Euro-2023 (U-21): the draw determined the rivals of Ukraine in the qualifying tournament

The UEFA Euro-XNUMX (U-XNUMX) qualifying tournament draw ceremony took place today in Nyon.

2023 teams will take part in the 55 European Championship among U-53 sides. The hosts of the competition, Romania and Georgia, will receive passes to the final part of the championship automatically. Thus, 1 European teams will play in the qualifying, including the Ukrainian team. Players born no earlier than January 2000, XNUMX will be able to take part in the tournament.

According to the UEFA rankings (indicators in the qualifying and final competitions of Euro-2017, Euro-2019 and in the Euro-2021 qualifying) the team was divided into six pots. Ruslan Rotan's wards were third and, according to the rules, avoided a meeting with the Russian national team.

According to the results of the draw, the national teams of France, Serbia, Northern Macedonia, the Faroe Islands and Armenia will meet the blue-and-yellows in Group H.

Composition of Euro-2023 (U-21) qualifying tournament groups

Group A: Croatia, Austria, Norway, Finland, Azerbaijan, Estonia.

Group B: Germany, Poland, Israel, Hungary, Latvia, San Marino.

Group C: Spain, Russia, Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Lithuania, Malta.

Group D: Portugal, Greece, Iceland, Belarus, Cyprus, Liechtenstein.

Group E: The Netherlands, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales, Moldova, Gibraltar.

Group F: Italy, Sweden, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Luxembourg.

Group G: England, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Albania, Kosovo, Andorra.

Group H: France, Serbia, Ukraine, Northern Macedonia, Faroe Islands, Armenia.

Group I: Denmark, Belgium, Turkey, Scotland, Kazakhstan.

During the draw, 53 teams were divided into nine groups. Eight of them have six national teams and one has five.

In the final part of Euro-2023 (U-21) there will be 16 teams - Romania and Georgia as hosts of the tournament and 14 more teams that will join them based on the results of the selection (nine group winners, the best team among the second place winners and four play winners -off, which will play eight second place winners).

Qualifying tournament: March 2021 - June 2022.

Playoffs: September 2022.

Final tournament: June / July 2023.

The matches of the tournament with the participation of 16 national teams will be hosted by four stadiums in Romania (two in Cluj-Napoca and two in Bucharest) and four in Georgia (in Batumi, Poti and two in Tbilisi). The opening match will take place in Romania, and the final - in Georgia.

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