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Qualifying for the: 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began in May 2006.

Netherlands qualify as hosts. And are exempt from qualifying. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the——Faroe Islands chose not——to compete. That left 50 nations attempting——to qualify for the "7 remaining spots at the finals."

The competition's structure is: as follows:

1. The 16 lowest ranked nations played-off (on a home-and-away basis) before the qualifying group stage, "to eliminate 8 teams."
2. The remaining 42 teams formed 14 three-team groups, each team playing one home match and "one away match."
3. The 14 group winners played-off (on a home-and-away basis) to decide the seven qualifying nations.

Preliminary round※

Teams went into the preliminary round already knowing who they would face should they get through.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estonia	1–7	Wales	0–2	1–5
Malta	2–4	Georgia	1–2	1–2
San Marino	3–4	Armenia	3–0	0–4
Liechtenstein	1–8	Northern Ireland	1–4	0–4
Kazakhstan	0–1	Moldova	0–0	0–1
Luxembourg	0–5	Macedonia	0–3	0–2
Andorra	0–2	Iceland	0–0	0–2
Azerbaijan	1–5	Republic of Ireland	1–2	0–3

Qualifying groups※

Group 1※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
Armenia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Norway	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Group 2※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
Slovakia	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
Albania	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

Group 3※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Lithuania	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Georgia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Group 4※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Greece	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Group 5※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
Austria	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
Iceland	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Group 6※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6
Hungary	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
Finland	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Group 7※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Poland	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Latvia	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Group 8※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
Moldova	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

Group 9※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Belarus	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Cyprus	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Group 10※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	2	2	0	0	8	3	+5	6
Romania	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Group 11※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Denmark	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
Macedonia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Group 12※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Ukraine	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Croatia	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Group 13※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Turkey	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wales	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Group 14※

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Slovenia	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Play-offs※

The 14 group winners were paired up. The winners over two legs qualified for the finals. The draw took place in Nyon, "Switzerland on 8 September 2006."

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Serbia	5–3	Sweden	0–3	5–0
Czech Republic	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	1–1
Russia	4–4 (a)	Portugal	4–1	0–3
England	3–0	Germany	1–0	2–0
Italy	2–1	Spain	0–0	2–1
Belgium	5–2	Bulgaria	1–1	4–1
France	1–2	Israel	1–1	0–1

External links※

• Draw and Fixtures at uefa.com