2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

In the qualifying and elite round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[4]

1. Points in head to head matches among tied teams
2. Goal difference in head to head matches among tied teams
3. Goals scored in head to head matches among tied teams
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams
5. Goal difference in all group matches
6. Goals scored in all group matches
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage)
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for 2 yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):[4]

1. Points
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Disciplinary points (total 3 matches)
5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 8 December 2021, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[5]

• 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Ukraine and Russia, Serbia and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff. Rank  Malta 2.333 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff. Rank  Portugal 29.389 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank  France 23.778 2  England 23.000 3  Italy 21.889 4  Netherlands 16.778 5  Czech Republic 16.722 6  Spain 16.222 7  Germany 15.833 8  Ukraine 14.389 9  Republic of Ireland 13.278 10  Norway 12.611 11  Turkey 12.611 12  Austria 11.833 13  Croatia 11.611 14

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank  Greece 11.000 15  Belgium 10.667 16  Sweden 10.278 17  Serbia 10.167 18  Slovakia 10.167 19  Poland 10.167 20  Scotland 9.833 21  Israel 9.833 22  Bulgaria 9.722 23  Hungary 9.167 24  Romania 8.833 25  Denmark 8.833 26  Slovenia 8.167 27

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank  Georgia 7.833 28  Russia 7.333 29  Finland 7.333 30   Switzerland 7.000 31  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.667 32  Cyprus 5.333 33  Wales 5.000 34  Latvia 4.667 35  Iceland 4.667 36  Azerbaijan 4.500 37  North Macedonia 4.333 38  Northern Ireland 4.333 39  Belarus 4.333 40

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank  Armenia 3.667 41  Montenegro 3.333 42  Kosovo 3.167 43  Albania 2.000 44  Kazakhstan 1.667 45  Andorra 1.667 46  Luxembourg 1.667 47  Moldova 1.333 48  Estonia 1.333 49  Faroe Islands 1.333 50  Lithuania 1.000 51  Gibraltar 0.333 52  San Marino 0.000 53

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Liechtenstein

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	5	Italy	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3	Elite round
2	11	Finland	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	2	Bulgaria	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
4	13	Netherlands	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
5	6	Austria	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1[lower-alpha 1]
6	4	Wales	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1[lower-alpha 1]
7	3	Cyprus	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
8	12	Belarus	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1
9	1	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0
10	8	Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
11	10	North Macedonia	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0
12	9	Montenegro	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0[lower-alpha 2]
13	7	Albania	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0[lower-alpha 2]

The draw for the elite round was held on 8 December 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[13]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	8	France	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9
3	9	England	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
4	12	Germany	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
5	4	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
6	10	Serbia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
7	3	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
8	1	Greece	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Pot B
9	1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
10	11	Croatia	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
11	9	Denmark	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
12	10	Norway	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
13	11	Israel	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
14	5	Poland	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
15	8	Iceland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Pot C
16	5	Estonia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
17	2	Turkey	3	1	2	0	10	6	+4	5
18	13	Slovenia	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
19	13	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
20	6	Romania	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
21	2	Luxembourg	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
22	5	Italy	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6	Pot D
23	6	Latvia	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
24	4	Hungary	3	1	1	1	8	1	+7	4
25	7	Spain	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	4
26	7	Belgium	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
27	12	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
28	3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4