2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Wales
Dates	Summer 2026
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
	← 2025 2027 →

Last updated March 29, 2024

The 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship will be the 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (73rd edition if the Under-18 and Junior era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Wales, which were selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023, will host the tournament.^[1] A total of 8 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Wales	Hosts	8th (may qualify in 2025)

Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; 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); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Wales (H)	Knockout stage
2	A2	Knockout stage
3	A3	FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4	A4

First match(es) will be played: June 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	B1	Knockout stage
2	B2	Knockout stage
3	B3	FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4	B4

First match(es) will be played: June 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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References

↑ "Wales and Israel to stage U19 EURO in 2026 and 2027". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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[1] "Wales and Israel to stage U19 EURO in 2026 and 2027". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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