The Malta Under-19 side lost 0-2 to Cyprus in the last game from Group 6 of the UEFA Under-19 Championship qualifying round at the Stadio Valentino Mazzolo in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy on Tuesday.

Following a goalless first half, Cyprus took the lead six minutes after the break through Thomas Nikolaou and one minute in added time,
Andronikos Kakoulli sealed the issue with a second goal.

Malta therefore finished bottom of Group 6 without any points following the 2-0 defeat to Italy and 3-0 defeat to Slovakia.

MALTA Amara Sylla, Andreas Vela, Glenn Attard, Christian Gauci, Shaun Dimech, Jamie Sixsmith, Paul Mbong, Jake Ghio (80′ Ryan Tonna), Alex Satariano, Sebastian Grech (64′ Mattia Veselji), Carlo Zammit Lonardelli.

CYPRUS Savvas Nikolaou, Thomas Nikolaou, Lefteris Hadjiconstanti, Kyriakos Antoniou, Rafail Mamas, Iasonas Orfanidis (90+2′ Christos Tryfonos), Dimitris Raspas (79′ Giorgos Pontikos), Daniil Paroutis, Andronikos Kakoulli, Antonis Vasilou (79′ Agapios Vrikkis), Hector Matthew Kyprianou.

Referee: Ian McNabb (NIR)