2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification was a men's under-19 football competition organised by UEFA to determine the seven national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Germany in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 18 September – 18 November 2015 Elite round: 23–30 March 2016
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	120
Goals scored	352 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivan Šaponjić (6 goals)
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A total of 53 national teams entered this qualifying competition, which was played in two rounds between September 2015 and March 2016.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to participate.

Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Spain, which received a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was 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 third-placed team with the best record against the first- and second-placed teams in its group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:^[3]

1. Higher number of points;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
5. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2014, 09:50 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4][5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[6][7]

• 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Bye to elite round

Team	Coeff	Rank
Spain	13.667	1

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  Portugal 11.833 2  Serbia 11.000 3  France 10.333 4  England 9.833 5  Turkey 9.500 6  Georgia 8.500 7  Austria 8.333 8  Ukraine 8.167 9  Denmark 7.667 10  Netherlands 7.500 11  Croatia 7.167 12  Greece 6.833 13  Czech Republic 6.167 14  Belgium 6.000 15  Republic of Ireland 6.000 16   Switzerland 6.000 17  Norway 5.833 18  Israel 5.833 19  Italy 5.667 20  Romania 5.500 21  Bulgaria 5.167 22  Hungary 5.000 23  Sweden 4.833 24  Russia 4.667 25  Scotland 4.667 26  Cyprus 4.167 27

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Montenegro 4.167 28  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.167 29  Slovenia 4.167 30  Slovakia 4.167 31  Macedonia 4.000 32  Poland 3.667 33  Iceland 3.167 34  Armenia 3.000 35  Estonia 3.000 36  Albania 3.000 37  Wales 2.833 38  Northern Ireland 2.667 39  Latvia 2.333 40  Finland 2.333 41  Belarus 2.000 42  Lithuania 1.833 43  Azerbaijan 1.667 44  Malta 1.333 45  Luxembourg 1.000 46  Faroe Islands 1.000 47  Kazakhstan 0.333 48  Moldova 0.333 49  San Marino 0.000 50  Andorra 0.000 51  Liechtenstein 0.000 52  Gibraltar 0.000 53

Notes

• Germany (Coeff: 8.833) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.

Groups

Times up to 24 October 2015 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Elite round
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
3	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Latvia	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)

15:30

Scotland	2–0	Latvia
Nesbitt 22' Sammut 44'	Report

Markets Field, Limerick

Attendance: 20

Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)

17:00

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Slovenia
	Report	Rokavec 32'

Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway

Attendance: 171

Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

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15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

15:30

Slovenia	1–0	Scotland
Ivkič 73'	Report

Markets Field, Limerick

Attendance: 50

Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

20:30

Republic of Ireland	3–0	Latvia
Mulhern 9', 64' Kelly 56'	Report

Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway

Attendance: 107

Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

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18 November 2015 (2015-11-18)

16:30

Scotland	4–0	Republic of Ireland
Hardie 2' Nesbitt 24' Ros. McCrorie 30' Kiltie 67'	Report

Markets Field, Limerick

Attendance: 200

Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

18 November 2015 (2015-11-18)

16:30

Latvia	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway

Attendance: 29

Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Elite round
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)

14:00

Hungary	4–0	Kazakhstan
Haris 7' (pen.) Petró 32' Szatmári 83' (pen.) Rózsahegyi 87'	Report

Stadion Veli Jože, Poreč

Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)

16:00

Croatia	3–1	Montenegro
Matić 36', 45+1' Božić 78'	Report	Perović 40'

Stadion Veruda, Pula

Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

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20 September 2015 (2015-09-20)

14:00

Montenegro	3–0	Hungary
Camaj 45+1' Banović 83' Perović 88'	Report

Stadion Veruda, Pula

Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20)

16:00

Croatia	1–0	Kazakhstan
Brekalo 31'	Report

Stadion Veli Jože, Poreč

Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

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23 September 2015 (2015-09-23)

16:00

Hungary	1–1	Croatia
Korozmán 15'	Report	Knežević 49' (pen.)

Stadion Veruda, Pula

Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23)

16:00

Kazakhstan	1–2	Montenegro
Zyabko 15'	Report	Rašo 55' Vukicević 73'

Stadion Veli Jože, Poreč

Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Elite round
2	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4[a]
3	Luxembourg	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4[a]
4	Cyprus (H)	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Ranked by head-to-head record (Bulgaria: 3 pts; Luxembourg: 0 pts).

11 November 2015 (2015-11-11)

13:30

Bulgaria	0–1	Poland
	Report	Świderski 90+3'

Pafiako Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Sergei Lapochkin (Russia)

11 November 2015 (2015-11-11)

13:30

Cyprus	1–2	Luxembourg
Charalambous 6'	Report	Muratovic 13' Da Silva 67'

Koukila Community Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

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13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)

13:30

Bulgaria	2–1	Luxembourg
Bohnert 6' (o.g.) Al. Georgiev 21'	Report	Muratovic 63'

Pafiako Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)

13:30

Poland	3–0	Cyprus
Ryczkowski 7', 17' Świderski 88'	Report

Koukila Community Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

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16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)

13:30

Cyprus	3–3	Bulgaria
G. Christodoulou 29' Malekkides 47' Kallis 82'	Report	Kraev 41' Al. Georgiev 58', 63'

Koukila Community Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Sergei Lapochkin (Russia)

16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)

13:30

Luxembourg	2–2	Poland
Muratovic 3', 17'	Report	Świderski 7' Janicki 63'

Pafiako Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Elite round
2	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Finland	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Macedonia (H)	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

15:00

Italy	1–1	Finland
Vido 26' (pen.)	Report	Väisänen 33'

Boris Trajkovski Stadium, Skopje

Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

15:00

England	2–0	Macedonia
Armstrong 67' Maitland-Niles 90+4'	Report

Training Centre Petar Miloševski, Skopje

Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)

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10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)

13:00

Finland	0–1	England
	Report	Abraham 73'

Training Centre Petar Miloševski, Skopje

Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)

15:00

Italy	3–2	Macedonia
Vido 11' (pen.), 69', 71'	Report	Alomeroviс 16' Jevtoski 34' (pen.)

Training Centre Petar Miloševski, Skopje

Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

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13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

15:00

England	0–0	Italy
	Report

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

15:00

Macedonia	1–2	Finland
Petkovski 84' (pen.)	Report	Peiponen 56' Jakonen 69'

Training Centre Petar Miloševski, Skopje

Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6[a]	Elite round
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6[a]
3	Azerbaijan (H)	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3[b]
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3[b]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Ranked by head-to-head record (Turkey: 3 pts; Ukraine: 0 pts).
2. Ranked by head-to-head record (Azerbaijan: 3 pts; Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0 pts).

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)

11:00

Turkey	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Özcan 13'	Report	Mustedanagić 50' Gojak 79'

Bayil Stadium, Baku

Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)

15:00

Ukraine	4–0	Azerbaijan
Shevchenko 47' Schebetun 62' Pikhalyonok 87' (pen.) Hutsulyak 90+4'	Report

Bayil Stadium, Baku

Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

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12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

11:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Ukraine
Hadžiahmetović 10'	Report	Hutsulyak 45', 83' Schebetun 64'

Bayil Stadium, Baku

Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

15:00

Turkey	1–0	Azerbaijan
Balıkçı 57'	Report

Bayil Stadium, Baku

Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)

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15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

15:00

Ukraine	3–4	Turkey
Shved 3' Schebetun 15' Pikhalyonok 29'	Report	Canlı 49' Ünder 70' (pen.) Özcan 76' Beşir 78'

Dalga Arena, Baku

Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

15:00

Azerbaijan	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mustafazade 41'	Report

Bayil Stadium, Baku

Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Elite round
2	Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Iceland	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Malta (H)	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)

14:00

Israel	3–1	Malta
Mahamid 37', 48' Sfuri 90+4'	Report	J. Grech 15' (pen.)

Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun

Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)

14:00

Denmark	1–1	Iceland
Dolberg 4'	Report	Halldorsson 90+1'

Hibernians Ground, Paola

Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

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12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

11:30

Israel	4–1	Iceland
Mahamid 14', 16', 51' Yerushalmi 56' (pen.)	Report	Guðjohnsen 67'

Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun

Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

14:45

Malta	0–3	Denmark
	Report	Duelund 21' (pen.), 61' Thychosen 60'

Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun

Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

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15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

14:00

Denmark	0–0	Israel
	Report

Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun

Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

14:00

Iceland	1–0	Malta
Guðmundsson 85' (pen.)	Report

Hibernians Ground, Paola

Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Elite round
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	6
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)

14:00

Greece	1–0	Lithuania
Lamprou 12'	Report

Estádio Municipal Doutor Orlando Mendes, Santa Comba Dão

Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)

16:00

Portugal	1–0	Moldova
Ferro 25'	Report

Estádio Municipal de Nelas, Nelas

Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

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12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

14:00

Greece	2–1	Moldova
Megaritis 2' Stathopoulos 49'	Report	Vidalis 41' (o.g.)

Estádio Municipal de Mangualde, Mangualde

Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

16:00

Lithuania	0–5	Portugal
	Report	Carvalho 25' G. Rodrigues 52' Buta 67', 88' Sanches 70'

Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu

Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

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15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

16:00

Portugal	4–0	Greece
G. Rodrigues 15' Dias 33' Sanches 70' A. Silva 87'	Report

Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu

Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

16:00

Moldova	0–1	Lithuania
	Report	Laučys 17'

Estádio Municipal de Nelas, Nelas

Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Elite round
2	Georgia (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Albania	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3[a]
4	Wales	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Ranked by head-to-head record (Albania: 3 pts; Wales: 0 pts).

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

10:00

Austria	3–0 Awarded	Albania
Posch 4' Krainz 90+5'	Report	Toli 49'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi

Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

The match was completed with a 2–1 scoreline before a 3–0 default victory was awarded to Austria due to Albania fielding an ineligible player.

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

11:00

Georgia	0–3	Wales
	Report	Abbruzzese 34' James 44' G. Thomas 45+3'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

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14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

10:00

Austria	2–0	Wales
Schlager 54' Pavlović 66'	Report

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi

Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

11:00

Albania	0–3 Awarded	Georgia
	Report	Goshteliani 86'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

The match was completed with a 0–1 scoreline before a 0–3 default victory was awarded to Georgia due to Albania fielding an ineligible player.

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17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

11:00

Georgia	0–0	Austria
	Report

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

11:00

Wales	2–3	Albania
J. Thomas 34' G. Thomas 50'	Report	Zenuni 10', 36' Krasniqi 42'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi

Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Elite round
2	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Russia (H)	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Norway	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches on the first matchday, originally to be played on 11 November (Norway v Northern Ireland at 12:00 and Russia v Slovakia at 15:00), were postponed to 12 November due to heavy rain in Sochi.^[8] Matches on the second matchday were also pushed back from 13 November to 14 November as a result.

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

12:00

Russia	1–1	Slovakia
Obolsky 69'	Report	Greif 90+3'

Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 700

Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Romania)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

12:00

Norway	1–2	Northern Ireland
Bjørdal 56'	Report	Kennedy 12' Newberry 54'

Sputnik-Sport, Sochi

Attendance: 25

Referee: Ilias Spathas (Greece)

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14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

12:00

Slovakia	2–2	Norway
Balaj 57' Bénes 65' (pen.)	Report	Samuelsen 21' (pen.), 86' (pen.)

Sputnik-Sport, Sochi

Attendance: 25

Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Romania)

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

15:00

Russia	1–1	Northern Ireland
Mironov 74'	Report	Kennedy 6'

Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 150

Referee: Jovan Kaludjerović (Montenegro)

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16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)

12:00

Norway	1–1	Russia
Svendsen 63'	Report	Obolsky 25'

Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 100

Referee: Ilias Spathas (Greece)

16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)

12:00

Northern Ireland	0–2	Slovakia
	Report	Laczkó 26' Bénes 89'

Sputnik-Sport, Sochi

Attendance: 25

Referee: Jovan Kaludjerović (Montenegro)

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Elite round
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7
3	Liechtenstein	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	Gibraltar	3	0	1	2	1	19	−18	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)

15:00

France	3–1	Liechtenstein
Augustin 1' Lusamba 52' Thuram 67'	Report	Frick 50'

Stade Municipal, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax

Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)

18:30

Netherlands	9–0	Gibraltar
Bergwijn 7', 74' Lammers 26', 30', 58' Schuurman 60', 84' Dekker 75' Nouri 79'	Report

Stade de l'Argenté, Mont-de-Marsan

Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)

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9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)

15:00

Netherlands	2–0	Liechtenstein
Bergwijn 67' Göppel 87' (o.g.)	Report

Stade Municipal, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax

Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)

18:30

Gibraltar	0–9	France
	Report	Augustin 3', 6', 24' Diop 36' Gelin 41' Perraud 46' Boscagli 58' Thuram 59' Lusamba 72'

Stade André Darrigade, Dax

Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)

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12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)

15:00

France	1–1	Netherlands
Augustin 19'	Report	Van de Beek 41'

Stade de l'Argenté, Mont-de-Marsan

Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)

15:00

Liechtenstein	1–1	Gibraltar
Frick 10'	Report	Clinton 45+2'

Stade André Darrigade, Dax

Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Romania (H)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Andorra	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

10:00

Switzerland	1–0	Andorra
Alpsoy 3'	Report

Stadionul Iuliu Bodola, Oradea

Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

14:00

Romania	2–0	Faroe Islands
Stoica 42' Petre 82'	Report

Stadionul Iuliu Bodola, Oradea

Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

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14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

10:00

Faroe Islands	0–4	Switzerland
	Report	Duah 34', 39', 65' Zeqiri 75'

Stadionul Iuliu Bodola, Oradea

Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

14:00

Romania	2–0	Andorra
Ene 19', 51'	Report

Stadionul Iuliu Bodola, Oradea

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

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17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

10:00

Switzerland	3–1	Romania
Alpsoy 54' Gjorgjev 71' Cani 84' (pen.)	Report	Petre 20'

Stadionul Iuliu Bodola, Oradea

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

10:00

Andorra	1–1	Faroe Islands
Nazzaro 5'	Report	Olsen 74'

Paleu Stadium, Paleu

Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Elite round
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
3	Estonia (H)	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

12:00

Czech Republic	4–0	Armenia
Mihálik 6', 20' Kuchta 15' Pulkrab 56'	Report

Kalevi Keskstaadion, Tallinn

Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

14:30

Serbia	5–0	Estonia
Jović 30', 50', 55' (pen.) Glavčić 35' Šaponjić 39'	Report

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

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10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)

12:00

Armenia	0–4	Serbia
	Report	Šaponjić 22', 44' Senić 56' Jović 62'

Kalevi Keskstaadion, Tallinn

Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)

14:30

Czech Republic	2–1	Estonia
Mihálik 17' Kuchta 78'	Report	Riiberg 66' (pen.)

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

Referee: Anatolii Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

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13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

14:30

Serbia	2–4	Czech Republic
Šaponjić 36', 47'	Report	Klíma 15', 19' (pen.) Ladra 63' Kuchta 83'

Kalevi Keskstaadion, Tallinn

Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

14:30

Estonia	2–0	Armenia
Riiberg 21' (pen.) Mutso 51'	Report

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

Referee: Anatolii Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Belarus	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)

15:00

Sweden	2–0	Belarus
Nilsson 82' Larsson 90+3'	Report

Puyenbeke Stadion, Sint-Niklaas

Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)

7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)

19:00

Belgium	9–0	San Marino
Schryvers 6', 22' Dimata 11' (pen.), 16' Mmaee 19', 45+1' Tshimanga 51' Callebaut 77', 88'	Report

Puyenbeke Stadion, Sint-Niklaas

Referee: Georgi Vadachkoria (Georgia)

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9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)

15:00

San Marino	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Nikolić 37'

Burgemeester Van de Wielestadion, Deinze

Referee: Georgi Vadachkoria (Georgia)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)

19:00

Belgium	2–2	Belarus
Dimata 14', 90+4'	Report	Yuzepchuk 33', 58'

Burgemeester Van de Wielestadion, Deinze

Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)

19:00

Sweden	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Djim 18' Dimata 77'

Burgemeester Van de Wielestadion, Deinze

Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)

19:00

Belarus	6–1	San Marino
Ivanow 31' Antilevsky 51', 69' Gromyko 57' Yuzepchuk 72' Bakhar 78'	Report	Carlini 38'

Puyenbeke Stadion, Sint-Niklaas

Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)

Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round advancing to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	9	Russia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Elite round
2	3	Luxembourg	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	4	Finland	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
4	13	Belarus	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
5	6	Iceland	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
6	2	Hungary	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
7	11	Andorra	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
8	10	Liechtenstein	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
9	1	Republic of Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0[a]
10	5	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0[a]
11	12	Estonia	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0
12	7	Lithuania	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0[a]
13	8	Albania	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held on 3 December 2015, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[9][10]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[11] Spain, which received a bye 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 (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.^[12]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	7	Portugal	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9
3	12	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
4	11	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
5	13	Belgium	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7[a]
6	10	France	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7[a]
7	10	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7
8	6	Israel	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Pot B
9	3	Poland	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
10	2	Croatia	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
11	8	Austria	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7[b]
12	4	England	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
13	1	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
14	12	Serbia	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
15	5	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6	Pot C
16	1	Scotland	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
17	2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
18	11	Romania	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
19	5	Turkey	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
20	13	Sweden	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
21	7	Greece	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	6
22	6	Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Pot D
23	9	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
24	4	Italy	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
25	3	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
26	9	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
27	8	Georgia	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4[b]
28	9	Russia	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. Tie broken by disciplinary points.
2. The draw was held before 3–0 default victories were awarded to Austria and Georgia due to Albania fielding an ineligible player. Neither the qualified teams nor the seeding pots were affected by the changed scorelines.

Groups

Times up to 26 March 2016 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Final tournament
2	Spain (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4[a]
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4[a]
4	Georgia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Ranked by head-to-head record (Spain: 3 pts; Greece: 0 pts).

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

12:00

Spain	2–0	Greece
Martín 22' Mayoral 26' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Ciudad de Lepe, Lepe

Referee: Frank Schneider (France)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

17:00

England	2–1	Georgia
Abraham 8' Onomah 10'	Report	Goshteliani 84'

Estadio Luis Rodríguez Salvador, Cartaya

Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)

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26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

12:00

Spain	1–1	Georgia
Mayoral 42'	Report	Bidzinashvili 8'

Estadio Luis Rodríguez Salvador, Cartaya

Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

17:00

Greece	1–1	England
Lamprou 51'	Report	Armstrong 49' (pen.)

Estadio Ciudad de Lepe, Lepe

Referee: Dominik Ouschan (Austria)

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29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

17:00

England	2–0	Spain
Onomah 6' Armstrong 66'	Report

Estadio Ciudad de Lepe, Lepe

Referee: Frank Schneider (France)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

17:00

Georgia	1–2	Greece
Mikeltadze 60'	Report	Dimitriadis 42', 72'

Estadio Luis Rodríguez Salvador, Cartaya

Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Final tournament
2	Turkey	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
3	Israel	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

12:00

Switzerland	1–4	Turkey
Sow 5'	Report	Günaslan 40' Ünder 49' (pen.), 60' Karakoç 52'

Stadio Comunale di Caldogno, Caldogno

Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

15:30

Israel	0–4	Italy
	Report	Panico 9' Felicioli 29' Favilli 44' Coppolaro 73'

Stadio Euganeo, Padua

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

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27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)

12:00

Turkey	1–0	Israel
Demiral 56'	Report

Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)

18:00

Switzerland	0–2	Italy
	Report	Ghiglione 75' Dimarco 81' (pen.)

Stadio Euganeo, Padua

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

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30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)

15:00

Israel	2–0	Switzerland
Galili 38' Loosli 65' (o.g.)	Report

Stadio Euganeo, Padua

Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)

15:00

Italy	2–2	Turkey
Favilli 59' Edera 88'	Report	Kanatsızkuş 89' Özcan 90+2'

Stadio Comunale di Caldogno, Caldogno

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

11:00

Czech Republic	3–0	Romania
Mihálik 5' (pen.) Pulkrab 22' Trubač 34'	Report

Thermenstadion, Bad Waltersdorf

Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

18:00

Austria	3–1	Slovakia
Jakupović 10' (pen.), 52' Prokop 11'	Report	Hancko 73'

Gansbärenstadion, Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

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26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

11:00

Czech Republic	1–2	Slovakia
Štěpánek 41'	Report	Kopičár 5' (pen.) Mráz 30'

Sparkassenstadion, Gleisdorf

Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

15:30

Romania	0–4	Austria
	Report	Prokop 13', 37' Malicsek 67' Jakupović 82' (pen.)

Thermenstadion, Bad Waltersdorf

Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

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29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

18:00

Austria	3–1	Czech Republic
Prokop 34' Grabovac 78' Posch 84'	Report	Pulkrab 55'

Sparkassenstadion, Gleisdorf

Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

18:00

Slovakia	3–1	Romania
Šalata 30' Špalek 43' Jirka 69'	Report	Ene 38'

Gansbärenstadion, Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Final tournament
2	Poland	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

16:30

Poland	2–1	Northern Ireland
Świderski 14', 84'	Report	Lavery 33'

Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

19:30

Netherlands	3–2	Ukraine
Lammers 8' Van de Beek 26' Nouri 71' (pen.)	Report	Fursov 36' Shved 38'

Sportpark Zuid, Groesbeek

Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

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26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

13:00

Ukraine	0–0	Poland
	Report

Sportpark Zuid, Groesbeek

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

16:00

Netherlands	1–0	Northern Ireland
Eiting 59'	Report

Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden

Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

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29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

19:30

Poland	0–0	Netherlands
	Report

Sportpark Zuid, Groesbeek

Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

19:30

Northern Ireland	0–2	Ukraine
	Report	Pikhalyonok 29' Tsygankov 83'

Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden

Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Final tournament
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)

12:30

Belgium	2–0	Scotland
Van Landschoot 5' Mmaee 85'	Report

Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena

Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Ukraine)

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)

16:00

Croatia	1–0	Bulgaria
Brekalo 53'	Report

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

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25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

13:00

Belgium	1–0	Bulgaria
Cuypers 81'	Report

Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

16:00

Scotland	0–3	Croatia
	Report	Brodić 36' Turčin 47' Brekalo 77'

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

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28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)

16:00

Croatia	4–0	Belgium
Benković 37' Brodić 45' Lovren 76' Knežević 90'	Report

Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka

Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Ukraine)

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)

16:00

Bulgaria	1–2	Scotland
Al. Georgiev 38'	Report	Hardie 15' Kiltie 78' (pen.)

Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Final tournament
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

15:00

Slovenia	1–0	Russia
Elšnik 87'	Report

Complexo Desportivo Clube de Futebol de Fão, Apúlia e Fão

Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

17:00

Portugal	4–0	Sweden
A. Silva 13' Buta 23', 24' Rodrigues 64'	Report

Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde

Referee: Padraig Sutton (Republic of Ireland)

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26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

15:00

Sweden	1–3	Slovenia
Drešević 82'	Report	Elšnik 36' Kramarič 38', 46'

Estádio do Varzim SC, Póvoa de Varzim

Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

17:00

Portugal	1–1	Russia
Delgado 41'	Report	Obolsky 90'

Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos

Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Greece)

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29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

17:00

Slovenia	1–3	Portugal
Tijanić 79'	Report	Dias 17' Costa 18' Delgado 72'

Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde

Referee: Padraig Sutton (Republic of Ireland)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

17:00

Russia	2–1	Sweden
Melkadze 63' (pen.) Zhamaletdinov 78'	Report	Nilsson 15'

Estádio do Varzim SC, Póvoa de Varzim

Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Greece)

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Final tournament
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	4
3	Serbia (H)	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

14:30

France	1–0	Montenegro
Blas 53'	Report

Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina

Referee: Robert Madley (England)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

14:30

Serbia	2–2	Denmark
Šaponjić 60' Mijailović 84'	Report	Duelund 56' (pen.) Bruun Larsen 76'

Čika Dača Stadium, Kragujevac

Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

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26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

14:30

France	4–0	Denmark
Mbappé 9' Onguéné 13' Diop 53' Thuram 56'	Report

Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina

Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

14:30

Montenegro	1–4	Serbia
O. Sarkic 21'	Report	Jović 33' (pen.) Duronjić 37', 51' Milenković 54'

Metalac Stadium, Gornji Milanovac

Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

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29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

14:30

Serbia	0–1	France
	Report	Mbappé 41'

Čika Dača Stadium, Kragujevac

Referee: Robert Madley (England)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

14:30

Denmark	7–1	Montenegro
Veber 4', 19', 53', 67' Rasmussen 30' Laursen 49' Duelund 59'	Report	Vorotović 17'

Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina

Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1 only U-19 era (since 2002)
Germany	Hosts	20 March 2012[1]	7 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015)
England	Elite round Group 1 winners	29 March 2016	7 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Italy	Elite round Group 2 winners	30 March 2016	4 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2010)
Austria	Elite round Group 3 winners	29 March 2016	6 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 4 winners	29 March 2016	3 (2010, 2013, 2015)
Croatia	Elite round Group 5 winners	28 March 2016	2 (2010, 2012)
Portugal	Elite round Group 6 winners	29 March 2016	7 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
France	Elite round Group 7 winners	29 March 2016	8 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Top goalscorers

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:^[13]

6 goals

• Ivan Šaponjić

5 goals

• Nany Dimata
• Jean-Kévin Augustin
• Anas Mahamid
• Karol Świderski
• Luka Jović

4 goals

• Dominik Prokop
• Aleksandar Georgiev
• Ondřej Mihálik
• Mikkel Duelund
• Kristian Veber
• Luca Vido
• Edvin Muratovic
• Sam Lammers
• Aurélio Buta