2028 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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2028 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2028 m. Europos U-17 futbolo čempionatas
Tournament details
Host countryLithuania
DatesSummer 2028
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
2027
2029

The 2028 UEFA European Under-17 Championship will be the 25th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (44th 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. Lithuania, which were selected by UEFA on 3 December 2025, will host the tournament. [1]

Contents

A total of 8 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2011 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2028 FIFA U-17 World Cup as the UEFA representatives.

Qualification

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

TeamMethod of qualificationFinals appearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Hosts1stDebut

References

  1. "Lithuania and Moldova to host U17 EURO". UEFA. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.