Preliminary round The 35 teams entered were drawn into eight groups of four and one group of three, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:
Group 1 – Bulgaria Group 2 – Czech Republic Group 3 – Finland Group 4 – France Group 5 – Luxembourg Group 6 – Malta Group 7 – Russia Group 8 – San Marino Group 9 – Bosnia and Herzegovina Seven group winners automatically qualified for the final tournament, with the two "worst winners" playing against each other in a playoff for the remaining place.
Group 1 All matches played in Pleven .
22 October 2000 Odessa 2 – 1 East Plovdiv 3 – 2 Bakony 24 October 2000 Bakony 0 – 2 Odessa East 0 – 2 Plovdiv 26 October 2000 East 2 – 1 Bakony Odessa 2 – 2 Plovdiv
Group 2 23 September 2000 Latvia 1 – 0 Chişinău Central Moravia 7 – 0 Gomel 25 September 2000 Gomel 1 – 3 Latvia Chişinău 0 – 2 Central Moravia 27 September 2000 Chişinău 0 – 0 Gomel Latvia 2 – 3 Central Moravia
Group 3 All matches played in Joensuu .
3 September 2000 Marijampolė 0 – 0 Masovia East 1 – 4 Republic of Ireland 5 September 2000 Republic of Ireland 1 – 0 Marijampolė Masovia 1 – 0 East 7 September 2000 Marijampolė 0 – 1 East Masovia 1 – 2 Republic of Ireland
Group 4 Matches played in Fos-sur-Mer , Martigues and Istres .
28 October 2000 Méditerranée 1 – 3 South Madrid 7 – 3 Zürich 30 October 2000 South 1 – 1 Zürich Méditerranée 1 – 4 Madrid 1 November 2000 South 1 – 6 Madrid Zürich 2 – 5 Méditerranée
Group 5 29 September 2000 Northern Ireland 2 – 3 Central Scotland Luxembourg 0 – 0 District Midden 1 October 2000 Northern Ireland 5 – 0 Luxembourg District Midden 4 – 0 Central Scotland 3 October 2000 Central Scotland 2 – 2 Luxembourg Northern Ireland 1 – 1 District Midden
Group 6 7 December 2000 Malta 0 – 1 Dalmatia 9 December 2000 Abruzzo 5 – 0 Malta 11 December 2000 Dalmatia 1 – 0 Abruzzo
Group 7 9 August 2000 Kilkis 0 – 2 Vojvodina Centre 5 – 0 North 11 August 2000 North 0 – 8 Vojvodina Kilkis 1 – 4 Centre 13 August 2000 Kilkis 4 – 2 North Vojvodina 1 – 1 Centre
Group 8 10 October 2000 Braga 2 – 0 MNZ Celje San Marino 0 – 1 Schleswig-Holstein 12 October 2000 San Marino 0 – 5 Braga MNZ Celje 1 – 4 Schleswig-Holstein 14 October 2000 MNZ Celje 2 – 1 San Marino Braga 1 – 0 Schleswig-Holstein
Group 9 18 September 2000 Kakheti 0 – 0 Dacia Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 – 1 Western 20 September 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 – 0 Kakheti Western 1 – 5 Dacia 22 September 2000 Dacia 0 – 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Western 1 – 2 Kakheti
Playoff The two teams which won their groups with the fewest available points went through to compete in a playoff for the remaining final tournament place. In the event of multiple teams sharing the same number of points, the points margin and score between first and second places was taken into account. The two legs were played in both teams' home regions.
First leg
11 April 2001 Vojvodina 2 – 0 District Midden
Second leg
25 April 2001 Midden 0 – 1 Vojvodina
Final tournament The Czech Republic was chosen to host the final tournament, with matches being played from 18 June to 24 June 2001.
Group stage The seven automatic preliminary group winners and the playoff winner Vojvodina were drawn into two groups of four, with the two group winners advancing to the final.
Group A
Group B 18 June 2001 Central Moravia 0 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Brumov Republic of Ireland 0 – 2 Plovdiv Šardice 20 June 2001 Central Moravia 2 – 0 Republic of Ireland Veselí nad Moravou Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 – 3 Plovdiv Kněžpole 22 June 2001 Plovdiv 0 – 2 Central Moravia Kyjov Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 – 0 Republic of Ireland Kroměříž
Final
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