Under-17 finals take shape

Eleven of the 16 teams who will take part in the 2001/02 UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals in Denmark are now known.

Group winners
Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Hungary, France, Ukraine, Georgia, Poland, Switzerland, Germany and Finland have all booked their places by winning their qualification groups and will join hosts Denmark for the two-week event in April and May.

Remaining berths
The remaining five berths will be decided in March when five mini-tournaments take place, with the winners of each progressing to the finals. The groupings for the remaining mini-tournaments are listed below, with the host nation shown in bold.

Group 1:
Cyprus
Republic of Ireland
Yugoslavia
Slovenia

Group 3:
Austria
Spain
F.Y.R. Macedonia

Group 4:
Portugal
San Marino
Andorra

Group 9:
Malta
Moldova
Armenia

Group 13:
England
Scotland
Lithuania