Azerbaijan 2016
Sunday, March 1, 2015
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The 2016 finals will be in Azerbaijan and the qualifying round groups are already drawn.
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• Azerbaijan will host the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals
Qualifying round: 22 September–31 October 2015
• The top two in each qualifying round group along with the five third-placed teams with the best records against the leading pair will join Germany in the elite round in spring 2016. That will eventually decide the 15 sides to join hosts Azerbaijan in the finals that May.
Group 1 (22–27 October): Switzerland, Netherlands, Albania, Wales*
Group 2 (30 September–5 October): Belarus*, Russia, Montenegro, Cyprus
Group 3 (24–29 September): Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Malta, Finland*
Group 4 (24–29 October): Hungary*, Georgia, Romania, Slovakia
Group 5 (24–29 October): Serbia, Austria, Luxembourg*, Lithuania
Group 6 (25–30 October): Poland, Spain, Latvia*, Andorra
Group 7 (26–31 October): Croatia, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein*
Group 8 (22–27 September): Denmark, Iceland*, Greece, Kazakhstan
Group 9 (29 September–4 October): England, Portugal*, San Marino, Armenia
Group 10 (24–29 September): Turkey, Belgium, Faroe Islands, Slovenia*
Group 11 (20–25 October): Norway, France, Israel*, Northern Ireland
Group 12 (21–26 October): Italy, Scotland, Bulgaria*, FYR Macedonia
Group 13 (26–31 October): Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova*, Estonia
Bye to elite round: Germany
Bye to finals: Azerbaijan (hosts)
Provisional season calendar
Elite round draw: late 2015
Elite round: spring 2016
Final tournament draw: tbc
Final tournament: May 2016
*Hosts