2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7

Group 7 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Belarus, Cyprus, and Gibraltar. 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 20 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  Netherlands 10 9 0 1 46 5 +41 27[a] Final tournament — 4–2 2–0 5–0 5–1 5–0
2  Portugal 10 9 0 1 29 9 +20 27[a] 2–1 — 4–1 3–0 2–1 4–0
3  Norway 8 3 1 4 14 16 −2 10 0–4 2–3 — Canc. 2–1 6–0
4  Belarus 9 2 2 5 15 21 −6 8 0–7 0–2 1–1 — 1–2 10–0
5  Cyprus 9 2 1 6 8 24 −16 7 0–7 0–4 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
6  Gibraltar 8 0 0 8 0 37 −37 0 0–6 0–3 Canc. 0–2 Canc. —
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Netherlands +1, Portugal −1.

Matches

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Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Cyprus 1–0 Gibraltar
  • Roles 62'
 Report
Attendance: 240
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)
Belarus 10–0 Gibraltar
 Report
Attendance: 1,123
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)
Portugal 4–0 Gibraltar
 Report
Attendance: 4,783
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
Norway 2–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 590
Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)
Netherlands 5–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)
Belarus 0–2 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 1,370
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)
Belarus 1–1 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Netherlands 4–2 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 8,025
Cyprus 1–1 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 149
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Norway 0–4 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 1,100
Gibraltar 0–6 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 720
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Greece)
Cyprus 1–2 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Norway 2–3 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 505
Referee: Sergei Lapochkin (Russia)
Gibraltar 0–2 Belarus
Report
Attendance: 720
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)
Norway 6–0 Gibraltar
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen (Finland)
Cyprus 0–4 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
Belarus 0–7 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)
Netherlands 2–0 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
Netherlands 5–0 Gibraltar
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)
Belarus 1–2 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 105
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)
Portugal 4–1 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Cyprus 0–7 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
Gibraltar 0–3 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta)
Portugal 3–0 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Gibraltar Cancelled[note 5] Norway
Report
Netherlands 5–0 Belarus
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Portugal 2–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)
Norway Cancelled[note 5] Belarus
Report
Gibraltar Cancelled[note 5] Cyprus
Report
Portugal 2–1 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)

Goalscorers

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There were 112 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 4.15 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own 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. ^ The match between Portugal and Belarus was originally scheduled on 8 September 2020, 17:30 WEST, at Cidade do Futebol, Oeiras, but was postponed due to several players of the Belarus team testing positive for the COVID-19 virus.[9] It was rescheduled to 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e 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.
  5. ^ a b c The match between Gibraltar and Norway, originally scheduled to be played on 13 November 2020, was cancelled due to tighter restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic announced by the Norwegian government.[10][11] The matches between Norway and Belarus and between Gibraltar and Cyprus, originally scheduled to be played on 18 November 2020, were also cancelled, as none of these three matches had any impact on which team would qualify for the final tournament.[12][13]
  6. ^ The match between Norway and Belarus was originally scheduled on 13 October 2020, 19:00 CET, at Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen, but was postponed due to several players of the Belarus team testing positive for the COVID-19 virus.[14] It was rescheduled to 18 November 2020, before it was cancelled.

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.
  9. ^ "U-21. Португалия – Беларусь. Матч перенесен". Football Federation of Belarus. 9 September 2020.
  10. ^ "UEFA confirm Gibraltar U21 v Norway U21 is official cancelled". Gibraltar Football Association. 6 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Aldersbestemte landslagssamlinger utsatt". Norwegian Football Federation. 6 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Gibraltar U21 v Cyprus U21 also cancelled by UEFA". Gibraltar Football Association. 12 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Ακυρώθηκε ο αγώνας της Εθνικής Ελπίδων στο Γιβραλτάρ, την Κυριακή ο αγώνας στην Πορτογαλία". Cyprus Football Association. 12 November 2020.
  14. ^ "U-21. Норвегия - Беларусь. Матч перенесён". Football Federation of Belarus. 13 October 2020.
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