Malta has been drawn in Group One of the Uefa European Under-21 Championship.
Qualifying for the tournament, which takes place in Poland and will contain an expanded field of 12 teams, consists of seven groups of six nations and two of five.
The draws are:
Group 1: Czech Republic*, Belgium, Montenegro, Moldova, Latvia, Malta
Group 2: Italy*, Serbia*, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Lithuania, Andorra
Group 3: France, Ukraine, Scotland, Iceland, FYR Macedonia, Northern Ireland
Group 4: Portugal*, Israel, Greece, Hungary, Albania, Liechtenstein
Group 5: Denmark*, Romania, Armenia, Wales, Bulgaria, Luxembourg
Group 6: Spain, Sweden*, Croatia, Georgia, Estonia, San Marino
Group 7: Germany*, Russia, Austria, Finland, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands
Group 8: Netherlands, Slovakia, Turkey, Belarus, Cyprus
Group 9: England*, Switzerland, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan
* teams competing at the 2015 finals in the Czech Republic from June 17 to 30.
The nine group winners will qualify automatically for the 2017 finals to join hosts Poland.
The four runners-up with the best records against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into the play-offs and be drawn into two ties to decide the last two qualifiers for the expanded 12-country finals.
The qualifying games will be held between March 23 and October 11.
The play-offs will be between November 7 and 15.