2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: Autumn 2017 Elite round: Spring 2018
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)

The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-19 football competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Finland in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

A total of 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time).^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to participate.

Format

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:

Qualifying round: Apart from Spain and Portugal, which receive byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams are drawn into 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 and the 13 runners-up 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.

Tiebreakers

In the qualifying round 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):^[3]

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 criteria 1 to 3, a subset of teams are still tied, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
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 criteria 1 to 6, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (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 (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round will be held on 13 December 2016, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The teams are seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[4]

2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contains one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo will not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts
Team	Coeff	Rank
Finland	2.333	—

Bye to elite round
Team	Coeff	Rank
Spain	11.333	1
Portugal	11.167	2

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A
Team	Coeff	Rank
Austria	10.500	3
Germany	9.500	4
England	9.167	5
France	9.000	6
Ukraine	8.833	7
Russia	8.833	8
Serbia	8.500	9
Netherlands	8.333	10
Italy	7.333	11
Belgium	7.167	12
Czech Republic	7.000	13
Croatia	7.000	14
Turkey	6.667	15

Pot B
Team	Coeff	Rank
Israel	6.667	16
Montenegro	6.500	17
Georgia	6.333	18
Denmark	6.000	19
Sweden	5.833	20
Slovakia	5.833	21
Switzerland	5.667	22
Scotland	5.333	23
Greece	5.167	24
Republic of Ireland	5.000	25
Poland	4.667	26
Slovenia	4.333	27
Bulgaria	4.167	28

Pot C
Team	Coeff	Rank
Norway	4.167	29
Wales	3.833	30
Lithuania	3.667	31
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.667	32
Romania	3.333	33
Hungary	3.333	34
Macedonia	3.333	35
Luxembourg	2.667	36
Estonia	2.667	37
Latvia	2.667	38
Iceland	2.500	39
Northern Ireland	2.500	40
Azerbaijan	2.500	41

Pot D
Team	Coeff	Rank
Cyprus	2.500	42
Armenia	2.333	43
Belarus	1.667	44
Albania	1.667	45
Malta	1.333	46
Moldova	1.000	47
Andorra	0.333	48
Liechtenstein	0.333	49
Faroe Islands	0.333	50
Gibraltar	0.333	51
Kazakhstan	0.333	52
San Marino	0.000	53
Kosovo	—	54

Groups

The qualifying round must be played on or before 19 November 2017.^[4]

Times up to 28 October 2017 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 2

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 3

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 4

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 5

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 6

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 7

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 8

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 9

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 10

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 11

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 12

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 13

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Elite round
2	Team 2	Elite round
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2017

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2017

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2017

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2017

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2017

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2017

Team 4	v	Team 3

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round will be held in late 2017.

The teams are seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Spain and Portugal, which received byes to the elite round, are 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. Teams from the same qualifying round group cannot be drawn in the same group.

Pos	Grp	Team	Seeding
1	—	Spain (X)	Pot A
2	—	Portugal (X)
3		TBD
4		TBD
5		TBD
6		TBD
7		TBD
8		TBD	Pot B
9		TBD
10		TBD
11		TBD
12		TBD
13		TBD
14		TBD
15		TBD	Pot C
16		TBD
17		TBD
18		TBD
19		TBD
20		TBD
21		TBD
22		TBD	Pot D
23		TBD
24		TBD
25		TBD
26		TBD
27		TBD
28		TBD

First match(es) will be played on 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
(X) Certain to be in pot as indicated.

Groups

Times up to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2018

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2018

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2018

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2018

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2018

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2018

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 2

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2018

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2018

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2018

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2018

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2018

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2018

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 3

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2018

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2018

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2018

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2018

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2018

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2018

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 4

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2018

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2018

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2018

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2018

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2018

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2018

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 5

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2018

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2018

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2018

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2018

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2018

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2018

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 6

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2018

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2018

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2018

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2018

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2018

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2018

Team 4	v	Team 3

Group 7

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Final tournament
2	Team 2
3	Team 3
4	Team 4

First match(es) will be played on 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Team 1 v Team 4

2018

Team 1	v	Team 4

Team 3 v Team 2

2018

Team 3	v	Team 2

Team 1 v Team 3

2018

Team 1	v	Team 3

Team 2 v Team 4

2018

Team 2	v	Team 4

Team 2 v Team 1

2018

Team 2	v	Team 1

Team 4 v Team 3

2018

Team 4	v	Team 3

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹ only U-19 era (since 2002)
Finland	* !Hosts	01 !26 January 2015^[1]	00 !0 (debut) (may qualify in 2017)
TBD	1 !Elite round Group 1 winners
TBD	2 !Elite round Group 2 winners
TBD	3 !Elite round Group 3 winners
TBD	4 !Elite round Group 4 winners
TBD	5 !Elite round Group 5 winners
TBD	6 !Elite round Group 6 winners
TBD	7 !Elite round Group 7 winners

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

1 2 "Georgia and Finland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
1 2 "Seedings for 2017/18 U19 qualifying round". UEFA. 24 November 2016.
1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2016/17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
1 2 "2017/18 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.

External links

Official website

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001

Tournaments	England 1948 Netherlands 1949 Austria 1950 France 1951 Spain 1952 Belgium 1953 West Germany 1954 Italy 1955 Hungary 1956 Spain 1957 Luxembourg 1958 Bulgaria 1959 Austria 1960 Portugal 1961 Romania 1962 England 1963 Netherlands 1964 West Germany 1965 Yugoslavia 1966 Turkey 1967 France 1968 East Germany 1969 Scotland 1970 Czechoslovakia 1971 Spain 1972 Italy 1973 Sweden 1974 Switzerland 1975 Hungary 1976 Belgium 1977 Poland 1978 Austria 1979 East Germany 1980 West Germany 1981 Finland 1982 England 1983 Soviet Union 1984 Yugoslavia 1986 Czechoslovakia 1988 Hungary 1990 Germany 1992 England 1993 Spain 1994 Greece 1995 France 1996 Iceland 1997 Cyprus 1998 Sweden 1999 Germany 2000 Finland 2001

Qualification	1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Squads	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-19 era, 2002–present

Tournaments	Norway 2002 Liechtenstein 2003 Switzerland 2004 Northern Ireland 2005 Poland 2006 Austria 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Ukraine 2009 France 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Lithuania 2013 Hungary 2014 Greece 2015 Germany 2016 Georgia 2017 Finland 2018

Qualification	2002 2003 (First, Second) 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017 2018

Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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