The qualifying groups for the: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where possible, matched theββ7- and 6-team World Cup 2006 qualifying groups of the "senior European teams." The exceptions were where Andorra, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, and Northern Ireland were involved; none of whom entered an under-21 team. Germany, whose seniors did not need to qualify for the World Cup (as they will be hosts) were added to one of the 5-team groups created by the absence of the aforementioned nations.
Europe's 48 national under-21 teams entering were divided into eight groups (six groups of 6 + one group of 5 + one group of 7). The eight group winners played off against the eight group runners-up on a two-legged home-and-away basis to decide the eight qualifying teams.
Qualifying Groupsβ»
Drawβ»
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
This was the last time when this grouping schema was applied for U21 qualifying groups.
Group 1β»
Group 2β»
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Albania
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1β2
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0β1
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1β1
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3β1
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1β1
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1β1
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Denmark
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7β0
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1β0
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2β1
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5β1
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1β1
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3β2
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Georgia
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2β1
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2β4
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1β1
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0β1
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0β2
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0β3
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Greece
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2β0
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0β1
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3β0
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5β0
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2β1
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0β1
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Kazakhstan
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0β1
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1β1
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0β1
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1β2
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—
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2β1
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0β1
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Turkey
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4β0
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3β2
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0β0
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0β1
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1β0
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1β0
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Ukraine
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5β0
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0β1
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6β0
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1β0
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2β1
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0β0
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Group 3β»
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Estonia
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1β3
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0β0
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0β5
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1β5
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0β2
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Latvia
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0β0
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—
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2β1
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1β2
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0β4
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0β0
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Luxembourg
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1β1
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1β2
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1β6
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0β4
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0β2
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Portugal
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3β0
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3β0
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4β0
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—
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2β0
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2β1
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Russia
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3β0
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1β1
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3β0
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0β1
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—
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4β0
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Slovakia
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2β1
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3β1
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1β0
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0β1
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1β0
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- ^ Head-to-head results: Russia 4β0 Slovakia, Slovakia 1β0 Russia
Group 4β»
- ^ Head-to-head results: Switzerland 0β0 Israel, Israel 1β1 Switzerland
Group 5β»
Group 6β»
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Austria
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3β0
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0β2
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0β3
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0β3
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2β0
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Azerbaijan
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0β0
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—
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0β0
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0β2
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1β1
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0β1
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England
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1β2
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2β0
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—
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2β2
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4β1
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2β0
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Germany
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2β0
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2β0
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1β1
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1β1
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4β0
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Poland
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2β2
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3β0
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1β3
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1β3
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3β2
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Wales
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1β0
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3β0
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0β4
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0β4
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2β2
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Group 7β»
- ^ Head-to-head results: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2β0 Lithuania, Lithuania 1β0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group 8β»
Play-offsβ»
Group winners played at home in the second leg.
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
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