Majstrovstvá Európy U19 - kvalifikácia

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The 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that would have determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Romania in the 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to participate.

Apart from Romania, 53 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, where the original format consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which would have taken place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which would also have take place in spring 2021. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was delayed to March 2021, and the elite round was abolished and replaced by play-offs, with the 13 qualifying round group winners joining the top seed by coefficient ranking, Portugal (which originally received a bye to the elite round), in the play-offs in May 2021 to determine the teams qualifying for the final tournament.

On 23 February 2021, UEFA announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and its effect on staging competitions, the tournament was cancelled.

Majstrovstvá Európy UEFA do 19 rokov - kvalifikácia predstavuje kvalifikačné kolo pre Majstrovstvá Európy UEFA do 19 rokov. Kvalifikácia sa koná každé dva roky a zúčastňuje sa jej 54 národných tímov z členských asociácií UEFA.

Kvalifikácia sa hrá v dvoch kolách:

* **Prvé kolo** (jeseň): Tímy sú rozdelené do 13 skupín po štyroch alebo piatich tímoch. Tímy v každej skupine hrajú dvakrát, raz doma a raz vonku. Víťazi skupín a najlepší druhý tím postupujú do druhého kola.
* **Druhé kolo** (jar): Osem tímov, ktoré postúpili z prvého kola, sú rozdelené do dvoch skupín po štyroch tímoch. Tímy v každej skupine hrajú dvakrát, raz doma a raz vonku. Víťazi skupín sa kvalifikujú na finálový turnaj Majstrovstiev Európy UEFA do 19 rokov.