2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9

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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Germany 8 6 0 2 22 10 +12 18 Final tournament 2–3 1–0 2–1 4–1
2   Belgium 8 4 1 3 18 9 +9 13 4–1 0–0 5–0 4–1
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 2 3 9 7 +2 11 0–2 3–2 1–0 4–0
4   Wales 8 3 0 5 8 15 −7 9 1–5 1–0 1–0 3–0
5   Moldova 8 2 1 5 6 22 −16 7 0–5 1–0 1–1 2–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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Times 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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Attendance: 336
Referee: Zbynek Proske (Czech Republic)

Wales  1–0  Belgium
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Attendance: 304
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

Belgium  0–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 823
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)
Wales  1–5  Germany
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Attendance: 841
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Moldova  2–1  Wales
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Attendance: 350
Referee: Ümit Öztürk (Turkey)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–2  Germany
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Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Belgium  4–1  Moldova
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Attendance: 886
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

Germany  2–3  Belgium
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Attendance: 16,504
Referee: Fábio José Costa Veríssimo (Portugal)
Wales  1–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 1.282
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)

Germany  4–1  Moldova
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Nejc Kajzatović (Slovenia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–0  Wales
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Belgium  4–1  Germany
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Moldova  1–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Moldova  0–5  Germany
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Belgium  5–0  Wales
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Greece)

Moldova  1–0  Belgium
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Germany  1–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)

Wales  3–0  Moldova
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Loukas Sotiriou (Cyprus)

Germany  2–1  Wales
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Arman Ismuratov (Kazakhstan)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–2  Belgium
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Goalscorers

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There 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

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
  3. ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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