2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying round: 22 September – 31 October 2015 Elite round: 11 March – 3 April 2016 |
Teams | 53 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 343 (2.72 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | João Filipe (7 goals) |
The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification was a men's under-17 football competition organised by UEFA to determine the 15 national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Azerbaijan in the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.[1]
A total of 53 national teams entered this qualifying competition, which was played in two rounds between September 2015 and April 2016.[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
Contents
Format
The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[3]
- Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, which received a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
- Elite round: The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualified for the final tournament.
Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]
- Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
- Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
- If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:[3]
- Higher number of points;
- Superior goal difference;
- Higher number of goals scored;
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
Qualifying round
Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2014, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4][5]
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[6][7]
- 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar (due to the disputed status of Gibraltar), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.[2]
Team | Coeff | Rank |
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Germany | 11.333 | 1 |
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- Notes
- Azerbaijan (Coeff: 1.667) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
Groups
Times up to 24 October 2015 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).
Group 1
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24 October 2015
13:00 |
Albania | 0–5 | Netherlands |
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Report | Adekanye 4' Lopez 10', 40' Vente 79' Kumbulla 80+2' (o.g.) |
27 October 2015
13:00 |
Netherlands | 4–1 | Switzerland |
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Vente 44', 54', 76' Obispo 64' |
Report | Hajrizi 80+3' |
Group 2
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30 September 2015
17:00 |
Russia | 6–0 | Cyprus |
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Latsevich 27', 40+1' Rudenko 30', 44' (pen.) Papoutsos 72' (o.g.) Vartanyan 75' |
Report |
Group 3
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26 September 2015
11:00 |
Malta | 0–6 | Republic of Ireland |
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Report | Cregan 28', 60' (pen.), 74' Rice 33', 39' Flanagan 53' |
29 September 2015
15:45 |
Finland | 4–2 | Malta |
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Stavitski 29' Hyökyvirta 46' Montola 69' Saira 80+3' |
Report | Frendo 53' Elouni 77' |
Group 4
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24 October 2015
13:30 |
Georgia | 3–4 | Slovakia |
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Kavtaradze 10' (pen.) Ninua 66' Kharabadze 71' |
Report | Gerebenits 22' Vician 55' Vaško 59' Kopas 80+1' |
29 October 2015
13:30 |
Georgia | 2–2 | Hungary |
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Kavtaradze 21' Ozbetelashvili 80+2' |
Report | Timári 22' Virág 44' |
Group 5
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24 October 2015
16:00 |
Serbia | 6–1 | Luxembourg |
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Petrović 3' Jovanović 28' Tomašević 57' Bosnjak 62' (pen.) Đorđević 68' Joveljić 80' |
Report | Thill 60' |
Group 6
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Group 7
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26 October 2015
12:00 |
Croatia | 4–1 | Gibraltar |
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Javorčić 2', 80+1' (pen.) Knežević 11', 80+3' |
Report | Espinosa 49' |
26 October 2015
15:00 |
Czech Republic | 4–0 | Liechtenstein |
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Růsek 19' Graiciar 48' Sadílek 52' Kubala 63' |
Report |
28 October 2015
12:00 |
Gibraltar | 1–9 | Czech Republic |
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Valarino 39' | Report | Graiciar 2', 25', 30' Burda 4' Sedláček 15', 37' Zikl 27' Kubala 74' Sadílek 77' |
31 October 2015
15:00 |
Czech Republic | 2–2 | Croatia |
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Chytil 49' Beňo 66' |
Report | Špikić 55' Kulenović 70' |
Group 8
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22 September 2015
18:00 |
Iceland | 5–0 | Kazakhstan |
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Jonsson 18', 35' Hauksson 22' Kristjansson 33' Andrason 78' (pen.) |
Report |
24 September 2015
17:00 |
Denmark | 4–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Odgaard 1' Poulsen 25' Bruus 62' Jensen 70' |
Report | Oral 55' |
27 September 2015
18:00 |
Kazakhstan | 0–6 | Greece |
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Report | Tzovaras 5', 68' Chatzidimpas 53' Lolos 59' Xenitidis 65' Bortay 78' (o.g.) |
Group 9
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29 September 2015
15:00 |
England | 8–0 | San Marino |
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Ennis 6' Leko 11' Nelson 16' Brown 21' Shashoua 30', 42' Adeniran 47' Lewis 49' |
Report |
29 September 2015
17:00 |
Portugal | 7–0 | Armenia |
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Quina 9', 42' Gomes 39', 68' Filipe 40+1', 58' Leão 78' |
Report |
1 October 2015
17:00 |
San Marino | 0–5 | Portugal |
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Report | Miguel Luís 8' Tipote 11' (pen.) Filipe 61', 80+3' Gomes 80' |
Group 10
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26 September 2015
15:00 |
Faroe Islands | 1–4 | Belgium |
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Mortensen 76' | Report | Corryn 19' Vanhaecke 21', 39' Ndayishimiye 29' |
Group 11
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Group 12
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Group 13
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28 October 2015
14:00 |
Moldova | 0–5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Report | Dadić 18' Perić 25' (pen.) Veladžić 46', 74' Smajić 65' |
Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round advancing to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.
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Elite round
Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 3 December 2015, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8][9]
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[10] Germany, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.[11]
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Groups
Times up to 26 March 2016 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).
Group 1
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28 March 2016
17:00 |
Czech Republic | 2–2 | Switzerland |
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Růsek 51' Sedláček 77' |
Report | Hajrizi 25' Bajrami 80+2' |
2 April 2016
15:30 |
Denmark | 2–3 | Czech Republic |
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Odgaard 11' Torp 68' |
Report | Růsek 44' Kubala 63' Sadílek 80+1' |
Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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24 March 2016
18:00 |
Germany | 5–1 | Slovakia |
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Dadachov 5' Baxmann 26', 48' Maier 43', 61' |
Report | Král’ovič 22' |
Group 5
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21 March 2016
15:30 |
Croatia | 2–4 | Portugal |
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Špikić 35' Javorčić 47' (pen.) |
Report | Almeida 27' Djú 31', 69' Filipe 54' (pen.) |
Group 6
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Group 7
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2 April 2016
18:00 |
Poland | 0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Kwietniewski Puchacz Chrzanowski Macierzyński |
4–3 | T. O'Connor Wilson McKenna Carroll McAuley |
Group 8
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16 March 2016
15:00 |
Belgium | 0–0 | Spain |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Emmers Antonucci Vanheusden Foulon |
4–3 | Morlanes Ruiz Lozano Díaz Busquets |
Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round qualifying for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.
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Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament:
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1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:[12]
- 7 goals
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References
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