Group 9 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of five teams: Germany, Belgium, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Moldova. 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 26 March 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
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Germany
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 18 | Final tournament | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Belgium
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 13 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | 0–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Wales
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 9 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Moldova
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 7 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
Matches
editTimes are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4–0 | Moldova |
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| Germany | 2–3 | Belgium |
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| Wales | 1–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Germany | 4–1 | Moldova |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Wales |
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| Belgium | 4–1 | Germany |
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| Moldova | 1–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Germany | 1–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Goalscorers
editThere were 63 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.15 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Francesco Antonucci- Jelle Bataille
- Charles De Ketelaere
- Thibault De Smet
- Jérémy Doku
Amar Beganović- Marijan Ćavar
- Stefan Kovač
- Milan Savić
- Besim Šerbečić
Ragnar Ache- Mërgim Berisha
- Johannes Eggestein
- Adrian Fein
- Luca Kilian
- Dominik Kother
- Florian Krüger
- Salih Özcan
Artiom Carastoian- Maxim Cojocaru
- Artur Crăciun
- Denis Furtună
Liam Cullen- Brennan Johnson
- Terry Taylor
- Momodou Touray
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[7][8]
- ^ a b c 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
edit- ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
- ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
- ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
- ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
External links
edit- Under-21 Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com