2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 11 October – 21 November 2023 Elite round: 20 – 26 March 2024
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Goals scored	212 (2.72 per match)
Attendance	7,174 (92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dženan Pejčinović Matviy Ponomarenko (5 goals)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 21 November 2023.

The 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification is a men's under-19 national football team competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Northern Ireland in the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1][2] Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to participate.

Russia was excluded from participating in the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, excluding hosts Northern Ireland, 53 teams entered this qualification competition, which consists of a qualifying round played in October–November 2023, followed by an elite round played in March 2024.^[3]

Format

The qualifying competition will consist of the following two rounds:

• Qualifying Round: Apart from Portugal, which receives a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams are drawn in 13 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, 13 runners-up, and the third placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
• Elite Round: The 28 teams are drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group is as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):^[4]

Group Schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

Tiebreakers

In the qualifying and elite round, 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):^[5]

1. Points in head to head matches among tied teams
2. Goal difference in head to head matches among tied teams
3. Goals scored in head to head matches among tied teams
4. 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
5. Goal difference in all group matches
6. Goals scored in all group matches
7. 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)
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for 2 yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
9. 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):^[5]

1. Points
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Disciplinary points (total 3 matches)
5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 8 December 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[3]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[6]

• 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained 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 Team Coeff. Rank  Northern Ireland 3.667 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff. Rank  Portugal 26.056 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank  England 25.222 2  France 22.000 3  Italy 21.444 4  Czech Republic 16.889 5  Spain 16.689 6  Ukraine 15.056 7  Republic of Ireland 14.944 8  Netherlands 14.556 9  Norway 14.111 10  Israel 14.056 11  Germany 13.833 12  Turkey 12.444 13  Serbia 11.833 14

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank  Austria 11.333 15  Slovakia 11.333 16  Romania 11.167 17  Hungary 10.667 18  Belgium 10.333 19  Sweden 10.278 20  Scotland 9.500 21  Croatia 9.500 22  Greece 9.000 23  Denmark 8.933 24  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.833 25  Georgia 8.833 26  Poland 8.500 27

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank  Finland 8.500 28  Bulgaria 8.056 29  Iceland 6.000 30   Switzerland 5.833 31  Armenia 5.667 32  Cyprus 5.333 33  Wales 5.333 34  Latvia 5.333 35  Slovenia 5.333 36  Azerbaijan 4.500 37  Belarus 4.333 38  North Macedonia 4.333 39  Kosovo 3.167 40

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank  Albania 2.333 41  Montenegro 2.333 42  Malta 2.333 43  Moldova 1.667 44  Kazakhstan 1.667 45  Faroe Islands 1.333 46  Andorra 1.333 47  Lithuania 0.333 48  Estonia 0.333 49  Luxembourg 0.333 50  San Marino 0.000 51  Gibraltar 0.000 52  Liechtenstein 0.000 53

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Groups

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Elite round
2	France (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Iceland	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Elite round
2	Latvia (H)	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	0	24	−24	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Elite round
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Andorra	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Elite round
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4
3	Sweden (H)	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	1	2	0	11	−11	1

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Elite round
2	North Macedonia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
3	Poland (H)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4[a]
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Elite round
2	Georgia (H)	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	Cyprus	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Elite round
2	Kosovo	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Malta (H)	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Elite round
2	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7	Elite round
2	Croatia (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Armenia	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Elite round
2	Romania	3	1	2	0	8	1	+7	5
3	Finland	3	1	1	1	8	1	+7	4
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Elite round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
3	Luxembourg (H)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5	Elite round
2	Montenegro (H)	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
3	England	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
4	Wales	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

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Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Albania (H)	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	8	Greece	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Elite Round
2	12	England	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
3	4	Sweden	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
4	2	Hungary	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
5	1	Iceland	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
6	10	Finland	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1[a]
7	13	Republic of Ireland	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1[a]
8	5	Poland	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1
9	7	Slovakia	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
10	3	Andorra	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
11	11	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
12	6	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
13	9	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held in 7 December 2023 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Portugal which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contains one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed team could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.^[7]

2023/24 qualifying round results^[8]

Pot A Team Pos. Pts. GD GS Coef.  Portugal Seeded – – – –  Spain Group 6 winners 6 6 6 3.000  Netherlands Group 11 winners 6 5 5 3.000  Norway Group 2 winners 6 4 5 3.000  Scotland Group 3 winners 6 3 5 3.000  Turkey Group 8 winners 6 3 4 3.000   Switzerland Group 4 winners 6 2 3 3.000

Pot B Team Pos. Pts. GD GS Coef.  Israel Group 9 winners 4 6 6 2.000  Germany Group 5 winners 4 2 6 2.000  Denmark Group 1 winners 4 1 3 2.000  Czech Republic Group 10 winners 4 1 2 2.000  Belgium Group 13 winners 4 1 2 2.000  Austria Group 12 winners 4 1 1 2.000  Ukraine Group 7 winners 3 0 4 1.500

2023/24 qualifying round results^[8]

Pot C Team Pos. Pts. GD GS Coef.  Kosovo Group 7 runners-up 4 4 5 2.000  Croatia Group 9 runners-up 4 2 2 2.000  North Macedonia Group 5 runners-up 3 0 3 1.500  France Group 1 runners-up 3 0 2 1.500  Serbia Group 3 runners-up 3 0 2 1.500  Georgia Group 6 runners-up 3 -2 2 1.500  Bosnia and Herzegovina Group 11 runners-up 3 -2 1 1.500

Pot D Team Pos. Pts. GD GS Coef.  Romania Group 10 runners-up 2 0 1 1.000  Slovenia Group 13 runners-up 2 0 1 1.000  Italy Group 4 runners-up 1 -1 2 0.500  Montenegro Group 12 runners-up 1 -1 0 0.500  Latvia Group 2 runners-up 1 -3 1 0.500  Lithuania Group 8 runners-up 0 -3 2 0.000  Greece Group 8 third-place 3 0 2 1.500

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Slovenia (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Kosovo	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3[a]
4	Austria	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3[a]

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6[a]	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6[a]
3	Netherlands (H)	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3[b]
4	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3[b]

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Norway (H)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3[a]
4	Israel	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3[a]

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Greece	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Georgia	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Turkey	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6[a]	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6[a]
3	Croatia (H)	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3[b]
4	Germany	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3[b]

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1[a]
4	North Macedonia (H)	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1[a]

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Goalscorers

In the qualifying round, there have been 212 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 2.72 goals per match (as of 21 November 2023).

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

External links

• Official website
• Under-19 Matches: 2023 Qualifying, UEFA.com