The 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 2000. The final tournament was held in 2002. The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

Qualifying group stage Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Groups 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 featured the same nations Group 1 did not include Faroe Islands Group 2 did not include Andorra Group 6 did not include San Marino Group 7 did not include Liechtenstein, but included France (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3 Team 10901285+2327105321617−118104331812+615103251317−411102261221−9810046520−154

Bulgaria 1–0 Czech Rep. Iceland 0–0 Denmark N. Ireland 1–1* Malta Bulgaria 2–0 Malta Czech Rep. 2–1 Iceland N. Ireland 0–3 Denmark Denmark 2–2 Bulgaria Malta 0–1 Czech Rep. Iceland 2–5 N. Ireland Malta 0–0 Denmark N. Ireland 0–2 Czech Rep. Bulgaria 1–0 Iceland Bulgaria 2–0 N. Ireland Czech Rep. 3–0 Denmark Malta 1–1 Iceland Denmark 3–4 Czech Rep. Iceland 3–0 Malta N. Ireland 1–1 Bulgaria Denmark 3–0 Malta Iceland 3–2 Bulgaria Czech Rep. 4–0 N. Ireland Denmark 2–0 N. Ireland Iceland 0–1 Czech Rep. Malta 2–2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3–1 Denmark Czech Rep. 3–0 Malta N. Ireland 1–3 Iceland Denmark 4–0 Iceland Malta 2–2 N. Ireland Czech Rep. 8–0 Bulgaria (*) Match awarded 3–0 to N.Ireland due to Malta fielding an ineligible player. qualify as group winners fail to qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 4 Team 10721196+132310541196+131910442137+61610235613−7910235417−13910127618−125

Azerbaijan 0–5 Sweden Turkey 1–0 Moldova Slovakia 2–0 R. Macedonia Moldova 0–3 Slovakia R. Macedonia 1–2 Azerbaijan Sweden 0–0 Turkey Moldova 3–0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 1–2 Turkey Slovakia 1–1 Sweden Turkey 0–1 Slovakia Sweden 2–0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 0–0 Moldova R. Macedonia 1–4 Turkey Slovakia 5–0 Azerbaijan Moldova 0–2 Sweden Turkey 3–0 Azerbaijan Sweden 4–0 Slovakia R. Macedonia 2–0 Moldova Turkey 2–0 R. Macedonia Azerbaijan 0–0 Slovakia Sweden 3–0 Moldova Slovakia 0–1 Turkey Moldova 1–0 Azerbaijan R. Macedonia 1–1 Sweden Turkey 4–1 Sweden Azerbaijan 1–0 R. Macedonia Slovakia 0–0 Moldova Moldova 2–2 Turkey Sweden 0–0 Azerbaijan R. Macedonia 1–1 Slovakia qualify as group winners qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7 Team 8620166+10208512137+61684041613+3128224714−788017517−121

Bosnia & Herz. 0–2 Spain France 3–0 Israel France 2–1 Austria Spain 1–0 Israel Austria 2–1 Spain Israel 2–1 Bosnia & Herz. Bosnia & Herz. 0–1 France Israel 3–4 France Bosnia & Herz. 0–0 Austria Spain 1–1 France Austria 0–2 Israel Austria 1–1 France Spain 5–1 Bosnia & Herz. Israel 0–1 Spain Spain 2–0 Austria Bosnia & Herz. 2–4 Israel Austria 2–1 Bosnia & Herz. France 3–0 Spain France 1–0 Bosnia & Herz. Israel 5–1 Austria qualify as group winners qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 8 Team 8611145+9198512135+8168503129+3158206517−1268107917−83

Romania 2–0* Lithuania Hungary 0–3 Italy Lithuania 2–1 Georgia Italy 1–1 Romania Lithuania 0–1 Hungary Italy 3–2 Georgia Hungary 4–1 Lithuania Romania 0–1 Italy Georgia 0–3 Romania Italy 1–0 Lithuania Romania 1–0 Hungary Georgia 0–2 Italy Lithuania 1–0 Romania Hungary 2–1 Georgia Georgia 0–2 Hungary Lithuania 0–3 Italy Hungary 1–3 Romania Georgia 4–1 Lithuania Italy 0–2 Hungary Romania 2–1 Georgia (*) Match awarded 3–0 to Romania due to Lithuania fielding an ineligible player. qualify as group winners qualify as one of best runners-up

Group 9 Team 8521188+10178512146+8168512187+11168116720−1348116319−164

Finland 3–0 Albania Germany 2–1 Greece England 1–1 Germany Greece 3–1 Finland Finland 2–2 England Albania 0–1 Greece Germany 8–0 Albania England 4–0 Finland Albania 0–1 England Greece 2–0 Germany Finland 1–3 Germany Greece 0–0 Albania Greece 3–1 England Albania 0–1 Germany Germany 1–2 England Albania 3–0 Finland Memelli Kaçi Bulku England 5–0 Albania Finland 0–3 Greece England 2–1 Greece Germany 2–0 Finland qualify as group winners qualify as one of best runners-upGreece (16pts) Germany (16pts) head-to-head:2–1 in GER, 2–0 in GRE.: Greece better (3–2 on aggregate)

Ranking of second-placed teams Because groups contained different number or teams (six, five and four), matches against the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in each group are not included in the ranking. As a result, six matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The top seven advanced to the play-off.

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Play-offs

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