2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

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The play-offs of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition involved eight of the nine runners-up in the qualifying group stage, the top-ranked team being directly qualified for the tournament.

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team in six-team groups were not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The top-ranked team qualified directly for the final tournament, while the other teams entered the play-offs.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 E Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 8521146+817 Final tournament
2 H Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 85211610+617 Play-offs
3 I Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8521126+617
4 A Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 85121910+916
5 G Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8512136+716
6 C Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 85031810+815
7 F Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 8503139+415
8 B Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 84131310+313
9 D Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 8332137+612
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) wins; 6) away wins; 7) disciplinary points; 8) coefficient ranking.

Draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 21 June 2022 in Nyon, Switzerland. [1]

Summary

The four play-off winners qualified for the final tournament.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg3–3 (5–4 p)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3–2 0–3
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–1 (1–3 p)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–1 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg1–2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1–2 0–0

Matches

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg2–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Report
Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Report
Penalties
4–5
Vejle Stadium, Vejle
Attendance: 4,063
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

3–3 on aggregate. Croatia won 5–4 on penalties and qualified for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.


Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Report
Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg3–0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Report
Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała (Poland) [2]
Attendance: 2,535
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Ukraine won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.


Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Report
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 6,786
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report
Penalties
3–1
Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 22,752
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

1–1 on aggregate. Israel won 3–1 on penalties and qualified for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.


Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg1–2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Report
Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 725
Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–0Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Report
Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice
Attendance: 5,721
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Czech Republic won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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References

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  2. "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.