October 7, 2002

Results and standings of 1st qualifying round UEFA U-19 Championship, 2002-2003

Colin Aldis

Group 1 Poland, Belgium, Bosnia-H'a, Iceland played in Poland

October 2,2002

Poland 2 Belgium 3

Iceland 1 Bosnia-H'a 0

October 4,2002

Poland 5 Iceland 2

Belgium 4 Bosnia-H'a 0

October 6,2002

Poland 2 Bosnia-H'a 0

Belgium 2 Iceland 2

Final standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts

1) Belgium 3 2 1 0 9 4 7

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2) Poland 3 2 0 1 9 5 6

3) Iceland 3 1 1 1 5 7 4

4) Bosnia-H'a 3 0 0 3 0 7 0

Belgium qualify for 2nd round tournament

Group 2 Finland, Estonia, Turkey, Wales played in Finland

October 2,2002

Finland 1 Turkey 0

Wales 4 Estonia 0

October 4,2002

Finland 2 Estonia 0

Wales 3 Turkey 0

October 6,2002

Finland 2 Wales 0

Turkey 4 Estonia 0

Final standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts

1) Finland 3 3 0 0 5 0 9

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2) Wales 3 2 0 1 7 2 6

3) Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 4 3

4) Estonia 3 0 0 3 0 10 0

Finland qualify for 2nd round tournament

Group 3 Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Switzerland played in Greece

October 2,2002

Greece 1 Hungary 2

Switzerland 5 Moldova 0

October 4,2002

Greece 2 Switzerland 15

Hungary 1 Moldova 0

October 6,2002

Greece 3 Moldova 0

Switzerland 5 Hungary 0

Final standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts

1) Switzerland 3 3 0 0 25 2 9

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2) Hungary 3 2 0 1 3 6 6

3) Greece 3 1 0 2 5 17 3

4) Moldova 3 0 0 3 0 9 0

Switzerland qualify for 2nd round tournament

Group 4 Portugal, Austria, Rep.of Ireland, Yugoslavia played in Portugal

October 2,2002

Portugal 1 Rep. of Ireland 0

Austria 1 Yugoslavia 2

October 4,2002

Portugal 2 Yugoslavia 2

Austria 2 Rep. of Ireland 3

October 6,2002

Portugal 1 Austria 3

Yugoslavia 1 Rep. of Ireland 2

Final standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts

1) Rep. of Ireland 3 2 0 1 5 3 6

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2) Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 5 5 4

3) Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 5 4

4) Austria 3 1 0 2 6 6 0

Rep. of Ireland qualify for 2nd round tournament

Group 5 Bulgaria, England, Faroe Isles, Lithuania played in Bulgaria

October 2,2002

Bulgaria 1 Faroe Isles 1

England 4 Lithuania 0

October 4,2002

Bulgaria 0 England 5

Lithuania 0 Faroe Isles 2

October 6,2002

Bulgaria 0 Lithuanaia 4

England 5 Faroe Isles 1

Final standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts

1) England 3 3 0 0 14 1 9

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2) Faroe Islands 3 1 1 1 4 6 4

3) Lithuania 3 1 0 2 4 6 3

4) Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 1 10 0

England qualify for 2nd round tournament

Group 6 Israel, Northen Ireland, Russia, Scotland to be playedin Varna, Bulgaria

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Russia * * *

Final standings:

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts

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2) * 3 * * * * * *

3) * 3 * * * * * *

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Group 7 Slovenia, Belarus, Slovakia, Ukraine played in Slovenia

October 2,2002

Slovenia 0 Belarus 1

Slovakia 2 Ukraine 2

October 4,2002

Slovenia 0 Ukraine 8

Slovakia 2 Belarus 0

October 6,2002

Slovenia 2 Slovakia 6

Ukraine 9 Belarus 0

Final standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts

1) Ukraine 3 2 1 0 19 2 7

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2) Slovakia 3 2 1 0 10 4 7

3) Slovenia 3 1 0 2 3 14 3

4) Belarus 3 0 0 3 0 12 0

Ukraine qualify for 2nd round tournament

Slovakia are best Runner-Up to date

2^nd qualifying round mini-tournaments to be held April 15th - 19th 2003

at 4 venues, tbd

16 teams, 8 being previously seeded by UEFA,

from results during seasons 1999-2001

4 groups of 4 teams.

Finals Tournament to be held in Germany from July 25th - August 3rd, 2003

Qualifiers

Host Germany

4 Second round winners plus 3 best runners-up