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Qualifying for the '''[[2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]''' began in May 2006.

[[Netherlands national under-21 football team|Netherlands]] qualify as hosts and are exempt from qualifying.  Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the [[Faroe Islands national under-21 football team|Faroe Islands]] chose not to compete.  That left 50 nations attempting to qualify for the 7 remaining spots at the finals.

The competition's structure is as follows:
#The 16 lowest ranked nations played-off (on a home-and-away basis) before the qualifying group stage, to eliminate 8 teams.
# The remaining 42 teams formed 14 three-team groups, each team playing one home match and one away match.
# The 14 group winners played-off (on a home-and-away basis) to decide the seven qualifying nations.

==Preliminary round==
{{main|2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification preliminary round}}

Teams went into the preliminary round already knowing who they would face should they get through.
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|21|EST}}|| 1–7 |'''{{fbu|21|WAL}}'''|| 0–2 | 1–5 }}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|21|MLT}}|| 2–4 |'''{{fbu|21|GEO}}'''|| 1–2 | 1–2 }}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|21|SMR}}|| 3–4 |'''{{fbu|21|ARM}}'''|| 3–0 | 0–4 }}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|21|LIE}}|| 1–8 |'''{{fbu|21|NIR}}'''|| 1–4 | 0–4 }}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|21|KAZ}}|| 0–1 |'''{{fbu|21|MDA}}'''|| 0–0 | 0–1 }}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|21|LUX}}|| 0–5 |'''{{fbu|21|MKD|name=Macedonia}}'''|| 0–3 | 0–2 }}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|21|AND}}|| 0–2 |'''{{fbu|21|ISL}}'''|| 0–0 | 0–2 }}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|21|AZE}}|| 1–5 |'''{{fbu|21|IRL}}'''|| 1–2 | 0–3 }}
|}

==Qualifying groups==
{{main|2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage}}

===Group  1===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 1}}
===Group  2===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 2}}
===Group  3===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 3}}
===Group  4===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 4}}
===Group  5===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 5}}
===Group 6===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 6}}
===Group 7===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 7}}
===Group 8===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 8}}
===Group 9===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 9}}
===Group 10===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 10}}
===Group 11===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 11}}
===Group 12===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 12}}
===Group 13===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 13}}
===Group 14===
{{:2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage|transcludesection=Group 14}}

==Play-offs==
{{main|2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs}}
The 14 group winners were paired up. The winners over two legs qualified for the finals. The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 8 September 2006.

{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fbu-rt|21|SRB|2004}}''' || 5–3 | {{fbu|21|SWE}} || 0–3 | 5–0 }}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fbu-rt|21|CZE}}''' || 3–2 | {{fbu|21|BIH}} || 2–1 | 1–1 }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fbu-rt|21|RUS}} || 4–4 ([[Away goals rule|a]]) | '''{{fbu|21|POR}}''' || 4–1 | 0–3 }}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fbu-rt|21|ENG}}''' || 3–0 | {{fbu|21|GER}} || 1–0 | 2–0 }}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fbu-rt|21|ITA}}''' || 2–1 | {{fbu|21|ESP}} || 0–0 | 2–1 }}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fbu-rt|21|BEL}}''' || 5–2 | {{fbu|21|BUL}} || 1–1 | 4–1 }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fbu-rt|21|FRA|1974}} || 1–2 | '''{{fbu|21|ISR}}''' || 1–1 | 0–1 }}
|}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060506031114/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under21/FixturesResults/2007.html Draw and Fixtures] ''at uefa.com''

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