The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was an under-17
football
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competition played in 2002 and 2003 to determine the 7 teams joining
Portugal
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, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the
2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition ...
final tournament.
The final tournament also acted as the UEFA qualifier for the
2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, was the tenth edition of FIFA U-17 World Championship. It was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti and Turku in Finland between 13 and 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could particip ...
in Finland, with two teams qualifying, Portugal and Spain, as finalists.
Format
The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:
*Qualifying round: Apart from six nations (Spain, England, Russia, Finland, Poland 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. Two best teams from each group 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.
Qualifying round
Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Group 11
Elite round
Groups
All times were
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Qualified teams
The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament.
:
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italics'' indicate host.
Top goalscorers
References
External links
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Qualification
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2003
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