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UEFA European Under-21 Championship

52 of the UEFA member associations will participated in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship to seek qualification for the finals. Being the hosts, Czech Republic automatically qualifies. The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship comprises a qualifying group stage and play-off round to determine which 7 teams will join Czech Republic in the final tournament.

Qualifying[]

From March 2013 to September 2014. Teams are split into ten groups – two of 6 teams and eight of 5 teams – and play each other on a home and away basis. The results against the 6th-placed teams are ignored. The 10 group winners and 4 group runners-up with the best record advance to the play-offs.

Teams competing Details
Qualifying 52 8 groups of 5 teams
2 groups of 6 teams
Play-offs 14 10 group winners
4 group runners-up
Final 8 7 play-off winners
Czech Republic (HOST)


Table[]

GROUPS
1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   
England ENG
Finland FIN
Moldova MDA
Wales WAL
Lithuania LTU
 
Denmark DEN
Russia RUS
Slovenia SVN
Bulgaria BUL
Estonia EST
Slovakia SVK
Netherlands NED
Scotland SCO
Georgia GEO
Luxembourg LUX
Spain ESP
Austria AUT
Hungary HUN
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH
Albania ALB
Croatia CRO
Ukraine UKR
Switzerland SUI
Latvia LVA
Liechtenstein LIE
Germany GER
Romania ROU
Montenegro MNE
Republic of Ireland IRL
Faroe Islands FRO
Sweden SWE
Greece GRE
Poland POL
Turkey TUR
Malta MLT
Portugal POR
Israel ISR
Norway NOR
Azerbaijan AZE
Macedonia MKD
Italy ITA
Serbia SRB
Belgium BEL
Cyprus CYP
Northern Ireland NIR
France FRA
Iceland ISL
Kazakhstan KAZ
Armenia ARM
Belarus BLR


Play-offs[]

October 2014. The play-offs consist of 7 contests - the 10 group winners and 4 best runners-up. Each team play their opponent home and away.

Qualification Play-offs Finalists
Hosts  
 
  Czech Republic Czech Republic
Group 1 winner
Group 5 winner
  England England
  Croatia Croatia
  England England
Group 2 winner
runner-up A
  Denmark Denmark
  Iceland Iceland
  Denmark Denmark
Group 3 winner
Group 9 winner
  Slovakia Slovakia
  Italy Italy
  Italy Italy
Group 4 winner
runner-up B
  Spain Spain
  Serbia Serbia
  Serbia Serbia
Group 6 winner
runner-up C
  Germany Germany
  Ukraine Ukraine
  Germany Germany
Group 7 winner
Group 10 winner
  Sweden Sweden
  France France
  Sweden Sweden
Group 8 winner
runner-up D
  Portugal Portugal
  Netherlands Netherlands
  Portugal Portugal


Final[]

June 2015. The final tournament comprises the 7 play-off winners and the Czech Republic as hosts. The 8 teams are split into 2 groups of four. Each team plays each other once in their group with the winners and runners-up advancing to the semi-finals.

  Winner A v Runner-up B            
     
      FINAL
       
  Winner B v Runner-up A    
   
     


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