Format & regulations
Wednesday 1 July 2009Players are eligible to play in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship if they were born on or after 1 January 1988.
The ten qualifying group winners and four runners-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their sections advance to the play-offs, where seven two-leg ties will decide who joins hosts Denmark in the 2011 finals. The play-off draw will be seeded according to coefficients from results in 2007/09 and 2009/11 qualifying and teams cannot meet sides they faced in their group.
The regulations for the competition can be downloaded here.
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