2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

• Groups 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, featured the same nations
• Group 4 did not include Andorra
• Group 6 did not include San Marino, but included Netherlands (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
• Group 7 did not include Liechtenstein
• Group 9 did not include Faroe Islands, but included Belgium (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 8 7 1 0 20 7 +13 22   Switzerland 8 4 2 2 8 4 +4 14  Denmark 8 3 1 4 11 13 −2 10  Belarus 8 2 1 5 5 12 −7 7  Wales 8 0 3 5 6 14 −8 3

Belarus  — 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 Denmark  2–0 — 1–2 1–3 2–2 Italy  4–1 3–1 — 1–0 6–2 Switzerland   2–1 2–0 0–0 — 1–0 Wales  0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 —

 Italy qualify as group winners
  Switzerland fail to qualify as one of best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	10	7	2	1	32	10	+22	23
Norway	10	7	1	2	21	8	+13	22
Georgia	10	2	5	3	11	13	−2	11
Latvia	10	2	3	5	8	19	−11	9
Slovenia	10	1	5	4	10	19	−9	8
Albania	10	1	4	5	8	21	−13	7

 Greece qualify as group winners
 Norway qualify as one of best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	8	4	4	0	11	4	+7	16
Germany	8	4	1	3	9	7	+2	13
Finland	8	3	4	1	9	7	+2	13
Northern Ireland	8	1	3	4	5	9	−4	6
Moldova	8	0	4	4	3	10	−7	4

 Turkey qualify as group winners
 Germany fail to qualify as one of best runners-up
Germany (13pts) Finland (13pts)head-to-head:
2-0 in GER, 3-1 in FIN
.: Germany better (1-0 on away goals)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	8	6	1	1	18	4	+14	19
Russia	8	6	0	2	17	5	+12	18
Ukraine	8	3	2	3	16	12	+4	11
Iceland	8	2	0	6	9	18	−9	6
Armenia	8	1	1	6	6	27	−21	4

 France qualify as group winners
 Russia qualify as one of best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	8	7	0	1	23	3	+20	21
Poland	8	5	2	1	21	12	+9	17
Bulgaria	8	4	2	2	17	9	+8	14
Sweden	8	2	0	6	7	15	−8	6
Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	0	29	−29	0

 England qualify as group winners
 Poland qualify as one of best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	8	7	1	0	21	5	+16	22
Netherlands	8	6	0	2	17	8	+9	18
Israel	8	2	2	4	6	13	−7	8
Cyprus	8	1	3	4	7	18	−11	6
Austria	8	1	0	7	8	15	−7	3

 Spain qualify as group winners
 Netherlands qualify as one of best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovakia	8	5	2	1	12	6	+6	17
Portugal	8	5	2	1	17	6	+11	17
Romania	8	3	3	2	10	8	+2	12
Hungary	8	2	0	6	12	16	−4	6
Azerbaijan	8	1	1	6	5	20	−15	4

 Slovakia qualify as group winners
 Portugal qualify as one of best runners-up

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Croatia 8 6 2 0 25 7 +18 20  FR Yugoslavia 8 5 2 1 29 10 +19 17  Republic of Ireland 8 4 2 2 13 12 +1 14  Malta 8 1 0 7 8 23 −15 3  Macedonia 8 1 0 7 2 25 −23 3

Croatia  — 5–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 Republic of Ireland  2–2 — 3–0* 2–1 0–2 Macedonia  0–2 0–1 — 1–0 0–8 Malta  0–3 1–3 5–1 — 1–5 FR Yugoslavia  2–6 1–1 2–0 7–0 —

 Croatia qualify as group winners
 FR Yugoslavia qualify as one of best runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	10	8	1	1	31	9	+22	25
Czech Republic	10	8	1	1	17	5	+12	25
Lithuania	10	5	1	4	14	10	4	16
Scotland	10	4	2	4	18	12	+6	14
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	2	1	7	11	24	−13	7
Estonia	10	0	0	10	4	35	−31	0

 Belgium qualify as group winners
 Czech Republic qualify as one of best runners-up

Because groups contained different number or teams (six and five), matches against the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in each group are not included in the ranking. As a result, six matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The top seven advanced to the play-off.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Czech Republic	6	5	0	1	10	5	+5	15
6	Netherlands	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12
4	Russia	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
8	FR Yugoslavia	6	3	2	1	19	10	+9	11
7	Portugal	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
5	Poland	6	3	2	1	12	12	0	11
2	Norway	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
1	Switzerland	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10
3	Germany	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7