The Belarus national under-21 football team is the national under-21

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team of

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and is controlled by the

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. The team competed in the

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, held every two years.

History

The team qualified for the final round of the

three times. In

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and

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the team was unable to advance past group stage. In

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at U21 Euro in

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they advanced to semifinal with only one win (against

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) and two losses (against

and

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) and having better 3-way head-to-head record against Iceland and Denmark (as all three teams had identical overall results). The team lost 1-3 to

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. They defeated the

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1–0 in the third-place match and qualified for the Men's Football Tournament at the

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. After the

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banned Belarus from hosting international competitions.[🖉

European Championship record

UEFA U21 Euro 2023 qualification

Current squad

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Recent call-up

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