2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification


The qualifying groups for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where possible, matched the 7- and 6-team World Cup 2006 qualifying groups of the senior European teams. The exceptions were where Andorra, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, and Northern Ireland were involved; none of whom entered an under-21 team. Germany, whose seniors did not need to qualify for the World Cup were added to one of the 5-team groups created by the absence of the aforementioned nations.
Europe's 48 national under-21 teams entering were divided into eight groups. The eight group winners played off against the eight group runners-up on a two-legged home-and-away basis to decide the eight qualifying teams.

Qualifying Groups

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
This was the last time when this grouping schema was applied for U21 qualifying groups.

Group 1


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Group 2

qualify as group winners
qualify as group runners-up
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Group 3

qualify as group winners
qualify as group runners-up
Russia ' Slovakia ' head-to-head: 4-0 in RUS, 1-0 in SVK
.: Russia better
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Group 4

qualify as group winners
qualify as group runners-up
Switzerland ' Israel ' head-to-head: 1-1 in ISR, 0-0 in SUI
.: Switzerland better
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Group 5


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Group 6

qualify as group winners
qualify as group runners-up
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Group 7

qualify as group winners
qualify as group runners-up
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Group 8

Play-offs

Group winners played at home in the second leg.
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