Preliminary Round
The 40 teams entered were drawn into ten groups of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:
- Group 1 – Azerbaijan
- Group 2 – Belgium
- Group 3 – Croatia
- Group 4 – Estonia
- Group 5 – Hungary
- Group 6 – Lithuania
- Group 7 – Netherlands
- Group 8 – Slovakia
- Group 9 – Slovenia
- Group 10 – Sweden
Six group winners qualified automatically, while the winners of four randomly drawn groups took part in a playoff for the two remaining places in the final tournament.
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