Английская Википедия:2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

The 2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was to be a men's under-17 football competition that would have determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Cyprus in the 2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to participate.^[2]

Apart from Cyprus, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, where the original format was to consist of two rounds: Qualifying round, which would have taken place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which would also have taken place in spring 2021.^[3] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was delayed to March 2021, and the elite round was abolished, with the 13 qualifying round group winners joining the top two seeds by coefficient ranking, Netherlands and Spain (which originally received byes to the elite round), in the final tournament.^[4]^[5]

On 18 December 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that the 2021 tournament was cancelled after consultation with all 55 member associations due to the pandemic.^[6]

Format

The qualifying competition originally consisted of the following two rounds:

Qualifying round: Apart from Netherlands and Spain, which receive byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was to be played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group were to advance to the elite round.
Elite round: The 32 teams were to be drawn into eight groups of four teams. Each group was to be played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against all teams in their group were to qualify for the final tournament.

After the format change, the qualifying competition consists of only one round:

Qualifying round: The draw remained the same as before. The 13 group winners, Netherlands and Spain, which originally received byes to the elite round, were to qualify for the final tournament.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2019, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[3]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[7]^[8]

2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
2019 UEFA European Under-17 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: Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Final tournament hosts
Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Fbu	6.167	—

Bye to elite round
Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Fbu	28.556	1
Шаблон:Fbu	27.444	2

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A
Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Fbu	23.056	3
Шаблон:Fbu	22.667	4
Шаблон:Fbu	20.722	5
Шаблон:Fbu	19.833	6
Шаблон:Fbu	18.944	7
Шаблон:Fbu	18.556	8
Шаблон:Fbu	16.833	9
Шаблон:Fbu	15.278	10
Шаблон:Fbu	14.389	11
Шаблон:Fbu	13.556	12
Шаблон:Fbu	13.278	13
Шаблон:Fbu	12.667	14
Шаблон:Fbu	12.333	15

Pot B
Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Fbu	12.000	16
Шаблон:Fbu	11.889	17
Шаблон:Fbu	11.722	18
Шаблон:Fbu	11.167	19
Шаблон:Fbu	11.111	20
Шаблон:Fbu	11.000	21
Шаблон:Fbu	10.722	22
Шаблон:Fbu	10.667	23
Шаблон:Fbu	10.222	24
Шаблон:Fbu	10.111	25
Шаблон:Fbu	10.000	26
Шаблон:Fbu	9.833	27
Шаблон:Fbu	9.333	28

Pot C
Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Fbu	8.167	29
Шаблон:Fbu	7.833	30
Шаблон:Fbu	5.500	31
Шаблон:Fbu	5.333	32
Шаблон:Fbu	5.333	33
Шаблон:Fbu	4.833	34
Шаблон:Fbu	4.667	35
Шаблон:Fbu	4.500	36
Шаблон:Fbu	4.333	37
Шаблон:Fbu	4.167	38
Шаблон:Fbu	4.000	39
Шаблон:Fbu	3.000	40
Шаблон:Fbu	2.889	41

Pot D
Team	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Fbu	2.667	42
Шаблон:Fbu	2.333	43
Шаблон:Fbu	2.333	44
Шаблон:Fbu	2.000	45
Шаблон:Fbu	2.000	46
Шаблон:Fbu	2.000	47
Шаблон:Fbu	1.333	48
Шаблон:Fbu	1.000	49
Шаблон:Fbu	0.667	50
Шаблон:Fbu	0.667	51
Шаблон:Fbu	0.333	52
Шаблон:Fbu	0.000	53
Шаблон:Fbu	0.000	54

Notes

Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Groups

The qualifying round was originally scheduled to be played by 17 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was delayed to March 2021.^[5]

Times up to 27 March 2021 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

Originally scheduled to be played between 29 October and 4 November 2020. {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Qualifying round Group 1

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