2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Football qualifying tournament 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification was a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2011 and 2012 to decide the qualifiers for 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, to be held in Israel. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 3 February 2011 in Nyon, with matches played between March 2011 and September 2012.2013 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifying draw https://web.archive.org/web/20110704002602/http://en.uefa.com/under21/draws/season=2013/round=2000192/index.html 2011-07-04 UEFA.com There were ten groups. Two of these groups had six teams; the remaining eight groups consisted of five teams. Group competition was a double round robin: each team hosted a game with every other team in its group. At the conclusion of qualifying, the team at the top of each group and four best second-placed teams qualified for the two-legged play-offs scheduled in October 2012, with the winner of each play-off tie qualifying for the finals. Seeds A total of fifty-two participating teams were divided in five draw pots based on the UEFA Under-21 coefficient ranking. Pots A through D contained ten teams, while pot E twelve teams. Pot APot BPot CPot DPot E21 ENG 21 ESP 21 NED 21 ITA 21 SWE 21 CZE 21 RUS 21 SRB 21 GER 21 ROM21 SUI 21 WAL 21 BLR 21 FRA 1974 21 UKR 21 TUR 21 AUT 21 POR 21 DEN 21 BEL21 CRO 21 HUN 21 SCO 21 GRE 21 ISL 21 SVK 21 MDA 21 FIN 21 ARM 21 NIR21 POL 21 MNE 21 GEO 21 LVA 21 NOR 21 SVN 21 IRL 21 BUL 21 BIH 21 MKD Macedonia21 ALB 21 FRO 21 CYP 21 LTU 21 KAZ 21 EST 21 AZE 21 AND 21 SMR 21 LUX 21 MLT 21 LIE The UEFA executive committee has decided on its meeting on 27 January 2011 to have Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine seeded in groups of six to avoid any group of five to potentially be reduced to four or three teams as a result of hypothetical suspension. Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia would not be drawn against Azerbaijan (due to the dispute concerning territory of Nagorno-Karabakh) and Georgia would not be drawn against Russia (due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia) in the qualifiers for 2013 UEFA European Under–21 Football Championship. Tiebreakers If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/55/65/06/1556506_DOWNLOAD.pdf Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2011-13 2011-06-25 2011-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20110124172228/http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/55/65/06/1556506_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6) and 7) will apply Results of all group matches: Superior goal difference Higher number of goals scored Higher number of goals scored away from home Position in the UEFA Under-21 coefficient ranking used for the group stage draw Qualifying group stage Group 1 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1 Group 2 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2 Group 3 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3 Group 4 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4 Group 5 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5 Group 6 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6 Group 7 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7 Group 8 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8 Group 9 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9 Group 10 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 10 Ranking of second-placed teams Because some groups contain six teams and some five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team will count for the purposes of the second-placed table. Tiebreakers The following criteria were applied to determine the rankings. Higher number of points obtained in these matches Superior goal difference from these matches Higher number of goals scored in these matches Higher number of away goals scored in these matches Position in the UEFA Under-21 coefficient ranking used for the group stage draw main WDL Q y y SUI 5 21 SUI DEN 4 21 DEN NOR 8 21 NOR SVK 9 21 SVK POR 6 21 POR TUR 7 21 TUR ARM 3 21 ARM BIH 1 21 BIH SVN 2 21 SVN SCO 10 21 SCO 5 2 1 15 4 3 4 4 0 19 8 5 5 1 2 13 7 7 5 0 3 17 7 7 4 3 1 15 6 5 5 0 3 13 7 4 4 3 1 11 5 3 4 2 2 19 11 3 4 2 2 9 6 2 3 4 1 16 9 11 green1 Play-offs A A A A complete Play-offs 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs The play-offs for the tournament finals were held between 11 and 16 October 2012. The seven winners qualified for the final tournament in Israel. Seedings The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 September 2012 in Nyon to determine the seven pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. The seven group winners with the highest competition coefficients have been seeded and those teams were drawn against the unseeded teams. Nations from the same group could not be drawn against each other.https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0deb725eded3-0df1fec8a884-1000--spain-among-seeds-for-friday-s-u21-play-off-draw/ Spain among seeds for Friday's U21 play-off draw 11 September 2012 11 September 2012 UEFA https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0deb72d0ef9f-b89b07e9d2d1-1000--holders-spain-draw-denmark-in-play-offs/ Holders Spain draw Denmark in play-offs 14 September 2012 14 September 2012 UEFA Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating: 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying group stage. 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying stage and final tournament. 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying stage and final tournament. The seedings are as follows: Pot A (seeded) Pot B (unseeded) Team Coeff UEFA Under-21 coefficient Team Coeff UEFA Under-21 coefficient 21 ESP 40,391 21 SUI 34,034 21 CZE 36,189 21 SWE 32,482 21 ENG 35,601 21 RUS 31,772 21 NED 34,400 21 SRB 30,470 21 GER 34,063 21 DEN 29,841 21 ITA 33,508 21 SVK 27,802 21 FRA 1974 32,517 21 NOR 24,564 Matches Spain ESP 8–1 Denmark DEN 5–0 3–1 Italy ITA 4–2 Sweden SWE 1–0 3–2 Czech Republic CZE 2–4 Russia RUS 0–2 2–2 Slovakia SVK 0–4 Netherlands NED 0–2 0–2 Germany GER 4–2 Switzerland SUI 1–1 3–1 England ENG 2–0 Serbia SRB 1–0 1–0 France FRA 4–5 Norway NOR 1–0 3–5 |} Top goalscorers The top scorers in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification were as follows. Players in italics have also played in the play-offs.http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2013/statistics/round=2000192/players/type=topscorers/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111225133057/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2013/statistics/round=2000192/players/type=topscorers/index.html dead December 25, 2011 Statistics - Goals scored 16 October 2012 16 October 2012 UEFA Rank Name Goals Apps Minutes played1ESP Rodrigo119651'2CZE Jan Chramosta95294'3NED Género Zeefuik87362'SCO Jordan Rhodes86491'GER Peniel Mlapa811665'6RUS Fyodor Smolov79584'7BIH Milan Đurić64251'ITA Manolo Gabbiadini67424'SWE Mikael Ishak67513'ALB Armando Sadiku67523'ESP Isco610781'BIH Nemanja Bilbija610842' References External links Official site Qualification 2013 Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification