2020/21 U17 qualifying round draw made
Tuesday 3 December 2019
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The groups in autumn begin the road to Cyprus.
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The 2020/21 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round draw has started the road to the finals in Cyprus. The draw was made by Márton Dárdai, captain of Germany at the 2019 finals, who received the Respect Fair Play trophy on behalf of his team from UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis.
Group 1 (29 October–4 November): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia (hosts), Bulgaria, Liechtenstein
Group 2 (22–28 October): Italy, Slovenia, Romania (hosts), Albania
Group 3 (21–27 October): Republic of Ireland (hosts), Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Estonia
Group 4 (7–13 October): Belgium, Ukraine, Georgia (hosts), Lithuania
Group 5 (6–12 October): Turkey (hosts), Russia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar
Group 6 (7–13 October): Portugal (hosts), Czech Republic, Montenegro, Kosovo
Group 7 (24–30 September): Sweden, Israel, Finland (hosts), Kazakhstan
Group 8 (11–17 November): England, Greece (hosts), Azerbaijan, San Marino
Group 9 (7–13 October): Austria (hosts), Norway, Iceland, Moldova
Group 10 (11–17 November): Hungary, Switzerland, Belarus, Luxembourg (hosts)
Group 11 (11–17 November): Germany, Poland, North Macedonia (hosts), Malta
Group 12 (24–30 September): Serbia (hosts), Denmark, Latvia, Armenia
Group 13 (30 October–5 November): France, Scotland (hosts), Wales, Andorra
• The top two in each group and four third-placed teams with the best record against the leading pair in their section join the Netherlands and Spain in the elite round in spring 2021, which will then produce Cyprus' 15 finals opponents.
How the draw worked
Draw procedure and seeding pots
Pot A: England, Italy, Portugal, Germany, France, Belgium, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Serbia*, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina*
Pot B: Scotland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Israel, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Greece, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia
Pot C: Iceland, Finland, Belarus, Romania, Azerbaijan*, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Wales, Georgia, Estonia, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Faroe Islands
Pot D: Lithuania, Albania, Estonia, Armenia*, Kazakhstan, Kosovo*, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Luxembourg, San Marino, Malta, Gibraltar
*Based on previous decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee and UEFA Emergency Panel, these teams couldnot be drawn together: Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Azerbaijan and Armenia
Who was involved?
• Hosts Cyprus qualify directly for the final tournament in May 2021.
• Top seeds Netherlands and Spain receive a bye to the elite round.
• The remaining 52 entrants start in the qualifying round where they are split into 13 groups of four.
The draw
• There were four seeding pots in accordance with the coefficient rankings list, with the 13 countries with the highest ranking in Pot A, the next 13 in Pot B, and so on.
• Each group has one team from each pot, with hosts then appointed to stage the mini-tournaments in autumn 2020.
• The top two in each group and four third-placed teams with the best record against the leading pair in their section join the Netherlands and Spain in the elite round in spring 2021, which will then produce Cyprus' 15 finals opponents.