2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round

2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	6 September – 19 November 2013
Teams	52 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Goals scored	256 (3.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matúš Bero (5 goals)
	← 2013 2015 → All statistics correct as of 19 November 2013.

The 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round was the first round of the qualification for the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament. A total of 52 participating teams were divided into 13 groups of 4 teams, with one of the teams hosting all six group matches in a single round-robin format. The 13 group winners, 13 group runners-up and the best third-placed team secured qualification for the elite round. Hungary qualified as hosts, while Spain received a bye to the elite round as the side with the highest competition coefficient. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 5 December 2012 in Nyon.^[1] Matches were played from 6 September to 19 November 2013.

Seeding

A total of 52 participating teams were divided in two draw pots, based on the UEFA Under-19 coefficient ranking. Before the draw, UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan would not host the mini-tournament if they were drawn in the same group, due to the dispute concerning the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh; the same rule applied for Georgia and Russia, due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia. The UEFA Executive Committee admitted Gibraltar as a provisional member of UEFA on 1 October 2012. A decision on the admission of the Gibraltar Football Association as a full member of UEFA was taken by the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress in London in May 2013.^[2]

Pot A	Pot B
France England Greece Portugal Serbia Croatia Netherlands Italy Turkey Belgium Republic of Ireland Germany Ukraine Czech Republic Norway Denmark Austria Romania Switzerland Slovakia Scotland Russia Poland Georgia Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro	Azerbaijan Northern Ireland Israel Wales Latvia Estonia Slovenia Finland Iceland Armenia Albania Belarus Bulgaria Macedonia Moldova Cyprus Faroe Islands Lithuania Sweden Kazakhstan Luxembourg Malta Andorra San Marino Liechtenstein Gibraltar

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.^[3]

Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5) and 6) will apply
Results of all group matches:
1. Superior goal difference
2. Higher number of goals scored
Drawing of lots

Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner or the runners-up and the third-placed team.

Groups

The hosts of the thirteen mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.

All times are CEST (UTC 02:00) until 26 October 2013 and CET (UTC 01:00) starting from 27 October 2013.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	3	3	0	0	10	1	9	9	Elite round
2	Cyprus	3	1	1	1	10	6	4	4	Elite round
3	Croatia	3	1	1	1	9	5	4	4
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

17 October 2013