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2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2

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Group 2 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Slovakia, Switzerland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Liechtenstein. 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 June 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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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 10 9 0 1 32 10 +22 27 Final tournament 3–1 3–2 1–0 5–0 5–0
2   Switzerland 10 9 0 1 26 8 +18 27 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–0
3  Georgia 10 5 0 5 17 14 +3 15 0–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 4–0
4  Slovakia 10 4 0 6 22 21 +1 12 3–5 1–2 3–2 2–1 6–0
5  Azerbaijan 10 2 0 8 6 18 −12 6 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–0
6  Liechtenstein 10 1 0 9 3 35 −32 3 0–5 0–5 0–2 2–4 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Liechtenstein 1–0 Azerbaijan
  • Frick 10' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 323
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

Georgia 4–0 Liechtenstein
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)
Azerbaijan 2–1 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 274
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (North Macedonia)

Liechtenstein 0–5  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 774
Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Republic of Ireland)
Azerbaijan 0–3 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 357
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Liechtenstein 2–4 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 275
Referee: Vilhjálmur Thórarinsson (Iceland)
France 5–0 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 8,912
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Switzerland 2–1 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 650
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Azerbaijan 0–1  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 1,517
Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
Slovakia 3–5 France
Report
Attendance: 2,603
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Azerbaijan 1–0 Liechtenstein
Report
Attendance: 715
Referee: Loukas Soteriou (Cyprus)
France 3–2 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 11,798
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)

Slovakia 3–2 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 1548
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
Switzerland 3–1 France
Report

Georgia 0–2 France
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Switzerland 4–1 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Mads Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Azerbaijan 1–2 France
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Liechtenstein 0–2 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)
Slovakia 1–2  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

Slovakia 2–1 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)
France 5–0 Liechtenstein
Report
Attendance: 1321
Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)
Georgia 0–3  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

France 1–0 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 2287
Referee: Miloš Djordjic (Serbia)
Georgia 1–0 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (Belarus)
Switzerland 3–0 Liechtenstein
Report
Attendance: 532
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

Georgia 2–1 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
Switzerland 2–1 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)
Liechtenstein 0–5 France
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

France 3–1  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)
Slovakia 6–0 Liechtenstein
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

Goalscorers

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There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.

11 goals

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[7][8]
  3. ^ a b c d e 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

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  1. ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
  3. ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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