1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Football tournament qualification stage 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1992 and finished in early 1994. The final tournament was held in March and April 1994 in France. The 32 national teams were divided into six groups (four groups of 5 + two groups of 6). The group winners and the two best runners-up played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches. The team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (founded in April 1992) were excluded from the tournament for political reasons. They had been drawn in group five. In the first competition since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia competed. Wales also competed for the first time. Albeit had been dissolved in 1992, Czechoslovakia still competed for this time. Qualifying group stage Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 1 did not include Estonia Groups 2 and 6 featured the same nations Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland, Lithuania and Latvia, but included Germany (who did not participate in World Cup qualification) Group 4 did not include Faroe Islands Group 5 featured the same nations. As in the World Cup qualifiers, Yugoslavia was excluded from the group after the draw Group 1 Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsITA Italy8701166+1021POR Portugal8521184+1417SUI Switzerland8323118+311SCO Scotland8224811−38MLT Malta8008125−240 8 September 1992 Switzerland SUI 2–0 SCO Scotland 13 October 1992 Scotland SCO 0–0 (Report) POR Portugal McDiarmid Park, Perth Finn Lambek (Denmark) 15 October 1992 Italy ITA 1–0 SUI Switzerland 17 November 1992 Switzerland SUI 1–0 MLT Malta 18 November 1992 Scotland SCO 1–2 ITA Italy 16 December 1992 Malta MLT 0–1 ITA Italy 23 January 1993 Malta MLT 0–2 (Report) POR Portugal Bruno 57 83 Hibernians Ground, Paola Andreas Georghiou (Cyprus) 16 February 1993 Scotland SCO 3–0 MLT Malta 23 February 1993 Portugal POR 2–0 (Report) ITA Italy J. Costa 55Toni 62 Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga Roger Philippi (Luxembourg) 25 March 1993 Italy ITA 3–0 MLT Malta 30 March 1993 Switzerland SUI 1–1 (Report) POR Portugal Bruno 18 Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Atanas Ouzounov (Bulgaria) 16 April 1993 Malta MLT 1–4 SUI Switzerland 27 April 1993 Portugal POR 2–1 (Report) SCO Scotland Gil 8Bruno 78 Estádio Municipal Dr. Alves Vieira, Torres Novas Markus Merk (Germany) 25 March 1993 Switzerland SUI 0–2 ITA Italy 18 June 1993 Portugal POR 7–0 (Report) MLT Malta Toni 13 76 91Torres 20Bruno 51 61 75 Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga Frank Mcdonald (Northern Ireland) 18 June 1993 Portugal POR 3–0 (Report) SUI Switzerland Toni 3 45Torres 27 Estádio Professor Doutor José Vieira de Carvalho, Maia Keith Cooper (Wales) 7 September 1993 Scotland SCO 0–0 SUI Switzerland 13 October 1993 Italy ITA 5–2 SCO Scotland 16 November 1993 Malta MLT 0–1 SCO Scotland 18 November 1993 Italy ITA 2–1 (Report) POR Portugal Toni 33 Stadio Silvio Appiani, Padua Werner Kasimir (Germany) Group 2 Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts121 POL10703261021221 TUR10622151020321 NOR10613201319421 ENG1043320815521 NED10325111411621 SMR1000103400 Norway 3–2 San Marino Poland 3–0 Turkey Norway 1–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–3 Norway England 0–2 Norway Netherlands 1–3 Poland Turkey 4–0 San Marino England 0–1 Turkey Turkey 1–1 Netherlands England 6–0 San Marino Netherlands 0–1 Turkey San Marino 0–2 Turkey Netherlands 3–0 San Marino Turkey 0–0 England Poland 7–0 San Marino Norway 5–2 Turkey England 3–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–5 Poland Poland 1–4 England Norway 1–1 England Netherlands 2–1 Norway England 1–2 Poland Norway 3–1 Poland San Marino 1–3 Netherlands Poland 2–0 Norway Netherlands 1–1 England Turkey 1–0 Poland Turkey 3–1 Norway Poland 2–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–4 England 21 POL qualify as group winners Group 3 Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts121 ESP871015422221 GER850320815321 DEN840412912421 ALB81255185521 IRL81167204 Spain 1–1 Albania Ireland 3–1 Albania Denmark 3–2 Ireland Albania 0–1 Germany Spain 2–1 Ireland Germany 1–2 Spain Germany 4–1 Albania Ireland 0–1 Germany Germany 8–0 Ireland Denmark 0–1 Spain Denmark 1–4 Germany Ireland 0–2 Denmark Albania 1–1 Ireland Denmark 5–0 Albania Albania 1–0 Denmark Albania 0–3 Spain Germany 0–1 Denmark Ireland 0–2 Spain Spain 1–0 Denmark Spain 3–1 Germany 21 ESP qualify as group winners Group 4 Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts121 TCH861116419221 ROU8503131015321 BEL84139713421 WAL8323161611521 CYP80084210 Belgium 3–0 Cyprus Romania 2–3 Wales Czechoslovakia 1–0 Belgium Cyprus 2–4 Wales Belgium 1–0 Romania Romania 1–0 Czechoslovakia Belgium 3–1 Wales Cyprus 0–2 Romania Cyprus 0–1 Belgium Cyprus 0–2 Czechoslovakia Wales 0–0 Belgium Romania 1–0 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 1–1 Wales Czechoslovakia 4–2 Romania Wales 0–4 Czechoslovakia Romania 3–1 Belgium Wales 6–2 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 2–0 Cyprus Wales 1–2 Romania Belgium 0–2 Czechoslovakia 21 TCH qualify as group winners Group 5 21 FRY was excluded due to Yugoslav war. Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts121 RUS 1991862025420221 GRE862023620321 ISL830511179421 HUN82158167521 LUX80172261 Greece 3–0 Iceland Hungary 3–2 Iceland Luxembourg 0–0 Hungary Iceland 1–3 Greece Russia 5–0 Iceland Russia 2–1 Luxembourg Greece 2–1 Hungary Greece 6–0 Luxembourg Hungary 1–2 Greece Luxembourg 0–6 Russia Russia 2–0 Hungary Luxembourg 1–3 Iceland Russia 1–1 Greece Iceland 0–1 Russia Iceland 2–1 Hungary Hungary 0–6 Russia Iceland 3–0 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–4 Greece Hungary 2–0 Luxembourg Greece 2–2 Russia 21 RUS 1991 qualify as group winners21 GRE qualify as a "best runner-up" Group 6 Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts121 FRA 19741081120625221 SWE1044221816321 FIN10424101314421 BUL1042491314521 ISR10316171610621 AUT101278295 Finland 0–0 Bulgaria Finland 1–0 Sweden Bulgaria 0–1 France Sweden 6–0 Bulgaria France 6–1 Austria Austria 1–5 Israel Israel 1–1 Sweden France 1–2 Finland Israel 1–2 Bulgaria Israel 1–2 France Austria 0–1 France Austria 2–0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3–1 Finland France 2–1 Sweden Bulgaria 1–0 Israel Finland 2–0 Austria Sweden 1–1 Austria Sweden 4–1 Israel Finland 1–0 Israel Sweden 1–1 France Austria 2–2 Finland Finland 0–1 France Bulgaria 0–0 Sweden Bulgaria 3–0 Austria Sweden 4–0 Finland France 3–0 Israel Israel 6–0 Austria Israel 2–1 Finland Austria 1–3 Sweden France 2–0 Bulgaria 21 FRA 1974 qualify as group winners Ranking of second-placed teams Because groups contained different number or teams (six and five), 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 Points521 GRE6420136+714121 POR6321144+1011221 TUR631279−210321 GER6303118+39421 ROM6303101009621 SWE6222124+88 See also 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification 1994 Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification