1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Football tournament qualification stage 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1996. The final tournament was held in 1998 in Romania. The 46 national teams were divided into nine groups (eight groups of 5 + one group of 6). The records of the nine group winners were compared, and the eighth and ninth ranked teams played-off against each other for the eight quarter finals spot. One of the eight quarter-finalist were then chosen to host the remaining fixtures. Qualifying groups Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Groups 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 featured the same nations Group 3 did not include Azerbaijan, but included France (who did not participate in World Cup qualification) Group 6 did not include Faroe Islands Group 8 did not include Liechtenstein Group 9 did not include Northern Ireland Group 1 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 GRE8512127+51621 DEN8512169+71621 CRO8404139+41221 SVN8305913−4921 BIH 19928125618−125 Greece 0–2 Slovenia Greece 1–0 Bosnia & Herz. Slovenia 0–3 Denmark Bosnia & Herz. 3–1 Croatia Denmark 1–3 Greece Slovenia 2–0 Bosnia & Herz. Croatia 0–1 Greece Croatia 2–0 Denmark Bosnia & Herz. 0–0 Greece Croatia 2–0 Slovenia Greece 2–0 Croatia Denmark 2–1 Slovenia Denmark 5–0 Bosnia & Herz. Bosnia & Herz. 1–1 Denmark Croatia 6–1 Bosnia & Herz. Slovenia 1–3 Greece Denmark 1–0 Croatia Bosnia & Herz. 1–2 Slovenia Greece 2–3 Denmark Slovenia 1–2 Croatia 21 GRE qualify as group winners Group 2 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 ENG853071+61821 GEO 19908332101001221 ITA8323176+111121 POL81521015−5821 MDA8116517−124 Moldova 0–2 England Moldova 0–3 Italy England 0–0 Poland Italy 6–0 Georgia Georgia 0–1 England Poland 1–3 Moldova England 1–0 Italy Italy 6–0 Moldova Poland 1–1 Italy England 0–0 Georgia Italy 1–1 Poland Poland 1–1 England Georgia 1–0 Moldova Poland 2–2 Georgia England 1–0 Moldova Georgia 2–0 Italy Moldova 0–0 Georgia Moldova 2–3 Poland Georgia 5–1 Poland Italy 0–1 England 21 ENG qualify as group winners Group 3 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 NOR85212210+121721 FRA 19748431138+51521 SUI82331317−4921 FIN8233810−2921 HUN8116920−114 Norway 1–1 France Hungary 0–1 Finland Finland 1–1 Switzerland Norway 4–1 Hungary Switzerland 3–7 Norway France 2–0 Hungary France 1–0 Switzerland Norway 3–0 Finland Switzerland 4–1 Hungary France 2–1 Finland Finland 1–1 France Hungary 2–0 Norway Hungary 2–2 Switzerland Finland 0–0 Norway Switzerland 2–1 Finland Hungary 2–4 France Norway 4–1 Switzerland Finland 3–1 Hungary Switzerland 0–0 France France 2–3 Norway 21 NOR qualify as group winners Group 4 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 SWE10901306+242721 AUT106222112+92021 BLR10622177+102021 LVA10226618−12821 SCO102171020−10721 EST10118425−214 AUTBLRESTLVASCOSWEstyle="text-align:right;"21 AUT— 2–0 7–1 0–0 4–0 0–4 style="text-align:right;"21 BLR 1–1— 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1style="text-align:right;"21 EST 0–1 1–1— 0–1 0–1 0–2style="text-align:right;"21 LVA 1–3 0–2 0–1— 0–0 0–2style="text-align:right;"21 SCO 1–2 0–3 4–0 2–4— 1–4style="text-align:right;"21 SWE 4–1 1–3 5–0 5–0 2–1— 21 SWE qualify as group winners Group 5 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 RUS8611277+201921 ISR8521179+81721 BUL84041612+41221 CYP83141615+11021 LUX8008336−330 Russia 2–1 Cyprus Israel 2–0 Bulgaria Israel 1–0 Russia Luxembourg 0–4 Bulgaria Luxembourg 1–7 Russia Cyprus 1–1 Israel Cyprus 3–0 Bulgaria Israel 2–1 Luxembourg Cyprus 0–4 Russia Luxembourg 0–5 Israel Bulgaria 3–1 Cyprus Russia 8–0 Luxembourg Israel 4–3 Cyprus Bulgaria 3–0 Luxembourg Russia 1–1 Israel Bulgaria 3–1 Israel Luxembourg 1–2 Cyprus Bulgaria 1–2 Russia Russia 3–2 Bulgaria Cyprus 5–0 Luxembourg 21 RUS qualify as group winners Group 6 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 ESP8710186+122221 FRY8602143+111821 SVK83141610+61021 CZE830513130921 MLT8008029−290 Yugoslavia 1–0 Malta Czech Rep. 4–0 Malta Slovakia 3–0 Malta Czech Rep. 1–2 Spain Yugoslavia 3–0 Czech Rep. Spain 1–1 Slovakia Spain 1–0 Yugoslavia Malta 0–3 Spain Spain 1–0 Malta Malta 0–6 Slovakia Czech Rep. 0–1 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1–2 Spain Yugoslavia 1–0 Slovakia Spain 4–0 Czech Rep. Slovakia 0–1 Czech Rep. Slovakia 0–1 Yugoslavia Malta 0–5 Czech Rep. Slovakia 3–4 Spain Czech Rep. 2–3 Slovakia Malta 0–6 Yugoslavia 21 ESP qualify as group winners Group 7 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 NED8611265+211921 TUR8503168+81521 BEL84131612+41321 WAL84049901221 SMR8008235−330 San Marino 0–3 Wales Wales 4–0 San Marino Belgium 1–2 Turkey Wales 0–2 Netherlands San Marino 1–5 Belgium Netherlands 0–1 Wales Turkey 3–0 San Marino Wales 0–3 Turkey Belgium 2–2 Netherlands Netherlands 6–0 San Marino Wales 1–0 Belgium Turkey 0–1 Netherlands Turkey 1–2 Belgium San Marino 0–7 Netherlands Belgium 3–0 San Marino Turkey 3–0 Wales Netherlands 5–2 Belgium San Marino 1–4 Turkey Netherlands 3–0 Turkey Belgium 1–0 Wales 21 NED qualify as group winners Group 8 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 ROM8800184+142421 ISL8413101001321 IRL8305117+4921 LTU 19888305812−4921 MKD Macedonia8116317−144 Iceland 2–0 R.Macedonia Romania 2–1 Lithuania Lithuania 0–3 Iceland Ireland 4–0 R.Macedonia Iceland 2–3 Romania Ireland 0–1 Iceland R.Macedonia 0–1 Romania Lithuania 1–2 Romania R.Macedonia 0–4 Ireland Romania 1–0 Ireland R.Macedonia 1–1 Iceland Iceland 0–2 Lithuania Ireland 2–0 Lithuania Romania 3–0 R.Macedonia Iceland 1–0 Ireland Lithuania 1–0 R.Macedonia Lithuania 2–1 Ireland Romania 4–0 Iceland Ireland 0–2 Romania R.Macedonia 2–1 Lithuania 21 ROU qualify as group winners Group 9 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 GER8620203+172021 UKR8512144+101621 POR84222011+91421 ALB8116619−13421 ARM8107831−233 Armenia 3–4 Portugal Ukraine 1–0 Portugal Albania 2–4 Portugal Armenia 0–1 Germany Albania 3–2 Armenia Portugal 1–0 Ukraine Portugal 1–2 Germany Albania 0–3 Ukraine Albania 0–4 Germany Germany 2–0 Ukraine Ukraine 7–0 Armenia Ukraine 1–1 Germany Portugal 1–1 Albania Ukraine 1–0 Albania Portugal 8–1 Armenia Germany 1–1 Portugal Armenia 2–0 Albania Germany 7–0 Armenia Armenia 0–1 Ukraine Germany 2–0 Albania 21 GER qualify as group winners Ranking of group winners Grp GroupTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points821 ROM6600144+1018621 ESP6510146+816421 SWE6501184+1415321 NOR6420187+1114921 GER6420123+914721 NED6411135+813521 RUS6411126+613121 GRE6402117+412221 ENG633041+312 List of qualifying group winners. Teams 1–7 qualify automatically. Teams 8 & 9 play-off for the eighth spot. Only results between top four teams in group are used. Qualifying play-off 13 November 1997 21 GRE 2–0 21 ENG Dellas 78Liberopoulos 90 pen. Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion 4,000 Juan Fernández Marin (Spain) Report 17 December 1997 21 ENG 4–2 21 GRE Heskey 21 34Owen 60Hall 78 Konstantinidis 28Hall 30 o.g. Carrow Road, Norwich 14,114 Éric Blareau (Belgium) Report 4–4 on aggregate, Greece won on away goals rule. See also 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification 1998 Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification