The 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1994 and finished in early 1996. The final tournament was held in 1996 in Spain.
The 44 national teams were divided into 8 groups (four groups of 5 + four groups of 6). The group winners qualify to the quarterfinals.
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
Qualifying Group 1 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 21 |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 16 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 |
5 | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
6 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 3 |
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France qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 2 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 23 |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 19 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 10 |
6 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 3 |
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Spain qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 3 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 19 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 16 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 1 |
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Hungary qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 4 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 21 |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 20 |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 19 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 17 |
5 | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 0 |
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Italy qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 5 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 23 |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 21 |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 20 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
5 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
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Czech Republic qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 6 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 20 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
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Portugal qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 7 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 19 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 17 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
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Germany qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 8 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 21 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 16 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 13 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
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Scotland qualify as group winners