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2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
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Football tournament qualification stage
Qualifying for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began in May 2006.
Netherlands qualify as hosts and are exempt from qualifying. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the Faroe Islands chose not to compete. That left 50 nations attempting to qualify for the 7 remaining spots at the finals.
The competition's structure is as follows:
The 16 lowest ranked nations played-off (on a home-and-away basis) before the qualifying group stage, to eliminate 8 teams.
The remaining 42 teams formed 14 three-team groups, each team playing one home match and one away match.
The 14 group winners played-off (on a home-and-away basis) to decide the seven qualifying nations.
Preliminary round
2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification preliminary round
Teams went into the preliminary round already knowing who they would face should they get through.
21 EST 1–7 21 WAL 0–2 1–5
21 MLT 2–4 21 GEO 1–2 1–2
21 SMR 3–4 21 ARM 3–0 0–4
21 LIE 1–8 21 NIR 1–4 0–4
21 KAZ 0–1 21 MDA 0–0 0–1
21 LUX 0–5 21 MKD Macedonia 0–3 0–2
21 AND 0–2 21 ISL 0–0 0–2
21 AZE 1–5 21 IRL 1–2 0–3
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Qualifying groups
2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage
Group 1
Group 1
Group 2
Group 2
Group 3
Group 3
Group 4
Group 4
Group 5
Group 5
Group 6
Group 6
Group 7
Group 7
Group 8
Group 8
Group 9
Group 9
Group 10
Group 10
Group 11
Group 11
Group 12
Group 12
Group 13
Group 13
Group 14
Group 14
Play-offs
2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs
The 14 group winners were paired up. The winners over two legs qualified for the finals. The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 8 September 2006.
21 SRB 2004 5–3 21 SWE 0–3 5–0
21 CZE 3–2 21 BIH 2–1 1–1
21 RUS 4–4 (a) 21 POR 4–1 0–3
21 ENG 3–0 21 GER 1–0 2–0
21 ITA 2–1 21 ESP 0–0 2–1
21 BEL 5–2 21 BUL 1–1 4–1
21 FRA 1974 1–2 21 ISR 1–1 0–1
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External links
Draw and Fixtures at uefa.com
Qualification
2007
Under-21 Championship qualification
Under-21 Championship qualification
Under-21 Championship qualification