2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

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The play-offs of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition involve the four runners-up with the best records among all nine groups in the qualifying group stage: Austria, Norway, Serbia, and Spain. The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 October 2016. [1]

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The play-offs are played in home-and-away two-legged format. The two play-off winners qualify for the final tournament. [2]

Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the four best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team (for groups with six teams) are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking. [3]

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 6 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8521229+1317Play-offs
2 2 Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 8521188+1017
3 7 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 85122012+816
4 9 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 85121210+216
5 4 Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8431134+915
6 8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 84221510+514
7 3 Flag of France.svg  France 8422138+514
8 1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 84041010012
9 5 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 832387+111
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coefficient.

Matches

All times are CET (UTC+1).

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–0 0–1
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–1 (a)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1–1 0–0
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg2–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Đurđević Soccerball shade.svg6'
Haraldseid Soccerball shade.svg69' (o.g.)
Report
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 8,450
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–0Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Elyounoussi Soccerball shade.svg70' Report
Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Attendance: 4,838
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Serbia qualified for the final tournament.


Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Castro Soccerball shade.svg61' (o.g.) Report Deulofeu Soccerball shade.svg45+2' (pen.)
NV Arena, Sankt Pölten
Attendance: 1,503
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg0–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report

Spain qualified for the final tournament.

References

  1. "U21 play-offs: Serbia v Norway, Austria v Spain". UEFA. 14 October 2016.
  2. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA . Archived from the original (PDF) on April 23, 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. "Austria, Norway, Serbia, Spain in Friday U21 play-off draw". UEFA. 11 October 2016.