ThePengundian drawuntuk for theturnamen final tournament took placeberlangsung onpada 9 November 2010 atdi ''Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre''Center indi [[Aalborg]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/under21/draws/season=2011/round=2000005/index.html|title=Final tournament|publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=9 November 2010|access-date=30 March 2011}}</ref>
SimilarMirip todengan formerturnamen tournamentssebelumnya, thepertandingan gamesdi insetiap eachgrup grouphanya areakan todiadakan bedi helddua at just two stadiastadion. For theUntuk drawpengundian, thepara finalistsfinalis weredibagi dividedmenjadi intotiga three [[Single-elimination tournament#Seeding|seeding]]pot potsunggulan, basedberdasarkan onpoin average pointsrata-rata per gamepertandingan indi thefase qualifying phasekualifikasi, withdengan eachmasing-masing groupgrup havingmemiliki onesatu teamtim fromdari pot 1 anddan 2, anddan twodua teamstim fromdari pot 3. [[Denmark, national football team|Denmark]],sebagai astuan hostsrumah, werediunggulkan seededpertama firstsecara automaticallyotomatis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.u21denmark2011.com/news/articles/seedningslag-fastlagt-til-uefa-u21-em-2011|title=Seedningslag fastlagt til UEFA U21-EM 2011|trans-title=Seedings for UEFA Under-21 Championship 2011 defined|publisher=[[Danish Football Association]]|date=14 October 2010|access-date=14 October 2010|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311181807/http://u21denmark2011.com/news/articles/seedningslag-fastlagt-til-uefa-u21-em-2011/|archive-date=11 March 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref>
