2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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Host countryIreland
Dates3–19 May
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue7 (in 4 host cities)
2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIreland
Dates3–19 May
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue7 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (4th title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored104 (3.25 per match)
Attendance47,456 (1,483 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Adil Aouchiche
(9 goals)
← 2018

The 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (37th 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. Ireland was selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016 to hosted the tournament.[1]

A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions were permitted per team in each match.[2] Moreover, each match has a regular duration of 90 minutes, instead of 80 minutes in previous seasons.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the UEFA representatives.

In the final, defending champions Netherlands defeated Italy 4–2 to win their fourth title.[3]

Qualified teams

Venues

The tournament was hosted in seven venues:

Dublin
2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Ireland)
 Longford
Tallaght Stadium City Calling Stadium
Capacity: 8,183 Capacity: 3,578
4 group matches, 1 quarter-final, 1 semi-final, final 4 group matches
Waterford
2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Dublin)
 Bray
Waterford Regional Sports Centre Carlisle Grounds
Capacity: 2,978 Capacity: 2,122
4 group matches 2 group matches, 1 quarter-final
Dublin
Tolka Park UCD Bowl Whitehall Stadium
Capacity: 3,707 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 2,500
2 group matches, 1 quarter-final, FIFA Play-Off 4 group matches, 1 quarter-final, 1 semi-final 4 group matches

Match officials

A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[6]

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 38).[5]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 11 April 2019.[8]

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 17.01 and 17.02):[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 two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, IST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5 Knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3  Republic of Ireland (H) 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4  Greece 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic 1–1 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 714
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 4,265
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
Belgium 3–0 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 712
Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 2,613
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
Belgium 1–1 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 4,885
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)
Greece 0–2 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 673
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  England 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
4  Sweden 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Netherlands 2–0 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 381
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)
England 1–1 France
 Report
Attendance: 1,627
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
Netherlands 5–2 England
 Report
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
France 4–2 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 1,027
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
France 2–0 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 617
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Sweden 1–3 England
 Report
Attendance: 522
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Iceland 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 5 8 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iceland 3–2 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 665
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Hungary 1–0 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 702
Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)
Iceland 1–2 Hungary
 Report
Attendance: 878
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Portugal 2–1 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 445
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)
Portugal 4–2 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 780
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
Russia 2–3 Hungary
 Report
Attendance: 543
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Austria 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 3–0 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
Germany 1–3 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 1,203
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
Spain 1–0 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Italy 2–1 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 623
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
Italy 4–1 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
Austria 1–3 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 1,737
Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[5]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 May – Bray
 
 
 Belgium0
 
16 May – Dublin (UCD)
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands1
 
13 May – Dublin (UCD)
 
 Spain0
 
 Hungary1 (4)
 
19 May – Dublin (Tallaght)
 
 Spain1 (5)
 
 Netherlands4
 
12 May – Dublin (Tallaght)
 
 Italy2
 
 France6
 
16 May – Dublin (Tallaght)
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 France1
 
13 May – Dublin (Tolka)
 
 Italy2 World Cup play-off
 
 Italy1
 
16 May – Dublin (Tolka)
 
 Portugal0
 
 Hungary1 (5)
 
 
 Belgium1 (4)
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

France 6–1 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 670
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
Belgium 0–3 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 2,631
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
Italy 1–0 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 734
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
Hungary 1–1 Spain
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 1,320
Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

Ranking of losing quarter-finalists

To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists are ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):[5]

  1. Position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
  2. Results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  3. Results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
  4. Disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
  5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  6. Drawing of lots.
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9 FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2 A1  Belgium 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3 C2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
4 A2  Czech Republic 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
Source: UEFA

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Hungary 1–1 Belgium
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 462
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

Semi-finals

Netherlands 1–0 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
France 1–2 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 1,280
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Final

Netherlands 4–2 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 5,952
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Team of the tournament

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament:[9]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forward
Netherlands Calvin Raatsie Italy Sebastiano Esposito

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[10]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
 France12 May 20196 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017)
 Netherlands12 May 20193 (2005, 2009, 2011)
 Italy13 May 20197 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2013)
 Spain13 May 20199 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017)
 Hungary16 May 20191 (1985)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year

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