2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2021) will be the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (39th 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 will host the tournament.[1] A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.

2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Παίδων 2021
2021 Avrupa 17 Yaş Altı Futbol Şampiyonası
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
DatesMay/June 2021
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBC (in TBC host cities)

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the UEFA representatives.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Cyprus and Israel were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification
Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[3] The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2021.

Qualified teams

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
 CyprusHosts1st—Debut
TBDElite round Group 1 winners
TBDElite round Group 2 winners
TBDElite round Group 3 winners
TBDElite round Group 4 winners
TBDElite round Group 5 winners
TBDElite round Group 6 winners
TBDElite round Group 7 winners
TBDElite round Group 8 winners
TBDElite round Group TBD runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group TBD runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group TBD runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group TBD runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group TBD runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group TBD runners-up[^]
TBDElite round Group TBD runners-up[^]
Notes
  1. ^
    The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

To be confirmed.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
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TBD2021
TBD2021
TBD2021
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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References
  1. "Cyprus, Israel to host U17 EURO in 2021, 2022". UEFA. 24 September 2019.
  2. "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 27 March 2019.
  3. "2020/21 U17 qualifying round draw". UEFA. 14 October 2019.
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