Greece 2015
Sunday, June 1, 2014
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The 2014/15 final tournament is in Greece and the qualifying round draw has already been made.
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Greece will stage the 2014/15 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and the qualifying round begins on 7 October.
The 52 qualifying round entrants were split into 13 groups of four sides in the draw to be played as mini-tournaments in the October and November 2014 international windows. The top two in each section along with the third-placed nation with the best record against the leading pair will join top seeds Spain in the elite round in spring 2015. The seven group winners then join finals hosts Greece that July.
2014/15 qualifying round draw
Group 1 (10-15 October): Belgium, England, Luxembourg*, Belarus
Group 2 (9-14 October): Austria, Germany, Latvia*, Kazakhstan
Group 3 (7-12 October): Turkey, Croatia*, Iceland, Estonia
Group 4 (10-15 November): Slovakia, Hungary*, Slovenia, Azerbaijan
Group 5 (9-14 October): Russia, Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland*
Group 6 (13-18 November): Republic of Ireland*, Switzerland, Malta, Gibraltar
Group 7 (12-17 November): Denmark, Portugal*, Albania, Wales
Group 8 (12-17 November): Ukraine, Israel*, Sweden, Bulgaria
Group 9 (10-15 October): Italy, Serbia*, Armenia, San Marino
Group 10 (9-14 October): Netherlands, Poland*, Andorra, Moldova
Group 11 (8-13 October): Romania, Georgia*, Cyprus, Montenegro
Group 12 (8-13 October): Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Liechtenstein, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*
Group 13 (7-12 October): Norway, Scotland, Lithuania*, Finland
*Hosts
Bye to elite round: Spain
Bye to finals: Greece (hosts)