The 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-off ties were played over two legs, with the first legs scheduled on 11 and 12 October 2012 and the second legs on 15 and 16 October 2012. The seven winners qualified for the final tournament in Israel. Qualifying play-offs were the second stage of 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.
The draw for the play-offs was held on 14 September 2012 in Nyon to determine the seven pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. The seven group winners with the highest competition coefficients have been seeded and those teams were drawn against the unseeded teams. Nations from the same group could not be drawn against each other.
Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating:
The seedings were as follows:
Netherlands won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Russia won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Germany won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Italy won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
England won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Norway won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Spain won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate.