Group 8 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of five teams: Netherlands, Slovakia, Turkey, Belarus, and Cyprus. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015. [1]
The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team). [2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 19 | Final tournament | — | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Turkey | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 11 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | ||
| 4 | Belarus | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 8 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 5 | Cyprus | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).
| Turkey | 0–1 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Boëtius  35' |
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Belarus |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen 25' | Report |
| Slovakia | 4–2 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Mihalík 50' Rusnák 64'Chrien 83'Zreľák 90+4' (pen.) | Report | Janssen 16', 23' |
| Netherlands | 0–0 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Cyprus | 1–4 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Ioannou 20' | Report | Van de Beek 17' Bergwijn 41', 66'Bazoer 57' |
Vladislav Klimovich Gleb Rassadkin Yevgeniy Yablonskiy Yaroslav Yarotsky Minas Antoniou Nicholas Ioannou Fanos Katelaris Andreas Makris Donny van de Beek Jean-Paul Boëtius Anwar El Ghazi Hans Hateboer Derrick Luckassen Stanislav Lobotka Milan Škriniar Kaan Ayhan Bilal Başaçıkoğlu Oğulcan Çağlayan Kenan Karaman Cenk Şahin Stefanos Mouhtaris (against Turkey) Matúš Hruška (against Turkey)