2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition will determine the 14 teams joining the automatically qualified co-hosts Hungary and Slovenia. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to participate. There have been 822 goals scored in 255 matches, for an average of 3.22 goals per match.

About 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification in brief

Summary 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualificationThe 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition will determine the 14 teams joining the automatically qualified co-hosts Hungary and Slovenia. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to participate. The qualifying competition would originally consist of the following two rounds: However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe which caused the postponement of matches in the qualifying group stage, UEFA announced on 17 June 2020 that the play-offs would be cancelled.

Instead, the nine group winners and the five best runners-up qualify for the final tournament. There have been 822 goals scored in 255 matches, for an average of 3.22 goals per match.