The 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition played in 2002 and 2003 to determine the seven teams joining Liechtenstein, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.
The first qualifying round saw 22 teams (11 group winners and runners-up) qualify for the second qualifying round.
The following teams received a bye for this round:
<onlyinclude></onlyinclude> All matches were played in Lithuania.