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U19s ready to go

Friday, September 12, 2003

The first qualifying round of the 2003/04 UEFA European Under-19 Championship begins next Thursday.

The first qualifying round of the 2003/04 UEFA European Under-19 Championship begins next Thursday when the Group 6 mini-tournament gets under way in San Marino.

Forty-eight in draw
Forty-eight countries will compete in the first round, having been divided into 12 four-team groups. The winners and runners-up in each group, as well as the best third-placed team, will qualify for the second qualifying round where they will be divided into seven groups of four alongside the three top seeds - 2001/02 winners Spain, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The winners of the seven second qualifying round groups will then qualify for the finals, joining automatic qualifiers and hosts Switzerland.

Italy defend crown
The 2002/03 competition winners Italy will begin their defence of their crown on 8 October when Group 3 commences.

2003/04 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Mini-tounament groups and dates:

PosGr 1
16/10-20/10		Gr 2
8/10-
12/10		Gr 3
8/10-
12/10		Gr 4
16/10-
20/10
Gr 5
27/10-
31/10
Gr 6
18/9-
22/9
1RomaniaPolandBelgiumDenmarkCroatiaLithuania
2N. IrelandNorwayItalyGermanyFinlandRep. of Ireland
3SloveniaLatviaGeorgiaMaltaAlbaniaSan Marino
4HungaryCyprusEstoniaLuxem-
bourg		Azer-
baijan		Bulgaria

PosGr 7
22/9-
26/9		Gr 8
20/9-
24/9		Gr 9
8/10-
12/10		Gr 10
17/10-
21/10		Gr 11
30/9-
4/10		Gr 12
25/10-
29/10
1PortugalEnglandAustriaIsraelUkraineScotland
2GreeceRussiaSerbia-
Monte-
Negro		Nether-
lands		FranceF.Y.R.
Macedonia
3WalesLiech-
tenstein		SwedenMoldovaArmeniaFaroe Islands
4BelarusAndorraKazakh-
stan		IcelandBosnia-
Herze-
govina		Turkey

N.B. Mini-tournament host countries are in bold.

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