2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

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2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesQualifying round:
September–November 2024
Elite round:
Spring 2025
Teams53 (from 1 confederation)
2024
2026

The 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification will be a men's under-19 national football team competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Romania in the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to participate.

Contents

Russia was excluded from participating in the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, excluding hosts Romania, 53 teams entered this qualification competition, which consists of a qualifying round played in September–November 2024, followed by an elite round played in spring 2025.

Format

The qualifying competition will consist of the following two rounds:

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 May 2024, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [1]

Each group contains one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Belarus and Ukraine, Kosovo and Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Final tournament hosts
TeamCoeff.Rank
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bye to elite round
TeamCoeff.Rank
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1
Teams entering qualifying round
Pot A
TeamCoeff.Rank
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2
Flag of France.svg  France 3
Flag of England.svg  England 4
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 8
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 9
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 10
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 11
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 12
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 14
Pot B
TeamCoeff.Rank
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 18
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 19
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 20
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 21
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 24
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 27
Pot C
TeamCoeff.Rank
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 28
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 29
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 30
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 31
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 32
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 33
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 34
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 35
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 36
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 37
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 38
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 39
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 40
Pot D
TeamCoeff.Rank
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 41
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 42
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 43
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 44
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 45
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 46
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 47
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 48
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 49
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 50
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 51
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 52
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 53

Groups

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 00000000
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 00000000
3Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of England.svg  England 00000000
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 4

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 00000000
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 5

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of France.svg  France 00000000
3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 6

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 00000000
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 7

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 00000000
3Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 8

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00000000
3Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 9

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 00000000
3Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 10

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 00000000
3Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 11

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 00000000
3Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 12

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 00000000
3Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 13

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 00000000 Elite round
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 00000000
3Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 00000000Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 00000000
First match(es) will be played: Autumn 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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