2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 March 2017 – 20 November 2018 |
| Teams | 54 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 13 (3.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Mićo Kuzmanović (2 goals)
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The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-21 football competition that will determine the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Italy in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament (the other co-hosts San Marino will not qualify automatically).
A total of 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, with Gibraltar and Kosovo making their debuts. Players born on or after 1 January 1996 are eligible to participate.
The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:
In the qualifying group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 14.01):
To determine the four best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in sixth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.02):
In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 19.01).
The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.
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