The group was originally scheduled to be played in home-and-away round-robin format between 24 March 2019 and 13 October 2020. Under the original format, the group winners and the best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining eight runners-up would advance to the play-offs.[2]
On 17 March 2020, all matches were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the qualifying group stage would be extended and end on 17 November 2020, while the play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in November 2020, would be cancelled. Instead, the group winners and the five best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify for the final tournament.[4][5][6]
^ abRanked on head-to-head goal difference: Armenia +1, Luxembourg −1.
^The Armenia v Iceland match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Iceland after being cancelled as Armenia could not travel to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.[7]
^The Armenia v Sweden match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Sweden after being cancelled as Armenia could not travel to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.[7]
Matches
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
^The match between Iceland and Italy was originally scheduled on 9 October 2020, 15:30 WET, at Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, but was postponed due to members of the Italy team testing positive for the COVID-19 virus.[12] It was rescheduled to 12 November 2020.
^ abcdefAll matches originally scheduled to be played in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3] These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played in November 2020.
^ abThe home matches of Armenia against Sweden and Iceland, originally scheduled to be played on 13 and 18 November 2020, were cancelled due to the large number of Armenia players testing positive of the COVID-19 virus and the difficulty of getting a new group of players to travel to Cyprus in short notice.[13] The matches were awarded as 3–0 wins to Sweden and Iceland.[7]
^ abThe home matches of Armenia against Sweden and Iceland were moved to the neutral venue of Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca (Cyprus), as UEFA announced on 20 October 2020 to temporarily suspend all UEFA matches taking place in Armenia and Azerbaijan until further notice due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[14]
