This article documents a current UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (July 2024) |
The 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2024) will be the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (71st edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Northern Ireland will host the tournament from 15 to 28 July 2024. A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Northern Ireland |
Dates | 15–28 July |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament will act as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the UEFA representatives.
Italy are the defending champions being crowned champions for the fourth time after beating Portugal 1–0 in the final.[1]
Host selection
editNorthern Ireland was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.[2][3]
Qualification
editQualified teams
editThe following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Northern Ireland | Hosts | 2nd | 2005 (Group stage) | Group stage (2005) |
France | Elite round Group 2 winners | 13th | 2022 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2005, 2010, 2016) |
Turkey | Elite round Group 6 winners | 7th | 2018 (Group stage) | Runners-up (2004) |
Spain | Elite round Group 1 winners | 14th | 2023 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) |
Ukraine | Elite round Group 7 winners | 6th | 2018 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2009) |
Italy | Elite round Group 5 winners | 10th | 2023 (Champions) | Champions (2003, 2023) |
Norway | Elite round Group 3 winners | 7th | 2023 (Semi-finals) | Semi-finals (2023) |
Denmark | Elite round Group 4 winners | 1st | Debut |
Venues
editThe tournament is hosted in 3 venues.[4]
Belfast | Larne | ||
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Windsor Park | Seaview | Inver Park | |
Capacity: 18,500 | Capacity: 3,383 | Capacity: 3,000 | |
Squads
editGroup stage
editThe group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.
Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
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Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy (A) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage and 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
2 | Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off |
4 | Northern Ireland (H) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (H) Hosts
Northern Ireland | 0–0 | Ukraine |
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Northern Ireland | 0–3 | Italy |
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Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France (A) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage and 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
2 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off |
4 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round
Denmark | 1–2 | Spain |
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Denmark | 2–4 | France |
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Turkey | 1–1 | Spain |
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Knockout stage
editBracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
25 July – Belfast | ||||||
Italy | ||||||
28 July – Belfast | ||||||
Runner-up Group B | ||||||
Winner Semi-final 1 | ||||||
25 July – Belfast | ||||||
Winner Semi-final 2 | ||||||
Winner Group B | ||||||
Runner-up Group A | ||||||
FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
editWinners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Semi-finals
editItaly | v | Runner-up Group B |
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Winner Group B | v | Runner-up Group A |
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Final
editWinner Semi-final 1 | v | Winner Semi-final 2 |
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
editThe following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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Italy | 18 July 2024 | 8 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
France | 19 July 2024 | 8 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
TBD | 21 July 2024 | |
TBD | 22 July 2024 | |
TBD | 25 July 2024 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
editThere were 20 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
Source: UEFA
References
edit- ^ "Portugal 0-1 Italy: Kayode heads resilient Azzurrini to second Under-19 title". UEFA. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Decision on remaining EURO 2020 venues to be made on 23 April". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Malta, Northern Ireland and Romania to stage U19 EURO in 2023, 2024, 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "2024 U19 EURO finals in Northern Ireland: Tournament information". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.