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The 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1998. The final tournament was held in 2000 in Slovakia.

The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (seven groups of 5 + two groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

Qualifying group stage

Draw

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)

Group 1

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 qualified as group winners
Switzerland failed to qualify as one of the best runners-up

Group 2

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

Georgia 0–1 Albania
Norway 2–0 Latvia
Greece 2–2 Slovenia
Latvia 1–2 Georgia
Slovenia 1–3 Norway
Greece 3–2 Georgia
Norway 4–1 Albania
Slovenia 0–1 Latvia
Albania 0–5 Greece
Greece 2–1 Norway
Georgia 0–0 Slovenia
Latvia 0–2 Greece
Latvia 0–0 Albania
Georgia 0–3 Norway
Norway 0–0 Georgia

Albania 1–2 Norway
Georgia 1–1 Greece
Latvia 1–1 Slovenia
Greece 6–0 Latvia
Albania 1–1 Slovenia
Slovenia 3–1 Albania
Norway 2–1 Greece
Albania 1–1 Latvia
Slovenia 2–2 Georgia
Georgia 4–2 Latvia
Norway 3–0 Slovenia
Greece 5–2 Albania
Albania 0–0 Georgia
Latvia 2–1 Norway
Slovenia 0–5 Greece

Greece qualified as group winners
Norway qualified as one of the best runners-up

Group 3

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

Finland 1–0 Moldova
Turkey 2–0 N. Ireland
Turkey 2–0 Germany
N. Ireland 1–1 Finland
Moldova 0–2 Germany
Turkey 1–1 Finland
N. Ireland 1–1 Moldova
N. Ireland 1–0 Germany
Turkey 2–0 Moldova
Germany 2–0 Finland

Moldova 0–0 N. Ireland
Germany 2–0 Moldova
Finland 0–0 Turkey
Moldova 1–1 Finland
Finland 3–1 Germany
N. Ireland 1–2 Turkey
Germany 1–0 N. Ireland
Moldova 1–1 Turkey
Finland 2–1 N. Ireland
Germany 1–1 Turkey

Turkey qualified as group winners
Germany failed to qualify as one of the best runners-up
Germany (13 pts) and Finland (13 pts) head-to-head record:
2–0 in Germany, 3–1 in Finland. Germany is ranked higher on away goals rule.

Group 4

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	—	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–1
Russia	2–1	—	2–0	3–0	6–0
Ukraine	0–0	1–0	—	5–1	8–0
Iceland	0–2	1–2	4–1	—	2–0
Armenia	1–4	0–2	1–1	3–1	—

France qualified as group winners
Russia qualified as one of the best runners-up

Group 5

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

Sweden 0–2 England
Bulgaria 2–2 Poland
Poland 5–0 Luxembourg
England 1–0 Bulgaria
Bulgaria 2–1 Sweden
Luxembourg 0–5 England
England 5–0 Poland
Sweden 3–0 Luxembourg
Luxembourg 0–3 Bulgaria
Poland 2–0 Sweden

England 3–0 Sweden
Poland 3–3 Bulgaria
Bulgaria 0–1 England
Luxembourg 0–4 Poland
England 5–0 Luxembourg
Sweden 1–4 Bulgaria
Luxembourg 0–1 Sweden
Poland 3–1 England
Sweden 1–2 Poland
Bulgaria 3–0 Luxembourg

England qualified as group winners
Poland qualified as one of the best runners-up

Group 6

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

Austria 0–1 Israel
Cyprus 1–3 Spain
Cyprus 2–1 Austria
Netherlands 3–0 Israel
Israel 0–4 Spain
Netherlands 3–2 Austria
Cyprus 0–3 Netherlands
Spain 4–0 Austria
Israel 1–1 Cyprus
Netherlands 0–1 Spain

Austria 0–1 Netherlands
Spain 4–1 Netherlands
Israel 2–1 Austria
Netherlands 5–1 Cyprus
Austria 1–2 Spain
Cyprus 1–1 Israel
Israel 0–1 Netherlands
Spain 1–1 Cyprus
Austria 3–0 Cyprus
Spain 2–1 Israel

Spain qualified as group winners
Netherlands qualified as one of the best runners-up

Group 7

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 2–1 Azerbaijan
Hungary 0–3 Portugal
Azerbaijan 2–1 Hungary
Portugal 1–1 Romania
Slovakia 1–0 Portugal
Hungary 1–2 Romania
Portugal 5–0 Azerbaijan
Romania 0–1 Slovakia
Azerbaijan 0–2 Romania
Slovakia 4–1 Hungary

Portugal 1–1 Slovakia
Romania 2–1 Hungary
Hungary 3–0 Slovakia
Romania 1–1 Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal
Slovakia 0–0 Romania
Hungary 4–1 Azerbaijan
Romania 2–3 Portugal
Azerbaijan 0–3 Slovakia
Portugal 2–1 Hungary

Slovakia qualified as group winners
Portugal qualified as one of the best runners-up

Group 8

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 qualified as group winners
FR Yugoslavia qualified as one of the best runners-up

Group 9

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

Lithuania 0–0 Scotland
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2 Estonia
Belgium 0–2 Czech Republic
Lithuania 0–1 Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–0 Czech Republic
Scotland 2–0 Estonia
Lithuania 4–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic 3–0 Estonia
Belgium 2–0 Scotland
Scotland 2–2 Belgium
Czech Republic 1–0 Lithuania
Lithuania 4–1 Estonia
Scotland 0–1 Czech Republic
Belgium 4–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Lithuania

Estonia 0–3 Czech Republic
Czech Republic 3–2 Scotland
Estonia 0–2 Lithuania
Estonia 1–7 Belgium
Belgium 5–0 Estonia
Lithuania 0–2 Czech Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–5 Scotland
Belgium 3–0 Lithuania
Czech Republic 1–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Estonia 0–4 Scotland
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–4 Belgium
Scotland 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic 1–3 Belgium
Estonia 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scotland 1–2 Lithuania

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

Ranking of second-placed teams

Because groups contained different number or teams (six and five), matches against the fifth and sixth-placed teams in each group were 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

Play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Portugal	2–3	Croatia	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)
Norway	1–7	Spain	1–3	0–4
Czech Republic	3–1	Greece	3–0	0–1
England	3–0	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	—
Poland	2–2 (a)	Turkey	2–1	0–1
Russia	1–4	Slovakia	0–1	1–3
Netherlands	4–2	Belgium	2–2	2–0
France	2–3	Italy	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)