2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

September 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification 2003 2002 (qualifying round)2003 (elite round) 51 1 2002 2004 The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was an under-17 football competition played in 2002 and 2003 to determine the 7 teams joining Portugal, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament. The final tournament also acted as the UEFA qualifier for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland, with two teams qualifying, Portugal and Spain, as finalists. Format The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round: Apart from six nations (Spain, England, Russia, Finland, Poland and Hungary), which received a bye to the elite round, the remaining 44 teams were drawn into 11 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. Two best teams from each group advanced to the elite round. Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven 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 seven group winners qualified for the final tournament. Qualifying round Groups Group 1 main football complete UEFAMarch 2025 medicmedic ITA BUL LAT AND Q Q 3 0 0 9 1 2 0 1 14 2 1 0 2 3 8 0 0 3 2 17 H 17 ITA 17 BUL 17 LAT 17 AND Q green1 Elite round Group 2 main football complete worldfootball CRO FRY BLR GEO Q Q 2 0 1 10 4 2 0 1 5 3 2 0 1 5 8 0 0 3 2 7 17 CRO 17 FRY 17 BLR 17 GEO 1990 Q green1 Elite round Group 3 main football complete worldfootball ISR SWI ISL ARM Q Q 2 1 0 7 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 17 ISR 17 SWI 17 ISL 17 ARM Q green1 Elite round Group 4 main football complete worldfootball CZE BEL CYP EST Q Q 2 1 0 10 2 2 1 0 9 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 0 3 2 16 17 CZE 17 BEL 17 CYP 17 EST Q green1 Elite round Group 5 main football complete worldfootball WAL NOR LUX BIH Q Q 3 0 0 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 4 17 WAL 17 NOR 17 LUX 17 BIH Q green1 Elite round Group 6 main football complete worldfootball AUT ROM MKD FRO Q Q 3 0 0 10 1 2 0 1 13 2 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 3 0 16 17 AUT 17 ROM 17 MKD Macedonia 17 FRO Q green1 Elite round Group 7 main football complete worldfootball GRE SVK MDA LIE Q Q 2 1 0 9 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 1 1 8 4 0 0 3 1 15 17 GRE 17 SVK 17 MDA 17 LIE Q green1 Elite round Group 8 main football complete worldfootball GER FRA SLO IRL Q Q 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 2 1 5 17 GER 17 FRA 1974 17 SLO 17 IRL Q green1 Elite round Group 9 main football complete worldfootball DEN NIR SWE MLT Q Q 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 10 4 0 0 3 0 10 17 DEN 17 NIR 17 SWE 17 MLT Q green1 Elite round Group 10 main football complete worldfootball NED ALB LIT SMR Q Q 2 1 0 8 2 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 2 3 7 0 0 3 0 5 17 NED 17 ALB 17 LIT 1988 17 SMR Q green1 Elite round Group 11 main football complete worldfootball SCO AZE TUR UKR Q Q 2 0 1 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 0 2 1 7 8 17 SCO 17 AZE 17 TUR 17 UKR Q green1 Elite round Elite round Groups All times were CET (UTC+1). Group 1 main football complete UEFAMarch 2025 medicmedic ESP FRA WAL BUL Q 3 0 0 8 0 H Q 2 0 1 9 2 1 0 2 4 12 0 0 3 2 9 17 ESP 17 FRA 1974 17 WAL 17 BUL Q green1 Final tournament Group 2 main football complete UEFAMarch 2025 medicmedic DEN CRO RUS NOR Q 2 0 1 6 4 Q 2 0 1 4 3 H 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 5 17 DEN 17 CRO 17 RUS 17 NOR Q green1 Final tournament Group 3 main football complete worldfootball AUT SCG NIR FIN Q 1 2 0 4 2 Q 1 2 0 5 4 1 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 2 17 AUT 17 SCG 17 NIR 17 FIN Q green1 Final tournament Group 4 main football complete worldfootball ISR NED ROM POL Q 2 1 0 4 1 Q 1 2 0 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 0 0 3 2 5 17 ISR 17 NED 17 ROM 17 POL Q green1 Final tournament Group 5 main football complete worldfootball HUN SWI GRE ALB Q 2 1 0 6 3 Q 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 5 17 HUN 17 SWI 17 GRE 17 ALB Q green1 Final tournament Group 6 main football complete worldfootball ENG SCO CZE SVK Q 3 0 0 9 0 Q 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 3 5 0 1 2 0 8 17 ENG 17 SCO 17 CZE 17 SVK Q green1 Final tournament Group 7 main football complete worldfootball ITA BEL GER AZE Q 2 1 0 6 1 Q 2 0 1 3 4 1 1 1 5 3 0 0 3 0 6 17 ITA 17 BEL 17 GER 17 AZE Q green1 Final tournament Qualified teams The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament. Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1only U-17 era (since 2002) 17 POR 01 Hosts 01 1 (2002) 17 ESP Group 1 winner 01 1 (2002) 17 DEN Group 2 winner 01 1 (2002) 17 AUT Group 3 winner 0 (debut) 17 ISR Group 4 winner 0 (debut) 17 HUN Group 5 winner 01 1 (2002) 17 ENG Group 6 winner 01 1 (2002) 17 ITA Group 7 winner 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicate host. Top goalscorers July 2015 References External links https://www.uefa.com/under17/ Qualification 2003 Under-17 Championship qualification Under-17 Championship qualification Under-17 Championship qualification Under-17 Championship qualification