2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Football tournament qualification stage The 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 2000. The final tournament was held in 2002. The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three 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 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Groups 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 featured the same nations Group 1 did not include Faroe Islands Group 2 did not include Andorra Group 6 did not include San Marino Group 7 did not include Liechtenstein, but included France (who did not participate in World Cup qualification) Group 1 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 SUI84402210+121621 RUS8431239+141521 FR Yugoslavia84312211+111521 SVN822410100821 LUX8008138−370 LUXRUSSVNSUIFR Yugoslaviastyle="text-align:right;"21 LUX— 0–10 1–5 0–3 0–3 style="text-align:right;"21 RUS 2–0— 0–0 3–3 2–0style="text-align:right;"21 SVN 1–0 1–3— 0–0 1–2style="text-align:right;"21 SUI 6–0 3–1 2–1— 2–2style="text-align:right;"21 FR Yugoslavia 8–0 2–2 2–1 3–3— 21 SUI qualify as group winners21 RUS fail to qualify as one of best runners-up Group 2 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 POR8611224+181921 NED8521207+131721 IRL8413107+31321 CYP8305917−8921 EST8008228−260 CYPESTNEDPORIRLstyle="text-align:right;"21 CYP— 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 style="text-align:right;"21 EST 0–3— 0–5 1–3 0–3style="text-align:right;"21 NED 4–2 6–0— 1–1 2–0style="text-align:right;"21 POR 7–0 4–0 3–0— 3–1style="text-align:right;"21 IRL 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1— 21 POR qualify as group winners21 NED qualify as one of best runners-up Group 3 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 CZE10901285+232721 BUL105321617−11821 DEN104331812+61521 ISL103251317−41121 NIR102261221−9821 MLT10046520−154 Bulgaria 1–0 Czech Rep. Iceland 0–0 Denmark N. Ireland 1–1* Malta Bulgaria 2–0 Malta Czech Rep. 2–1 Iceland N. Ireland 0–3 Denmark Denmark 2–2 Bulgaria Malta 0–1 Czech Rep. Iceland 2–5 N. Ireland Malta 0–0 Denmark N. Ireland 0–2 Czech Rep. Bulgaria 1–0 Iceland Bulgaria 2–0 N. Ireland Czech Rep. 3–0 Denmark Malta 1–1 Iceland Denmark 3–4 Czech Rep. Iceland 3–0 Malta N. Ireland 1–1 Bulgaria Denmark 3–0 Malta Iceland 3–2 Bulgaria Czech Rep. 4–0 N. Ireland Denmark 2–0 N. Ireland Iceland 0–1 Czech Rep. Malta 2–2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3–1 Denmark Czech Rep. 3–0 Malta N. Ireland 1–3 Iceland Denmark 4–0 Iceland Malta 2–2 N. Ireland Czech Rep. 8–0 Bulgaria (*) Match awarded 3–0 to N.Ireland due to Malta fielding an ineligible player.21 CZE qualify as group winners21 BUL fail to qualify as one of best runners-up Group 4 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 TUR10721196+132321 SWE10541196+131921 SVK10442137+61621 MDA10235613−7921 AZE10235417−13921 MKD Macedonia10127618−125 Azerbaijan 0–5 Sweden Turkey 1–0 Moldova Slovakia 2–0 R. Macedonia Moldova 0–3 Slovakia R. Macedonia 1–2 Azerbaijan Sweden 0–0 Turkey Moldova 3–0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 1–2 Turkey Slovakia 1–1 Sweden Turkey 0–1 Slovakia Sweden 2–0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 0–0 Moldova R. Macedonia 1–4 Turkey Slovakia 5–0 Azerbaijan Moldova 0–2 Sweden Turkey 3–0 Azerbaijan Sweden 4–0 Slovakia R. Macedonia 2–0 Moldova Turkey 2–0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 0–0 Slovakia Sweden 3–0 Moldova Slovakia 0–1 Turkey Moldova 1–0 Azerbaijan R. Macedonia 1–1 Sweden Turkey 4–1 Sweden Azerbaijan 1–0 R. Macedonia Slovakia 0–0 Moldova Moldova 2–2 Turkey Sweden 0–0 Azerbaijan R. Macedonia 1–1 Slovakia 21 TUR qualify as group winners21 SWE qualify as one of best runners-up Group 5 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 UKR106131413+11921 POL105322014+61821 NOR106042112+91821 BLR105142114+71621 ARM104241015−51421 WAL10019422−181 ARMBLRNORPOLUKRWALstyle="text-align:right;"21 ARM— 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 style="text-align:right;"21 BLR 5–0— 1–0 3–3 1–2 4–1style="text-align:right;"21 NOR 5–1 5–1— 1–2 3–1 2–0style="text-align:right;"21 POL 1–1 0–4 3–0— 3–0 2–1style="text-align:right;"21 UKR 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2— 1–0style="text-align:right;"21 WAL 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–4 0–3— 21 UKR qualify as group winners21 POL qualify as one of best runners-up Group 6 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 BEL641182+61321 CRO632196+31121 SCO6222660821 LVA6015312−91 BELCROLVASCOstyle="text-align:right;"21 BEL— 2–1 3–0 0–0 style="text-align:right;"21 CRO 1–0— 2–1 3–1style="text-align:right;"21 LVA 0–2 1–1— 1–3style="text-align:right;"21 SCO 0–1 1–1 1–0— 21 BEL qualify as group winners21 CRO qualify as one of best runners-up Group 7 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 FRA 19748620166+102021 ESP8512137+61621 ISR84041613+31221 AUT8224714−7821 BIH8017517−121 Bosnia & Herz. 0–2 Spain France 3–0 Israel France 2–1 Austria Spain 1–0 Israel Austria 2–1 Spain Israel 2–1 Bosnia & Herz. Bosnia & Herz. 0–1 France Israel 3–4 France Bosnia & Herz. 0–0 Austria Spain 1–1 France Austria 0–2 Israel Austria 1–1 France Spain 5–1 Bosnia & Herz. Israel 0–1 Spain Spain 2–0 Austria Bosnia & Herz. 2–4 Israel Austria 2–1 Bosnia & Herz. France 3–0 Spain France 1–0 Bosnia & Herz. Israel 5–1 Austria 21 FRA 1974 qualify as group winners21 ESP qualify as one of best runners-up Group 8 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 ITA8611145+91921 ROU8512135+81621 HUN8503129+31521 LTU 19888206517−12621 GEO 19908107917−83 Romania 2–0* Lithuania Hungary 0–3 Italy Lithuania 2–1 Georgia Italy 1–1 Romania Lithuania 0–1 Hungary Italy 3–2 Georgia Hungary 4–1 Lithuania Romania 0–1 Italy Georgia 0–3 Romania Italy 1–0 Lithuania Romania 1–0 Hungary Georgia 0–2 Italy Lithuania 1–0 Romania Hungary 2–1 Georgia Georgia 0–2 Hungary Lithuania 0–3 Italy Hungary 1–3 Romania Georgia 4–1 Lithuania Italy 0–2 Hungary Romania 2–1 Georgia (*) Match awarded 3–0 to Romania due to Lithuania fielding an ineligible player.21 ITA qualify as group winners21 ROU qualify as one of best runners-up Group 9 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 ENG8521188+101721 GRE8512146+81621 GER8512187+111621 FIN8116720−13421 ALB 19928116319−164 Finland 3–0 Albania Germany 2–1 Greece England 1–1 Germany Greece 3–1 Finland Finland 2–2 England Albania 0–1 Greece Germany 8–0 Albania England 4–0 Finland Albania 0–1 England Greece 2–0 Germany Finland 1–3 Germany Greece 0–0 Albania Greece 3–1 England Albania 0–1 Germany Germany 1–2 England Albania 3–0 Finland Memelli 28 Kaçi 65 Bulku 83 England 5–0 Albania Finland 0–3 Greece England 2–1 Greece Germany 2–0 Finland 21 ENG qualify as group winners21 GRE qualify as one of best runners-upGreece (16pts) Germany (16pts) head-to-head:2–1 in GER, 2–0 in GRE.: Greece better (3–2 on aggregate) Ranking of second-placed teams Because groups contained different number or teams (six, five and four), matches against the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in each group are 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 GroupTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points921 GRE6402146+812421 SWE6321115+611521 POL63211310+311621 CRO632196+311221 NED632197+211821 ROM631284+410721 ESP631266010321 BUL6312914−510121 RUS6231119+29 Play-offs 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs 21 SWE 3–4 21 BEL 3–2 0–2 21 GRE 4–2 21 TUR 3–0 1–2 21 NED 2–3 21 ENG 2–2 0–1 21 ESP 2–2 (a) 21 POR 2–1 0–1 21 CRO 1–1 (a) 21 CZE 1–1 0–0 21 POL 2–5 21 ITA 2–5 0–0 21 ROM 0–5 21 FRA 1974 0–1 0–4 21 UKR 2–4 21 SUI 1–2 1–2 |} External links https://archive.today/20130105050526/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/history/season=2002/intro.html Results Archive el at UEFA.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com Qualification 2002 Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification