2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2024 Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Κ-17
2024 Avrupa 17 Yaş Altı Futbol Şampiyonası
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
Dates20 May – 5 June
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)6 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)8 players (1 goal each)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2024.

The 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2024) is be the 21st UEFA European Under-17 Championship (40th 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. Cyprus is hosting the tournament.[1] A total of 16 teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Germany are the title holders, having beaten France in a penalty shootout in the 2023 final. They will not be able to defend their title after failing to qualify for the final tournament.[2]

Host selection[edit]

  • 19 April 2021: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Montreux

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification[edit]

Main article: 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2023, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2024, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.


Qualified teams[edit]

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Cyprus Hosts 1st Debut
 France Elite round Group 1 winners 15th 2023 (Runners-up) Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
 Sweden Elite round Group 2 winners 6th 2022 (Group stage) Semi-finals (2013)
 Italy Elite round Group 3 winners 12th 2023 (Group stage) Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019)
 Ukraine Elite round Group 4 winners 7th 2017 (Group stage) Group stage (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017)
 Portugal Elite round Group 5 winners 11th 2023 (Group stage) Champions (2003, 2016)
 Denmark Elite round Group 6 winners 7th 2022 (Quarter-finals) Semi-finals (2011)
 Austria Elite round Group 7 winners 7th 2019 (Group stage) Third place (2003)
 Poland Elite round Group 8 winners 5th 2023 (Semi-finals) Semi-finals (2012, 2023)
 England Elite round Group 1 runners-up1 16th 2023 (Fifth place) Champions (2010, 2014)
 Wales Elite round Group 2 runners-up1 2nd 2023 (Group stage) Group stage (2023)
 Slovakia Elite round Group 4 runners-up1 2nd 2013 (Semi-finals) Semi-finals (2013)
 Croatia Elite round Group 5 runners-up1 6th 2023 (Group stage) Fourth place (2005)
 Serbia Elite round Group 6 runners-up1 10th2 2023 (Quarter-finals) Semi-finals (2022)
 Spain Elite round Group 7 runners-up1 16th 2023 (Semi-finals) Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
 Czech Republic Elite round Group 8 runners-up1 7th 2019 (Quarter-finals) Runners-up (2006)
Notes
1 The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
2 Two as Serbia and Montenegro and eight as Serbia

Venues[edit]

The tournament is hosted in 6 venues.[3]

Larnaca
Ammochostos Stadium
Capacity: 5,500 		AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis
Capacity: 7,303 		Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Capacity: 10,320
Achna Limassol Paralimni
Dasaki Stadium
Capacity: 5,422 		Alphamega Stadium
Capacity: 11,000 		Paralimni Stadium
Capacity: 5,800

Match officials[edit]

The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

Squads[edit]

Main article: 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Group stage[edit]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local EEST (UTC+3).

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 3 Knockout stage
2  Serbia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
3  Ukraine 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
4  Cyprus (H) 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia 1–0 Ukraine
  • Makević 2'
 Report
Attendance: 296
Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)
Cyprus 0–5 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 5,435
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)
Ukraine v Czech Republic
Cyprus v Serbia
Ukraine v Cyprus
Czech Republic v Serbia

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Knockout stage
2  Austria 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1[a]
3  Croatia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1[a]
4  Wales 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on disciplinary points: Austria: –1, Croatia: –3
Denmark 2–0 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 269
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cyprus)
Croatia 0–0 Austria
Report
Attendance: 258
Referee: Jan Petrik (Czech Republic)
Denmark v Croatia
Austria v Wales
Austria v Denmark
Wales v Croatia

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Knockout stage
2  Sweden 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3  Slovakia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
4  Poland 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Slovakia 0–0 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 303
Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)
Italy 2–0 Poland
 Report
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)
Italy v Slovakia
Sweden v Poland
Sweden v Italy
Poland v Slovakia

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3  Spain 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
4  France 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 1–2 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 446
Referee: Nenad Minakovic (Serbia)
France 0–4 England
Report
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
France v Spain
Portugal v England
Portugal v France
England v Spain

Knockout stage[edit]

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).

Bracket[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 May
 
 
Winner Group A
 
2 June
 
Runner-up Group B
 
 
 
29 May
 
 
 
Winner Group C
 
5 June
 
Runner-up Group D
 
 
 
30 May
 
 
 
Winner Group B
 
2 June
 
Runner-up Group A
 
 
 
30 May
 
 
 
Winner Group D
 
 
Runner-up Group C
 

Quarter-finals[edit]

Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A
Winner Group CvRunner-up Group D
Winner Group DvRunner-up Group C

Semi-finals[edit]

Winner Quarter-Final 1vWinner Quarter-Final 3
Winner Quarter-Final 2vWinner Quarter-Final 4

Final[edit]

Winner Semi-Final 1vWinner Semi-Final 2

Goalscorers[edit]

There have been 8 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of 20 May 2024).

2 goals

1 goal

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Hungary, Cyprus to host U17 EURO in 2023, 2024". UEFA. 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ "UEFA Under-17 Euro 2024 TV Guide". soccersat.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  3. ^ "2024 U17 EURO finals in Cyprus: Tournament information". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

External links[edit]

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