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2003 UEFA European Under 17 Championship qualification

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Dates
  
2002 (qualifying round) 2003 (elite round)

Teams
  
51 (from 1 confederation)

The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was an under-17 football competition played in 2002 and 2003 to determine the 7 teams joining Portugal, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.

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The final tournament also acted as the UEFA qualifier for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland, with two teams qualifying, Portugal and Spain, as finalists.

Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:

  • Qualifying round: Apart from seven nations (Spain, England, Russia, Finland, Serbia and Montenegro, Polonia and Hungary), which received a bye to the elite round, the remaining 44 teams were drawn into 11 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 11 group winners and the 10 runners-up advanced to the elite round.
  • Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

    • Groups

    All times were CET (UTC+1).

    Qualified teams

    The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament.

    References

    2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification Wikipedia
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