2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
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The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Slovakia in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to participate.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying round: 6 October – 16 November 2021 Elite round: 23 March – 7 June 2022 |
Teams | 54 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 117 |
Goals scored | 373 (3.19 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Orri Steinn Óskarsson Wilfried Gnonto (5 goals each) |
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Originally, the qualifying competition would use a new format with teams split into three different leagues with promotion and relegation, with the draw of the first round under the new format already held in December 2019. However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the introduction of the new format had been postponed to the next edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and qualification for this edition would use the previous format involving two rounds only.[2]
Apart from Slovakia, 53 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, where the original format consisted of a qualifying round that took place in autumn 2021, and an elite round that took place in spring and summer 2022.[3]