2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2
Group 2 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Slovakia, Switzerland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Liechtenstein. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 11 December 2018, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.
The group was originally scheduled to be played in home-and-away round-robin format between 6 June 2019 and 13 October 2020. Under the original format, the group winners and the best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining eight runners-up would advance to the play-offs.[2]
On 17 March 2020, all matches were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the qualifying group stage would be extended and end on 17 November 2020, while the play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in November 2020, would be cancelled. Instead, the group winners and the five best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify for the final tournament.[4][5][6]
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 27 | Final tournament | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
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10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 27 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||
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10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 15 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 12 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 6–0 | ||
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10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
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10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 35 | −32 | 3 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | — |
Matches
[edit]Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Georgia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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France ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Switzerland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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France ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Slovakia ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Switzerland ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Switzerland ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Slovakia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Slovakia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Georgia ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Georgia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Switzerland ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Switzerland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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France ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
[edit]There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
11 goals
9 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Tural Bayramov
Mert Çelik
Ozan Kökçü
Colin Dagba
Jonathan Ikoné
Randal Kolo
Jules Koundé
Isaac Lihadji
Arnaud Nordin
Dan-Axel Zagadou
Vato Arveladze
Giorgi Guliashvili
Beka Kavtaradze
Giorgi Kokhreidze
Giorgi Kutsia
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Anzor Mekvabishvili
Menderes Caglar
Ladislav Almási
Martin Gamboš
Jakub Kadák
Peter Kolesár
Ivan Mesík
Kristián Vallo
Nedim Bajrami
Kastriot Imeri
Jordan Lotomba
Petar Pusic
Silvan Sidler
Bastien Toma
Ruben Vargas
1 own goal
Ilia Beriashvili (against France)
Martin Marxer (against France)
Roman Spirig (against France)
Fabian Unterrainer (against Slovakia)
Lukáš Fabiš (against Georgia)
Notes
[edit]- ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 31 March and 26 October 2019 and between 29 March and 24 October 2020, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
- ^ a b c d e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[7][8]
- ^ a b c d e All matches originally scheduled to be played in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3] These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played in November 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
- ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
- ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
- ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
External links
[edit]- Under-21 Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com