2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Faoi bhun na Craobhchomórtais 2019 peile 17 bliain d'aois na hEorpa Hombre
Tournament details
Host country Republic of Ireland
Dates 3–19 May 2019
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)

The 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2019) will be the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (37th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. The Republic of Ireland, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, will host the tournament.[1]

A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match.[2] Moreover, each match has a regular duration of 90 minutes, instead of 80 minutes in previous seasons.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the UEFA representatives.

The Netherlands are the defending champions.

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Republic of Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2019.[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Republic of IrelandHosts5th2018 (quarter-finals)Quarter-finals (2017, 2018)
TBDElite round Group 1 winners
TBDElite round Group 2 winners
TBDElite round Group 3 winners
TBDElite round Group 4 winners
TBDElite round Group 5 winners
TBDElite round Group 6 winners
TBDElite round Group 7 winners
TBDElite round Group 8 winners
TBDElite round Group runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group runners-up[^]
Notes
  1. ^ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw will be held in April 2019.[5] The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts Republic of Ireland are assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams are seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pot 1
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pot 2
9 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pot 2
10 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.

Venues

The tournament is hosted in four venues:

Dublin Cork
Tallaght Stadium Turners Cross
Capacity: 8,183 Capacity: 7,485
6 group matches, 1 quarter-final, 1 semi-final, final 6 group matches, 1 quarter-final, 1 semi-final
Stranorlar (TBC) Galway
New Finn Harps Stadium Eamonn Deacy Park
Capacity: 5,700 (Under Construction) Capacity: 5,000
6 group matches, 1 quarter-final 6 group matches, 1 quarter-final

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 38).[4]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, IST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of Ireland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 May 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Republic of Ireland  v A4
A3 v A2
Republic of Ireland  v A3
A2 v A4
A2 v  Republic of Ireland
A4 v A3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 May 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
B1 v B4
B3 v B2
B1 v B3
B2 v B4
B2 v B1
B4 v B3

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 May 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
C1 v C4
C3 v C2
C1 v C3
C2 v C4
C2 v C1
C4 v C3

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 May 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
D1 v D4
D3 v D2
D1 v D3
D2 v D4
D2 v D1
D4 v D3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[4]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 May –
 
 
Winner Group A
 
16 May –
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Quarter-final 1
 
13 May –
 
Winner Quarter-final 3
 
Winner Group C
 
19 May –
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
12 May –
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
16 May –
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Quarter-final 2
 
13 May –
 
Winner Quarter-final 4World Cup play-off
 
Winner Group D
 
16 May –
 
Runner-up Group C
 
1st Best Losing QF
 
 
2nd Best Losing QF
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

Winner Group A Quarter-final 1 Runner-up Group B
Winner Group B Quarter-final 2 Runner-up Group A
Winner Group C Quarter-final 3 Runner-up Group D
Winner Group D Quarter-final 4 Runner-up Group C

Ranking of losing quarter-finalists

To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists are ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):[4]

  1. Position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
  2. Results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  3. Results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  4. Disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
  5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  6. Drawing of lots.
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1/B2 Loser Quarter-final 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2 B1/A2 Loser Quarter-final 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C1/D2 Loser Quarter-final 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D1/C2 Loser Quarter-final 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 May 2019. Source: UEFA

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

1st best losing quarter-finalists v 2nd best losing quarter-finalists

Semi-finals

Winner Quarter-final 1 Semi-final 1 Winner Quarter-final 3
Winner Quarter-final 2 Semi-final 2 Winner Quarter-final 4

Final

Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
TBD12 May 2019
TBD12 May 2019
TBD13 May 2019
TBD13 May 2019
TBD16 May 2019
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "Ireland, Estonia given U17 honours for 2019, 2020". UEFA. 9 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Amendments to football's Laws of the Game in various UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 5 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Seedings for 2018/19 U17 qualifying round". UEFA. 27 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "2019 #U17EURO finals draw". UEFA.com.
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