2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Armenia in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1] Apart from Armenia, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions were permitted per team in each match.[3] FormatThe qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[4]
The schedule of each group was as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 19.04):[4]
TiebreakersIn the qualifying round and elite round, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[4]
Qualifying roundDrawThe draw for the qualifying round was held on 6 December 2017, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5][6] The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following (a four-year window was used instead of the previous three-year window):[7]
Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.[2]
GroupsThe qualifying round was required to be completed by 20 November 2018.[6] Times up to 27 October 2018 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Group 1
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium) Group 2
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg) Group 3
Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus)
Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus)
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium) Group 4
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
Group 5
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia) Group 6
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey) Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta) Group 10
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria) Group 11
Group 12
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Referee: Nenad Djokić (Serbia) Group 13
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland) Elite roundDrawThe draw for the elite round was held on 6 December 2018, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8][9] The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[10] Portugal and Germany, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn in the same group.
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots. GroupsThe elite round was played from 18–26 March 2019, during the March FIFA International Match Calendar dates. Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Group 1
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
FC Krasnodar Academy Stadium pitch 5, Krasnodar Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
FC Krasnodar Academy Stadium pitch 5, Krasnodar Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
FC Krasnodar Academy Stadium pitch 5, Krasnodar Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland) Group 2
St George's Park pitch 4, Burton upon Trent Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
St George's Park pitch 4, Burton upon Trent Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
St George's Park Stadium, Burton upon Trent Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia) Group 3
Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden) Group 4
Referee: Michael Fabri (Italy)
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia) Group 5
Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece) Group 6
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland) Group 7
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania) Qualified teamsThe following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
GoalscorersIn the qualifying round, there were 243 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match. In the elite round, there were 127 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.02 goals per match. In total, there were 370 goals scored in 120 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match. 6 goals 5 goals 4 goals 3 goals 2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: UEFA.com[11] References
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