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Malta U21s drawn in Group 8 of 2021 UEFA U21 qualifiers

Published: 11-12-2018 10:35
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The Malta Under-21 team will face Denmark, Romania, Ukraine, Finland and Northern Ireland in Group 8 of the 2021 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying round. The qualifying draw, held at UEFA’s Nyon headquarters on Tuesday morning, comprised 53 teams that were split into eight groups of six teams and one of five. The qualifiers will run from March 2019 to September 2020. Malta were in Pot F for the draw along with Luxembourg, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Andorra, San Marino and Liechtenstein. The pots were based on the UEFA coefficient ranking system. The nine group winners qualify automatically for the finals. Runners-up with the best records against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into a play-off to determine the last finals berth. Tournament co-hosts Hungary and Slovenia have both been given a bye to the finals. Malta U-21 coach Silvio Vella, Ivan Vella, the Director of the National Teams, and Jason Vella, the Malta U-21 Team Manager, represented the Malta FA in Tuesday’s draw. THE DRAW Group 1Italy, Sweden, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Armenia, Luxembourg Group 2France, Slovakia, Switzerland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein Group 3England, Austria, Turkey, Kosovo, Albania, Andorra Group 4Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Scotland, Lithuania, San Marino Group 5Serbia, Poland, Russia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia Group 6Spain, Israel, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Faroe Islands Group 7Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Belarus, Cyprus, Gibraltar Group 8Denmark, Romania, Ukraine, Finland, Northern Ireland, Malta Group 9Germany, Belgium, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova QUALIFIERS18–20 March 20193–11 June 20192–10 September 20197–15 October 201911–19 November 201923–31 March 202031 August–8 September 20205–13 October 2020Play-offs: 9–17 November