Group 8 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Denmark, Romania, Ukraine, Finland, Northern Ireland, and Malta. 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 September 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
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| 1 | Denmark
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10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Romania
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 20 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Ukraine
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 16 | 2–3 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Finland
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10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 13 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 5 | Northern Ireland
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 9 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 6 | Malta
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
Matches
[edit]Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Finland | 1–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Denmark | 2–1 | Romania |
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| Denmark | 2–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Romania | 4–1 | Finland |
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| Ukraine | 2–3 | Denmark |
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| Northern Ireland | 0–1 | Denmark |
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| Northern Ireland | 2–3 | Finland |
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| Northern Ireland | 1–0 | Ukraine |
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| Ukraine | 3–0 | Northern Ireland |
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Goalscorers
[edit]There were 85 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Mikkel Damsgaard- Emil Riis Jakobsen
- Jesper Lindstrøm
- Nikolas Nartey
- Victor Nelsson
- Andreas Poulsen
Jasin-Amin Assehnoun- Marcus Forss
- Kaan Kairinen
- Timo Stavitski
- Naatan Skyttä
Ayrton Attard- Nicholas Pulis
Jake Dunwoody- Ross Larkin
- David Parkhouse
- Lewis Thompson
Tudor Băluță- Florinel Coman
- George Ganea
- Denis Haruț
- Olimpiu Moruțan
- Alexandru Mățan
- Darius Olaru
Vladyslav Babohlo- Serhiy Buletsa
- Yevhen Isayenko
- Yukhym Konoplya
- Bohdan Lyednyev
- Bogdan Milovanov
- Illya Shevtsov
- Dmytro Topalov
1 own goal
- Juho Hyvärinen (against Romania)
- Andreas Vella (against Finland)
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 f 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 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