2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Main article: 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.

Qualifying group stage

Draw

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)

Group 1

Main article: 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1

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

Group 2

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

Georgia 0–1 Albania Norway 2–0 Latvia Greece 2–2 Slovenia Latvia 1–2 Georgia Slovenia 1–3 Norway Greece 3–2 Georgia Norway 4–1 Albania Slovenia 0–1 Latvia Albania 0–5 Greece Greece 2–1 Norway Georgia 0–0 Slovenia Latvia 0–2 Greece Latvia 0–0 Albania Georgia 0–3 Norway Norway 0–0 Georgia

Albania 1–2 Norway Georgia 1–1 Greece Latvia 1–1 Slovenia Greece 6–0 Latvia Albania 1–1 Slovenia Slovenia 3–1 Albania Norway 2–1 Greece Albania 1–1 Latvia Slovenia 2–2 Georgia Georgia 4–2 Latvia Norway 3–0 Slovenia Greece 5–2 Albania Albania 0–0 Georgia Latvia 2–1 Norway Slovenia 0–5 Greece

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

Group 3

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

Finland 1–0 Moldova Turkey 2–0 N. Ireland Turkey 2–0 Germany N. Ireland 1–1 Finland Moldova 0–2 Germany Turkey 1–1 Finland N. Ireland 1–1 Moldova N. Ireland 1–0 Germany Turkey 2–0 Moldova Germany 2–0 Finland

Moldova 0–0 N. Ireland Germany 2–0 Moldova Finland 0–0 Turkey Moldova 1–1 Finland Finland 3–1 Germany N. Ireland 1–2 Turkey Germany 1–0 N. Ireland Moldova 1–1 Turkey Finland 2–1 N. Ireland Germany 1–1 Turkey

  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.

Group 4

Main article: 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4

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

Group 5

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

Sweden 0–2 England Bulgaria 2–2 Poland Poland 5–0 Luxembourg England 1–0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2–1 Sweden Luxembourg 0–5 England England 5–0 Poland Sweden 3–0 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–3 Bulgaria Poland 2–0 Sweden

England 3–0 Sweden Poland 3–3 Bulgaria Bulgaria 0–1 England Luxembourg 0–4 Poland England 5–0 Luxembourg Sweden 1–4 Bulgaria Luxembourg 0–1 Sweden Poland 3–1 England Sweden 1–2 Poland Bulgaria 3–0 Luxembourg

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

Group 6

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

Austria 0–1 Israel Cyprus 1–3 Spain Cyprus 2–1 Austria Netherlands 3–0 Israel Israel 0–4 Spain Netherlands 3–2 Austria Cyprus 0–3 Netherlands Spain 4–0 Austria Israel 1–1 Cyprus Netherlands 0–1 Spain

Austria 0–1 Netherlands Spain 4–1 Netherlands Israel 2–1 Austria Netherlands 5–1 Cyprus Austria 1–2 Spain Cyprus 1–1 Israel Israel 0–1 Netherlands Spain 1–1 Cyprus Austria 3–0 Cyprus Spain 2–1 Israel

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

Group 7

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 2–1 Azerbaijan Hungary 0–3 Portugal Azerbaijan 2–1 Hungary Portugal 1–1 Romania Slovakia 1–0 Portugal Hungary 1–2 Romania Portugal 5–0 Azerbaijan Romania 0–1 Slovakia Azerbaijan 0–2 Romania Slovakia 4–1 Hungary

Portugal 1–1 Slovakia Romania 2–1 Hungary Hungary 3–0 Slovakia Romania 1–1 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal Slovakia 0–0 Romania Hungary 4–1 Azerbaijan Romania 2–3 Portugal Azerbaijan 0–3 Slovakia Portugal 2–1 Hungary

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

Group 8

Main article: 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

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

Group 9

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

Lithuania 0–0 Scotland Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2 Estonia Belgium 0–2 Czech Republic Lithuania 0–1 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–0 Czech Republic Scotland 2–0 Estonia Lithuania 4–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic 3–0 Estonia Belgium 2–0 Scotland Scotland 2–2 Belgium Czech Republic 1–0 Lithuania Lithuania 4–1 Estonia Scotland 0–1 Czech Republic Belgium 4–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Lithuania

Estonia 0–3 Czech Republic Czech Republic 3–2 Scotland Estonia 0–2 Lithuania Estonia 1–7 Belgium Belgium 5–0 Estonia Lithuania 0–2 Czech Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–5 Scotland Belgium 3–0 Lithuania Czech Republic 1–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia 0–4 Scotland Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–4 Belgium Scotland 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic 1–3 Belgium Estonia 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Scotland 1–2 Lithuania

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

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 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

Play-offs

Main article: 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

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.)

External links

• Results Archive at UEFA.com
• RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com