2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 2000. The final tournament was held in 2002. The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

Qualifying group stage

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Switzerland 8 4 4 0 22 10 +12 16  Russia 8 4 3 1 23 9 +14 15  Yugoslavia 8 4 3 1 22 11 +11 15  Slovenia 8 2 2 4 10 10 0 8  Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 1 38 −37 0

Luxembourg  — 0–10 1–5 0–3 0–3 Russia  2–0 — 0–0 3–3 2–0 Slovenia  1–0 1–3 — 0–0 1–2 Switzerland   6–0 3–1 2–1 — 2–2 Yugoslavia  8–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 —

  Switzerland qualify as group winners
 Russia fail to qualify as one of best runners-up

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	8	6	1	1	22	4	+18	19
Netherlands	8	5	2	1	20	7	+13	17
Republic of Ireland	8	4	1	3	10	7	+3	13
Cyprus	8	3	0	5	9	17	−8	9
Estonia	8	0	0	8	2	28	−26	0

Netherlands 2-0 Ireland Estonia 1-3 Portugal Cyprus 0-1 Netherlands Portugal 3-1 Ireland Netherlands 1-1 Portugal Ireland 1-0 Estonia Cyprus 0-1 Ireland Cyprus 3-1 Estonia Portugal 3-0 Netherlands Netherlands 4-2 Cyprus

Estonia 0-5 Netherlands Ireland 0-1 Portugal Estonia 0-3 Ireland Portugal 7-0 Cyprus Estonia 0-3 Cyprus Ireland 1-1 Netherlands Cyprus 1-0 Portugal Netherlands 6-0 Estonia Ireland 3-0 Cyprus Portugal 4-0 Estonia

 Portugal qualify as group winners
 Netherlands qualify as one of best runners-up

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Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	10	9	0	1	28	5	+23	27
Bulgaria	10	5	3	2	16	17	−1	18
Denmark	10	4	3	3	18	12	+6	15
Iceland	10	3	2	5	13	17	−4	11
Northern Ireland	10	2	2	6	12	21	−9	8
Malta	10	0	4	6	5	20	−15	4

Bulgaria 1-0 Czech Rep. Iceland 0-0 Denmark N. Ireland 1-1* Malta Bulgaria 2-0 Malta Czech Rep. 2-1 Iceland N. Ireland 0-3 Denmark Denmark 2-2 Bulgaria Malta 0-1 Czech Rep. Iceland 2-5 N. Ireland Malta 0-0 Denmark N. Ireland 0-2 Czech Rep. Bulgaria 1-0 Iceland Bulgaria 2-0 N. Ireland Czech Rep. 3-0 Denmark Malta 1-1 Iceland

Denmark 3-4 Czech Rep. Iceland 3-0 Malta N. Ireland 1-1 Bulgaria Denmark 3-0 Malta Iceland 3-2 Bulgaria Czech Rep. 4-0 N. Ireland Denmark 2-0 N. Ireland Iceland 0-1 Czech Rep. Malta 2-2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3-1 Denmark Czech Rep. 3-0 Malta N. Ireland 1-3 Iceland Denmark 4-0 Iceland Malta 2-2 N. Ireland Czech Rep. 8-0 Bulgaria

(*) Match awarded 3-0 to N.Ireland
due to Malta fielding an ineligible player.
 Czech Republic qualify as group winners
 Bulgaria fail to qualify as one of best runners-up

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Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	10	7	2	1	19	6	+13	23
Sweden	10	5	4	1	19	6	+13	19
Slovakia	10	4	4	2	13	7	+6	16
Moldova	10	2	3	5	6	13	−7	9
Azerbaijan	10	2	3	5	4	17	−13	9
Macedonia	10	1	2	7	6	18	−12	5

Azerbaijan 0-5 Sweden Turkey 1-0 Moldova Slovakia 2-0 R. Macedonia Moldova 0-3 Slovakia R. Macedonia 1-2 Azerbaijan Sweden 0-0 Turkey Moldova 3-0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 1-2 Turkey Slovakia 1-1 Sweden Turkey 0-1 Slovakia Sweden 2-0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 0-0 Moldova R. Macedonia 1-4 Turkey Slovakia 5-0 Azerbaijan Moldova 0-2 Sweden

Turkey 3-0 Azerbaijan Sweden 4-0 Slovakia R. Macedonia 2-0 Moldova Turkey 2-0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 0-0 Slovakia Sweden 3-0 Moldova Slovakia 0-1 Turkey Moldova 1-0 Azerbaijan R. Macedonia 1-1 Sweden Turkey 4-1 Sweden Azerbaijan 1-0 R. Macedonia Slovakia 0-0 Moldova Moldova 2-2 Turkey Sweden 0-0 Azerbaijan R. Macedonia 1-1 Slovakia

 Turkey qualify as group winners
 Sweden qualify as one of best runners-up

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Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ukraine 10 6 1 3 14 13 +1 19  Poland 10 5 3 2 20 14 +6 18  Norway 10 6 0 4 21 12 +9 18  Belarus 10 5 1 4 21 14 +7 16  Armenia 10 4 2 4 10 15 −5 14  Wales 10 0 1 9 4 22 −18 1

Armenia  — 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 Belarus  5–0 — 1–0 3–3 1–2 4–1 Norway  5–1 5–1 — 1–2 3–1 2–0 Poland  1–1 0–4 3–0 — 3–0 2–1 Ukraine  1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 — 1–0 Wales  1–1 1–2 0–2 0–4 0–3 —

 Ukraine qualify as group winners
 Poland qualify as one of best runners-up

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Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Belgium 6 4 1 1 8 2 +6 13  Croatia 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11  Scotland 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8  Latvia 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1

Belgium  — 2–1 3–0 0–0 Croatia  1–0 — 2–1 3–1 Latvia  0–2 1–1 — 1–3 Scotland  0–1 0–1 1–0 —

 Belgium qualify as group winners
 Croatia qualify as one of best runners-up

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Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	8	6	2	0	16	6	+10	20
Spain	8	5	1	2	13	7	+6	16
Israel	8	4	0	4	16	13	+3	12
Austria	8	2	2	4	7	14	−7	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	0	1	7	5	17	−12	1

Bosnia & Herz. 0-2 Spain France 3-0 Israel France 2-1 Austria Spain 1-0 Israel Austria 2-1 Spain Israel 2-1 Bosnia & Herz. Bosnia & Herz. 0-1 France Israel 3-4 France Bosnia & Herz. 0-0 Austria Spain 1-1 France

Austria 0-2 Israel Austria 1-1 France Spain 5-1 Bosnia & Herz. Israel 0-1 Spain Spain 2-0 Austria Bosnia & Herz. 2-4 Israel Austria 2-1 Bosnia & Herz. France 3-0 Spain France 1-0 Bosnia & Herz. Israel 5-1 Austria

 France qualify as group winners
 Spain qualify as one of best runners-up

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Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	8	6	1	1	14	5	+9	19
Romania	8	5	1	2	13	5	+8	16
Hungary	8	5	0	3	12	9	+3	15
Lithuania	8	2	0	6	5	17	−12	6
Georgia	8	1	0	7	9	17	−8	3

Romania 2-0* Lithuania Hungary 0-3 Italy Lithuania 2-1 Georgia Italy 1-1 Romania Lithuania 0-1 Hungary Italy 3-2 Georgia Hungary 4-1 Lithuania Romania 0-1 Italy Georgia 0-3 Romania Italy 1-0 Lithuania

Romania 1-0 Hungary Georgia 0-2 Italy Lithuania 1-0 Romania Hungary 2-1 Georgia Georgia 0-2 Hungary Lithuania 0-3 Italy Hungary 1-3 Romania Georgia 4-1 Lithuania Italy 0-2 Hungary Romania 2-1 Georgia

(*) Match awarded 3-0 to Romania
due to Lithuania fielding an ineligible player.
 Italy qualify as group winners
 Romania qualify as one of best runners-up

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Group 9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	8	5	2	1	18	8	+10	17
Greece	8	5	1	2	14	6	+8	16
Germany	8	5	1	2	18	7	+11	16
Finland	8	1	1	6	7	20	−13	4
Albania	8	1	1	6	3	19	−16	4

Finland 3-0 Albania Germany 2-1 Greece England 1-1 Germany Greece 3-1 Finland Finland 2-2 England Albania 0-1 Greece Germany 8-0 Albania England 4-0 Finland Albania 0-1 England Greece 2-0 Germany

Finland 1-3 Germany Greece 0-0 Albania Greece 3-1 England Albania 0-1 Germany Germany 1-2 England Albania 3-0 Finland Memelli  28' Kaçi  65' Bulku  83' England 5-0 Albania Finland 0-3 Greece England 2-1 Greece Germany 2-0 Finland

 England qualify as group winners
 Greece qualify as one of best runners-up
Greece (16pts) Germany (16pts) head-to-head:
2-1 in GER, 2-0 in GRE
.: Greece better (3-2 on aggregate)

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Because groups contained different number or teams (six, five and four), 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	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Greece	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	12
4	Sweden	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11
5	Poland	6	3	2	1	13	10	+3	11
6	Croatia	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
2	Netherlands	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
8	Romania	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10
7	Spain	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10
3	Bulgaria	6	3	1	2	9	14	−5	10
1	Russia	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	9

Play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sweden	3–4	Belgium	3–2	0–2
Greece	4–2	Turkey	3–0	1–2
Netherlands	2–3	England	2–2	0–1
Spain	2–2 (a)	Portugal	2–1	0–1
Croatia	1–1 (a)	Czech Republic	1–1	0–0
Poland	2–5	Italy	2–5	0–0
Romania	0–5	France	0–1	0–4
Ukraine	2–4	Switzerland	1–2	1–2

External links

• Results Archive at UEFA.com
• RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com