2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryWales
DatesSummer 2026
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
2025
2027

The 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship will be the 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (73rd edition if the Under-18 and Junior era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Wales, which were selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023, will host the tournament. [1] [2] A total of 8 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Contents

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the UEFA representatives.

Venues

The tournament will be hosted in 5 venues: [3]

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Nantporth, Bangor

Llanelian Road, Colwyn Bay

Deeside Stadium, Deeside

Central Park, Denbigh

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

TeamMethod of qualificationFinals appearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Hosts1st
(may qualify in 2025)

Group stage

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

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales (H)00000000 Knockout stage
2A200000000
3A300000000 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4A400000000
First match(es) will be played: June 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1B100000000 Knockout stage
2B200000000
3B300000000 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4B400000000
First match(es) will be played: June 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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References

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