8	8

See also

• 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship