52 teams tried to qualify for the 2015 Under 21 European Championships in Czech Republic. 8 managed to grab a spot in the tournament. The format of the tournament is pretty straight forward: Two groups of four teams are competing for spots in the play offs. The best two teams of each group will go through to the semifinals. Also, these will grab a spot in the Olympic Games in Brazil 2016. However, if England reaches semifinal, a separate qualifying game will be played between the third placed teams since England is not an olympic nation (they participate as Great Britain).
Schedule:
Group A:
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Serbia
Group B:
England
Italy
Portugal
Sweden
Matches:
June 17:
Czech Republic – Denmark
Germany – Serbia
June 18:
Italy – Sweden
England – Portugal
June 20:
Serbia – Czech Republic
Germany – Denmark
June 21:
Sweden – England
Italy – Portugal
June 23:
Czech Republic – Germany
Denmark – Serbia
June 24:
England – Italy
Portugal – Sweden
Play offs:
The semifinals are played June 27.
An eventual olympic qualifier is played June 28.
The final is played June 30.
