The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1992 and finished in early 1994. The final tournament was held in March and April 1994 in France.
The 32 national teams were divided into six groups (four groups of 5 + two groups of 6). The group winners and the two best runners-up played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis to determine the final four, one of whom would host the last four matches.
The team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (founded in April 1992) were excluded from the tournament for political reasons. They had been drawn in group five. In the first competition since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia competed. Wales also competed for the first time.
Albeit had been dissolved in 1992, Czechoslovakia still competed for this time.
Qualifying group stage Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 1 did not include Estonia Groups 2 and 6 featured the same nations Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland, Lithuania and Latvia, but included Germany (who did not participate in World Cup qualification) Group 4 did not include Faroe Islands Group 5 featured the same nations. As in the World Cup qualifiers, Yugoslavia was excluded from the group after the draw
Group 1 Team Italy8701166+1021 Portugal8521184+1417 Switzerland8323118+311 Scotland8224811−38 Malta8008125−240
Group 2 Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts1107032610212106221510203106132013194104332081551032511141161000103400
Norway 3–2 San Marino Poland 3–0 Turkey Norway 1–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–3 Norway England 0–2 Norway Netherlands 1–3 Poland Turkey 4–0 San Marino England 0–1 Turkey Turkey 1–1 Netherlands England 6–0 San Marino Netherlands 0–1 Turkey San Marino 0–2 Turkey Netherlands 3–0 San Marino Turkey 0–0 England Poland 7–0 San Marino Norway 5–2 Turkey England 3–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–5 Poland Poland 1–4 England Norway 1–1 England Netherlands 2–1 Norway England 1–2 Poland Norway 3–1 Poland San Marino 1–3 Netherlands Poland 2–0 Norway Netherlands 1–1 England Turkey 1–0 Poland Turkey 3–1 Norway Poland 2–0 Netherlands San Marino 0–4 England qualify as group winners
Group 3 Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts187101542228503208153840412912481255185581167204
Spain 1–1 Albania Ireland 3–1 Albania Denmark 3–2 Ireland Albania 0–1 Germany Spain 2–1 Ireland Germany 1–2 Spain Germany 4–1 Albania Ireland 0–1 Germany Germany 8–0 Ireland Denmark 0–1 Spain Denmark 1–4 Germany Ireland 0–2 Denmark Albania 1–1 Ireland Denmark 5–0 Albania Albania 1–0 Denmark Albania 0–3 Spain Germany 0–1 Denmark Ireland 0–2 Spain Spain 1–0 Denmark Spain 3–1 Germany qualify as group winners
Group 4 Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts18611164192850313101538413971348323161611580084210
Belgium 3–0 Cyprus Romania 2–3 Wales Czechoslovakia 1–0 Belgium Cyprus 2–4 Wales Belgium 1–0 Romania Romania 1–0 Czechoslovakia Belgium 3–1 Wales Cyprus 0–2 Romania Cyprus 0–1 Belgium Cyprus 0–2 Czechoslovakia Wales 0–0 Belgium Romania 1–0 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 1–1 Wales Czechoslovakia 4–2 Romania Wales 0–4 Czechoslovakia Romania 3–1 Belgium Wales 6–2 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 2–0 Cyprus Wales 1–2 Romania Belgium 0–2 Czechoslovakia qualify as group winners
Group 5 was excluded due to Yugoslav war. Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts186202542028620236203830511179482158167580172261
Greece 3–0 Iceland Hungary 3–2 Iceland Luxembourg 0–0 Hungary Iceland 1–3 Greece Russia 5–0 Iceland Russia 2–1 Luxembourg Greece 2–1 Hungary Greece 6–0 Luxembourg Hungary 1–2 Greece Luxembourg 0–6 Russia Russia 2–0 Hungary Luxembourg 1–3 Iceland Russia 1–1 Greece Iceland 0–1 Russia Iceland 2–1 Hungary Hungary 0–6 Russia Iceland 3–0 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–4 Greece Hungary 2–0 Luxembourg Greece 2–2 Russia qualify as group winners qualify as a "best runner-up"
Group 6 Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts1108112062521044221816310424101314410424913145103161716106101278295
Finland 0–0 Bulgaria Finland 1–0 Sweden Bulgaria 0–1 France Sweden 6–0 Bulgaria France 6–1 Austria Austria 1–5 Israel Israel 1–1 Sweden France 1–2 Finland Israel 1–2 Bulgaria Israel 1–2 France Austria 0–1 France Austria 2–0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3–1 Finland France 2–1 Sweden Bulgaria 1–0 Israel Finland 2–0 Austria Sweden 1–1 Austria Sweden 4–1 Israel Finland 1–0 Israel Sweden 1–1 France Austria 2–2 Finland Finland 0–1 France Bulgaria 0–0 Sweden Bulgaria 3–0 Austria Sweden 4–0 Finland France 3–0 Israel Israel 6–0 Austria Israel 2–1 Finland Austria 1–3 Sweden France 2–0 Bulgaria qualify as group winners
Ranking of second-placed teams Because groups contained different number or teams (six and five), 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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See also 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship