2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Northern Ireland
Dates	15–28 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
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International football competition

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.

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

Northern 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

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	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
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

The tournament is hosted in 3 venues.^[4]

Belfast Larne	Belfast		Larne
	Windsor Park	Seaview	Inver Park
	Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 3,383	Capacity: 3,000

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance 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.

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	Northern Ireland (H)	Knockout stage and 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Norway	Knockout stage and 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
3	Italy	FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4	Ukraine

First match(es) will be played: 15 July 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

15 July 2024 (2024-07-15)