2019 U21 EURO qualifying: a highway to Italy
Qualifying for a 2019Â UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino, that started in Mar and continued in June, resumes in aspiring on Thursday.
- Fixtures: Thursday, Friday to Tuesday
- The groups
How subordinate works
• Italy have a bye to a finals in summer 2019 though co-hosts San Marino contingency qualify.
• Kosovo and Gibraltar are creation debuts among a record 54 teams competing in qualifying.
• The 9 organisation winners validate automatically for a finals.
• The 4 runners-up with a best annals opposite a teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their organisation go into a play-offs, where a span of two-legged ties will confirm a final dual qualifiers.
The groups: what has happened so far?
Group 1
Only dual games played so far, San Marino losing 1-0 in Belarus and 2-0 to Moldova. The Czech Republic, who played in a finals this summer, Croatia and Greece make adult a section.
Group 2
Estonia have been concerned in both games so far, losing 2-1 during home to Northern Ireland and sketch 0-0 in Albania. Two of a other 3 contenders played in Poland in June – runners-up Spain and Slovakia – with Iceland aiming to compare their 2011 qualification.
Group 3
Just a one diversion so distant as Lithuania kick a Faroe Islands 3-0. Denmark, who done a 2017 finals, open their debate on Thursday in a Faroese collateral Torshavn, while this summer’s hosts Poland face Georgia on Friday in a organisation also containing Finland.
Group 4
England have competent for a final 6 final tournaments and will wish to do so again after reaching a semi-finals in Poland. The Netherlands, winners in 2006 and 2007, aim to make it for a initial time given 2013 – those dual teams accommodate in Doetinchem on Friday. The usually outcome so distant is Latvia 0-0 Andorra; Scotland and Ukraine are also involved.
Group 5
Germany won a pretension in Poland in Jun and face Israel, Norway, a Republic of Ireland, Azerbaijan and Kosovo in their try to urge a prize in Italy. Debutants Kosovo have played their initial dual fixtures. They mislaid 1-0 in a Republic of Ireland, though were afterwards handed a 3-0 pledge win from their outing to 2017 play-off contenders Norway (who fielded a dangling player).
Group 6
Belgium available a 2-1 win opposite Malta in a usually tie so far. Sweden – who played in a 2017 finals, carrying carried a prize dual years progressing – Turkey, Hungary and Cyprus are also in this section.
Group 7
Serbia and FYR Macedonia drew 2-2 in a 2017 finals; now they are in a same subordinate group. Armenia and Austria (who missed out in a 2017 play-offs to Spain on divided goals) have both beaten debutants Gibraltar 3-0. Russia are a other organisation in this pool.
Group 8
Portugal are a solitary 2017 finalists in this territory though of a other 5 contenders, all though Wales have started their campaigns. Bosnia and Herzegovina won 6-0 opposite Liechtenstein before losing 1-0 in Switzerland. Romania also degraded Liechtenstein, 2-0.
Group 9
None of a 6 contenders in this organisation – France, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg – competent final time around. In a solitary compare so far, Kazakhstan won 2-1 in Luxembourg.
Road to Italy and San Marino: remaining compare dates
Qualifying organisation stage
31 August–5 Sep 2017
2–10 Oct 2017
8–14 Nov 2017
22–27 Mar 2018
7–8 Jun 2018
5–11 Sep 2018
11–16 Oct 2018
Play-offs
12–20 Nov 2018
Final tournament
16–30 Jun 2019
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