The 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification is an under-19 men's national football team competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Czech Republic in the 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1]
For the first time, the UEFA European Under-19 Championship will begin under a new format, consisting of 3 rounds instead of 2. Round 1 will be played in spring 2026, round 2 in autumn 2026, and round 3 in spring 2027, setting the pattern to be followed in future seasons.[2]
Russia were excluded from the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, including the host Czech Republic, 54 teams entered this qualification competition, which consists of Round 1, played in March–June 2026, followed by Round 2 in autumn 2026, and Round 3 in spring 2027.
Format
This is the first year for the U-19 qualification to have a new format, similar to the U-17 qualification and Women's U-17 and U-19 qualifying competitions. The qualification consists of three rounds. Each round comprises several groups, split into league A and league B, which are played as single-round-robin mini-tournaments, with one team from each group selected as the host after the draw, except in round 3.
Round 1: All 54 teams, including hosts Czech Republic, will be split into League A (28 nations) and League B (remaining entrants), the league determined by round 2 of qualifying for the relevant U17 EURO (for 2026/27 U19 EURO, the league will be set by round 2 of 2024/25 U17 EURO). The teams in League A will be split into seven groups of four. The fourth-ranked teams will be relegated to League B for round 2. The teams in League B will be split into seven groups of four or three, depending on the number of participants. The group winners will be promoted to League A for round 2.
Round 2: The teams in League A will be split into seven groups of four. The fourth-ranked teams will be eliminated. The teams in League B will be split into seven groups of four or three, depending on the number of participants. The group winners will be promoted to League A for round 3, with the remaining teams eliminated.
Round 3: The format will resemble the current elite round, with 28 teams drawn into seven groups of four. The seven group winners will qualify for the final tournament, joining the hosts.
Tiebreakers
In a group, 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 14.01 and 14.02):[3]
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 is 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 (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for 2 yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
UEFA coefficient ranking for the Qualifying round draw
To determine the best third-placed team from the Qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):[3]
Points
Goal difference
Goals scored
Disciplinary points
UEFA coefficient ranking for the Qualifying round draw
Round 1
Draw
The draw for the Qualifying round was held on 10 December 2025, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4]
The results of round 2 of the 2024/25 Under-17 championship, including promotions and relegations, determined the access list for round 1 of the 2026/27 Under-19 championship.:[5]
League A
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Each league is composed of seven groups. No teams that played each other in round 1 will meet again in round 2. Teams that played in three-team groups in round 1 are drawn into four-team groups for round 2.
League A
Group A1
Group A2
Group A3
Group A4
Group A5
Group A6
Group A7
League B
Group B1
Group B2
Group B3
Group B4
Group B5
Group B6
Group B7
Goalscorers
In Round 1, there have been 218 goals scored in 63 matches, for an average of 3.46 goals per match(as of 31 March 2026).
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