Qualifying for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 began in May 2006.

Netherlands

Netherlands national under-21 football team

The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years....

 qualify as hosts and are exempt from qualifying. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands national under-21 football team

The Faroe Islands national under-21 football team are a feeder team to the Faroe Islands national football team. The Faroe Islands U21 team was first formed in 2006 and took part in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying for the first time in 2007 and 2008...

 chose not compete. That left 50 nations attempting to qualify for the 7 remaining spots at the finals.

The competition's structure is as follows:

1. The 16 lowest ranked nations played-off (on a home-and-away basis) before the qualifying group stage, to eliminate 8 teams.
2. The remaining 42 teams formed 14 three-team groups, each team playing one home match and one away match.
3. The 14 group winners played-off (on a home-and-away basis) to decide the seven qualifying nations.

Preliminary round

Teams went into the preliminary round already knowing who they would face should they get through.

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Team #1 played the first leg at home.

Group 1

1

Team
	2	1	1	0	4	3
4
	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Group 2

5

Team
	2	2	0	0	7	2
6
	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

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Group 3

4

Team
	2	2	0	0	5	1
6
	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

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Group 4

2

1

Team
	2	2	0	0	3	1
6
	2	1	0	1	2	1
3
	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

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Group 5

2

Team
	2	2	0	0	2	0
6
	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

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Group 6

6

3

Team
	2	2	0	0	8	2
6
	2	1	0	1	6	3
3
	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

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Group 7

4

Team
	2	2	0	0	4	0
6
	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

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Group 8

1

1

Team
	2	1	1	0	5	4
4
	2	1	0	1	5	4
3
	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

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Group 9

3

Team
	2	2	0	0	4	1
6
	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

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Group 10

5

Team
	2	2	0	0	8	3
6
	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

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Group 11

4

1

Team
	2	2	0	0	5	1
6
	2	1	0	1	3	2
3
	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

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Group 12

4

Team
	2	2	0	0	5	1
6
	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

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Group 13

1

Team
	2	1	1	0	3	2
4
	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

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Group 14

4

Team
	2	2	0	0	5	1
6
	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

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Play-offs

The 14 group winners were paired up. The winners over two legs qualified for the finals. The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 8 September 2006.

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External links

• Draw and Fixtures at uefa.com