The national youth team will return to action, in the preliminaries of Euro 2025. The team led by Daniel Pancu (47 years old) will play two crucial games, within four days.
Daniel Pancu, Romania U21 coach. PHOTO: The Truth Archive
*Friday, 19.30 (Pro Arena and VOYO.ro): Romania U21 – Montenegro U21 (Târgoviște)
*Tuesday, 18.00 (Pro Arena and VOYO.ro): Finland U21 – Romania U21 (Tampere)
Before these matches, the group E standings look like this:
1. Switzerland U21 14 points (6 matches)
2. Romania U21 13 points (6 matches)
3. Finland U21 10 points (6 matches)
4. Albania U21 10 points (8 matches)
5. Montenegro U21 7 points (6 matches)
6. Armenia U21 2 points (8 matches)
Euro 2025, the qualification system
Only the first place in each preliminary group is guaranteed qualification to the final tournament in Slovakia. The teams that will finish 2nd, in the nine preliminary groups, will have a separate ranking based on the results obtained in the qualifications. Here, the top three will also go to the final tournament. The other six teams, instead, will play round-trip play-off matches on November 11 and 19, 2024. The winners will also qualify for Euro 2025. A total of 16 national teams will compete in the final tournament in Slovakia Under 21. The host of the competition is automatically qualified.
