2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2024 Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Κ-17
2024 Avrupa 17 Yaş Altı Futbol Şampiyonası
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
Dates20 May – 5 June
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)6 (in 4 host cities)
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The 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2024) will be the 21st UEFA European Under-17 Championship (40th 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. Cyprus will be hosting the tournament. [1] A total of 16 teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

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Germany are the title holders, having beaten France in a penalty shootout in the 2023 final. They will not be able to defend their title after failing to qualify for the final tournament.

Host selection

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively. [1]

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which will take place in autumn 2023, and Elite round, which will take place in spring 2024, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.


Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Hosts1stDebut
Flag of France.svg  France Elite round Group 1 winners15th 2023 (Runners-up)Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elite round Group 2 winners6th 2022 (Group stage)Semi-finals (2013)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elite round Group 3 winners12th 2023 (Group stage)Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Elite round Group 4 winners7th 2017 (Group stage)Group stage (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Elite round Group 5 winners11th 2023 (Group stage)Champions (2003, 2016)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Elite round Group 6 winners7th 2022 (Quarter-finals)Semi-finals (2011)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Elite round Group 7 winners7th 2019 (Group stage)Third place (2003)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Elite round Group 8 winners5th 2023 (Semi-finals)Semi-finals (2012, 2023)
Flag of England.svg  England Elite round Group 1 runners-up 1 16th 2023 (Fifth place)Champions (2010, 2014)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Elite round Group 2 runners-up 1 2nd 2023 (Group stage)Group stage (2023)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Elite round Group 4 runners-up 1 2nd 2013 (Semi-finals)Semi-finals (2013)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Elite round Group 5 runners-up 1 6th 2023 (Group stage)Fourth place (2005)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Elite round Group 6 runners-up 1 10th 2 2023 (Quarter-finals)Semi-finals (2022)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Elite round Group 7 runners-up 1 16th 2023 (Semi-finals)Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Elite round Group 8 runners-up 1 7th 2019 (Quarter-finals)Runners-up (2006)
Notes
1 The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
2 Two as Serbia and Montenegro and eight as Serbia

Venues

The tournament is hosted in 6 venues. [2]

Larnaca
Ammochostos Stadium
Capacity: 5,500		 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis
Capacity: 7,303		 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Capacity: 10,320
Ammochostosstadiumnew2.jpg The AEK Arena in Larnaca in summer 2021.jpg Antonis Papadopoulos evening.jpg
Dasaki Achnas Limassol Paralimni
Dasaki Stadium
Capacity: 5,422		 Alphamega Stadium
Capacity: 11,000		 Paralimni Stadium
Capacity: 5,800
Dasaki stad.jpg No image available.svg Paralimni Stadium in Paralimni, Cyprus.jpg

Squads

Group stage

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

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus (H)00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 00000000
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 00000000
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 20 May 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svgvFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgvFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svgvFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 00000000
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 00000000
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 21 May 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svgvFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svgvFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svgvFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00000000
3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 00000000
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 20 May 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Italy  Flag of Italy.svgvFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgvFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Italy  Flag of Italy.svgvFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgvFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgvFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Poland  Flag of Poland.svgvFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 00000000
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 00000000
4Flag of England.svg  England 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 21 May 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
France  Flag of France.svgvFlag of England.svg  England
Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
France  Flag of France.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svgvFlag of England.svg  England
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svgvFlag of France.svg  France
England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
29 May
 
 
Winner Group A
 
2 June
 
Runner-up Group B
 
 
 
29 May
 
 
 
Winner Group C
 
5 June
 
Runner-up Group D
 
 
 
30 May
 
 
 
Winner Group B
 
2 June
 
Runner-up Group A
 
 
 
30 May
 
 
 
Winner Group D
 
 
Runner-up Group C
 

Quarter-finals

Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A
Winner Group CvRunner-up Group D
Winner Group DvRunner-up Group C

Semi-finals

Winner Quarter-Final 1vWinner Quarter-Final 3
Winner Quarter-Final 2vWinner Quarter-Final 4

Final

Winner Semi-Final 1vWinner Semi-Final 2
Alphamega Stadium, Limassol

Goalscorers

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hungary, Cyprus to host U17 EURO in 2023, 2024". UEFA. 19 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "2024 U17 EURO finals in Cyprus: Tournament information". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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