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The Belarus national under-21 football team is the national under-21
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team of
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and is controlled by the
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. The team competed in the
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, held every two years.


History

The team qualified for the final round of the
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the team was unable to advance past group stage. In
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at U21 Euro in
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they advanced to semifinal with only one win (against
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) and two losses (against
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) and having better 3-way head-to-head record against Iceland and Denmark (as all three teams had identical overall results). The team lost 1-3 to
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. They defeated the
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1–0 in the third-place match and qualified for the Men's Football Tournament at the
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banned Belarus from hosting international competitions.[🖉


European Championship record


UEFA U21 Euro 2023 qualification


Current squad

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Recent call-up

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See also

*
Belarus national football team The Belarus national football team ( be, Зборная Беларусі па футболе, Zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole; russian: Сборная Беларуси по футболу, Sbornaya Belarusi po futbolu) represents Belarus in inte ...
* Belarus national under-23 football team * Belarus national under-19 football team *
Belarus national under-17 football team The Belarus national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football (soccer) team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus. UEFA European Under-16/Under-17 Football Championship record Under-16 format Under-1 ...


References

{{UEFA U-21 Championship Under-21 European national under-21 association football teams