1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
The 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1996. The final tournament was held in 1998 in Romania.
The 46 national teams were divided into nine groups (eight groups of 5 + one group of 6). The records of the nine group winners were compared, and the eighth and ninth ranked teams played-off against each other for the eight quarter finals spot. One of the eight quarter-finalist were then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
Qualifying Groups[]
Draw[]
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
- Groups 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 featured the same nations
- Group 3 did not include Azerbaijan, but included France (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)
- Group 6 did not include Faroe Islands
- Group 8 did not include Liechtenstein
- Group 9 did not include Northern Ireland
Group 1[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 16 |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 16 |
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8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 9 |
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8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 5 |
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Greece qualify as group winners
Group 2[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 18 |
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 |
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8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 8 |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 4 |
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England qualify as group winners
Group 3[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 17 |
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 15 |
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 9 |
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 4 |
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Norway qualify as group winners
Group 4[]
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Sweden qualify as group winners
Group 5[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 19 |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 17 |
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8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 12 |
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 10 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 36 | −33 | 0 |
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Russia qualify as group winners
Group 6[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 22 |
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 18 |
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 10 |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | −29 | 0 |
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Spain qualify as group winners
Group 7[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 19 |
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 15 |
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 13 |
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8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 35 | −33 | 0 |
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Netherlands qualify as group winners
Group 8[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 24 |
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 9 |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 9 |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 4 |
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Romania qualify as group winners
Group 9[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 20 |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 16 |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 14 |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 4 |
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8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 31 | −23 | 3 |
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Germany qualify as group winners
Ranking of group winners[]
Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 18 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 16 |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 15 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 14 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 14 |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 12 |
List of qualifying group winners. Teams 1–7 qualify automatically. Teams 8 & 9 play-off for the eighth spot. Only results between top four teams in group are used.
Qualifying play-off[]
4–4 on aggregate, Greece won on away goals rule.
See also[]
- 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
- 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- 1996–97 in European football
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification