The qualifying groups for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where possible, matched the 7- and 6-team

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qualifying groups of the senior European teams. The exceptions were where

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, and

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were involved; none of whom entered an under-21 team.

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, whose seniors did not need to qualify for the World Cup (as they will be hosts) were added to one of the 5-team groups created by the absence of the aforementioned nations.

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's 48 national under-21 teams entering were divided into eight groups (six groups of 6 + one group of 5 + one group of 7). The eight group winners played off against the eight group runners-up on a two-legged home-and-away basis to decide the eight qualifying teams.

Qualifying Groups

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of

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with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: * Groups 2, 5, 7 and 8 featured the same nations * Group 1 did not include

* Group 3 did not include

* Group 4 did not include

* Group 6 did not include

, but included

(who did not participate in World Cup qualification) This was the last time when this grouping schema was applied for U21 qualifying groups.

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

Play-offs

Group winners played at home in the second leg.

External links

Results Archive
at UEFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification

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