On 5 February the 2017 European U-21 Qualification draw will be held in Nyon (Switzerland).

The 52 entrants will be drawn into nine groups – seven sections of six teams and two of five.

The nine group winners will qualify automatically for the 2017 finals in Poland. The four runners-up with the best records against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into the play-offs and be drawn into two ties to decide the last two qualifiers for the expanded 12-country finals.

The Georgian team coached by Aleksandre Chivadze is in Pot D.

Pot A: Spain, England, Italy, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark.

Pot B: Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, Serbia, Israel, Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania, Belgium.

Pot C: Turkey, Slovenia, Austria, Scotland, Greece, Croatia, Norway, Armenia, Montenegro.

Pot D: Georgia, Finland, Wales, Hungary, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Ireland, Belarus.

Pot E: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Macedonia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Albania, Latvia, Estonia.

Pot F: Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein.

Qualifying group stage:

2015:

23-31 March, 8-16 June, 31 August -8 September, 5-13 October, 9-17 November.

2016:

21-29 March, 29 August – 6 September, 3-11 October.

Playoff:

2016: 7-15 November.