2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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Host countryNorthern Ireland
Dates15–28 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue3 (in 2 host cities)
2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Flag parade of the participating nations
Tournament details
Host countryNorthern Ireland
Dates15–28 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (12th title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored43 (2.69 per match)
Attendance25,046 (1,565 per match)
Top scorer(s)Norway Daniel Braut
(3 goals)
Best playerSpain Iker Bravo[1]
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2024) was 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 hosted the tournament from 15 to 28 July 2024. A total of eight teams played 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 were the defending champions, having beaten Portugal 1–0 in the 2023 final, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Spain.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

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 IrelandHosts2nd2005 (Group stage)Group stage (2005)
 FranceElite round Group 2 winners13th2022 (Semi-finals)Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
 TurkeyElite round Group 6 winners7th2018 (Group stage)Runners-up (2004)
 SpainElite round Group 1 winners14th2023 (Semi-finals)Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
 UkraineElite round Group 7 winners6th2018 (Semi-finals)Champions (2009)
 ItalyElite round Group 5 winners10th2023 (Champions)Champions (2003, 2023)
 NorwayElite round Group 3 winners7th2023 (Semi-finals)Semi-finals (2023)
 DenmarkElite round Group 4 winners1stDebut

Venues

The tournament was hosted in 3 venues.[6]

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

Officials

A total of 6 Referees, 8 Assistants and 2 Fourth Officials were selected for the tournament.

Referees Assistant Referees Fourth Officials
Malta Ishmael Barbara (Malta) Netherlands Dyon Fikkert (Netherlands) Latvia Edgars Maļcevs (Latvia)
Romania Marian Barbu (Romania) Greece Andreas Fotopoulos (Greece) Northern Ireland Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Luka Bilbija (Bosnia) Lithuania Benas Kikutis (Lithuania)
Greece Vassilis Fotias (Greece) Romania Mihai Marica (Romania)
Armenia Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia) North Macedonia Slagjan Markoski (North Macedonia)
Netherlands Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands) Armenia Atom Sevgulyan (Armenia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Smiljanić (Bosnia)
Malta Duncan Spencer (Malta)

Squads

Group stage

Match between Northern Ireland and Ukraine

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Knockout stage and
2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Ukraine 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Northern Ireland (H) 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Italy 2–1 Norway
 Report Braut 35'
Attendance: 1,043[7]
Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu (Romania)
Northern Ireland 0–0 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 1,261[8]
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Norway 0–0 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 612[9]
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Northern Ireland 0–3 Italy
Report
Attendance: 1,808[10]
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)
Norway 2–0 Northern Ireland
Braut 33', 65' Report
Attendance: 2,401[11]
Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)
Ukraine 3–2 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 654[12]
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7 Knockout stage and
2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Spain 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  Turkey 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Denmark 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Denmark 1–2 Spain
Krüger-Johnsen 43' Report
Attendance: 622[13]
Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)
France 2–1 Turkey
 Report Fidan 4'
Attendance: 1,003[14]
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)
Denmark 2–4 France
 Report
Attendance: 672[15]
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Turkey 1–1 Spain
Ay 90' Report Gąsiorowski 55'
Attendance: 1,124[16]
Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu (Romania)
Turkey 3–3 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 531[17]
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)
Spain 2–2 France
 Report
Attendance: 1,726[18]
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 July – Belfast
 
 
 Italy0
 
28 July – Belfast
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)1
 
 Spain2
 
25 July – Belfast
 
 France0
 
 France1
 
 
 Ukraine0
 

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Semi-finals

Italy 0–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
Report Fortuny 100'
Attendance: 1,302[20]
Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu (Romania)
France 1–0 Ukraine
Atangana 61' Report
Attendance: 1,612[21]
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)

Final

Spain 2–0 France
 Report
Attendance: 8,358[22]
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Italy18 July 2024[23]8 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2023)
 France19 July 2024[24]8 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023)
 Ukraine21 July 2024[25]4 (2001, 2005, 2015, 2019)
 Spain22 July 2024[26]15 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Norway25 July 2024[27]3 (1989, 1993, 2019)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 43 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: UEFA

Team of the Tournament

References

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