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The 2018/19 qualifying round will involve 52 of the 54 nations aiming to join hosts Armenia in the eight-team finals.
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Qualifying round draw
Group 1 (14–20 November): Georgia*, Israel, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein
Group 2 (10–16 October): Italy, Denmark, Finland, Estonia*
Group 3 (14–20 November): Czech Republic*, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Luxembourg
Group 4 (14–20 November): Sweden, Scotland, Wales*, San Marino
Group 5 (14–20 November): England, Turkey*, Iceland, Moldova
Group 6 (14–20 November): France, Belgium, Lithuania, Malta*
Group 7 (10–16 October): Austria, Hungary*, Slovenia, Kosovo
Group 8 (10–16 October): Ukraine, Slovakia, Norway, Albania*
Group 9 (14–20 November): Serbia, Poland, Northern Ireland*, Kazakhstan
Group 10 (10–16 October): Netherlands, Republic of Ireland*, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands
Group 11 (13–19 November): Russia, Montenegro, Cyprus*, Latvia
Group 12 (10–16 October): Spain, Switzerland*, Belarus, Andorra
Group 13 (14–20 November): Greece, Bulgaria*, Romania, Gibraltar
*Hosts
Bye to elite round: Portugal, Germany
Bye to final tournament: Armenia (hosts)
10:00CET, 6 December, Nyon
A total of seven nations will join hosts Armenia in the final tournament in July 2019. Top seeds Portugal and Germany have each been given a bye to the elite round while the remaining entrants will be divided into four pots of 13 teams according to their coefficient.
In all, 13 groups will be formed, each containing one teams from each of the seeding pots, with the hosts appointed after the draw and games to be played next autumn, by 20 November 2018. The top two in each group will join Portugal and Germany in the elite round in spring 2019.
After that round, the seven group winners will join Armenia in that July's finals.
Seeding pots
Pot A: England, Austria, France, Netherlands, Spain*, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Serbia*, Russia, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Georgia
Pot B: Croatia, Israel, Belgium, Turkey, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Scotland, Switzerland, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro
Pot C: Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Wales, Slovenia, Romania, Cyprus, Lithuania, Finland, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Azerbaijan, Belarus, FYR Macedonia
Pot D: Latvia, Albania, Luxembourg, Estonia, Malta, Andorra, Faroe Islands, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar*, Kazakhstan, San Marino, Kosovo*
*Based on previous decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee and UEFA Emergency Panel, these teams cannot be drawn together: Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.
Bye to elite round: Portugal, Germany
Bye to final tournament: Armenia (hosts)