2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The play-offs of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition involved eight of the nine runners-up in the qualifying group stage, the top-ranked team being directly qualified for the tournament.

Ranking of second-placed teams

Only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team in six-team groups were not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The top-ranked team qualified directly for the final tournament, while the other teams entered the play-offs.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E   Switzerland 8 5 2 1 14 6 +8 17 Final tournament
2 H  Ukraine 8 5 2 1 16 10 +6 17 Play-offs
3 I  Denmark 8 5 2 1 12 6 +6 17
4 A  Croatia 8 5 1 2 19 10 +9 16
5 G  Czech Republic 8 5 1 2 13 6 +7 16
6 C  Slovakia 8 5 0 3 18 10 +8 15
7 F  Republic of Ireland 8 5 0 3 13 9 +4 15
8 B  Israel 8 4 1 3 13 10 +3 13
9 D  Iceland 8 3 3 2 13 7 +6 12
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) wins; 6) away wins; 7) disciplinary points; 8) coefficient ranking.

Draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 21 June 2022 in Nyon, Switzerland.[1]

Summary

The four play-off winners qualified for the final tournament.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia  3–3 (5–4 p)  Denmark 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Slovakia  3–5  Ukraine 3–2 0–3
Republic of Ireland  1–1 (1–3 p)  Israel 1–1 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Iceland  1–2  Czech Republic 1–2 0–0

Matches

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Croatia 2–1 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Denmark 2–1 (a.e.t.) Croatia
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 4,063
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

3–3 on aggregate. Croatia won 5–4 on penalties and qualified for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Slovakia 3–2 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
Ukraine 3–0 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 2,535
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Ukraine won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Republic of Ireland 1–1 Israel
 Report
Attendance: 6,786
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
Israel 0–0 (a.e.t.) Republic of Ireland
Report
Penalties
 3–1
Attendance: 22,752
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

1–1 on aggregate. Israel won 3–1 on penalties and qualified for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Iceland 1–2 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 725
Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)
Czech Republic 0–0 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 5,721
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Czech Republic won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "2023 Under-21 EURO qualifying latest: France, Netherlands, England, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Belgium in finals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.