2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2020) will be the 19th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (69th 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, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, will host the tournament.[2] Northern Ireland previously hosted the tournament 15 years previously in 2005.[3][4] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate.

2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2020 Craobhchomórtas Eorpach Faoi 19 UEFA
Tournament details
Host countryNorthern Ireland
DatesNovember 2020 (group stage)
March 2021 (knockout stage)[1]
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)

The final tournament was originally scheduled to be played between 19 July – 1 August 2020.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA announced on 1 April 2020 that the tournament had been postponed until further notice.[6][7] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the final tournament had been rescheduled and would be played in two periods, with the group stage played between 7–14 October 2020, and the knockout stage, which consists of the semi-finals, the FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off and the final, played between 11–14 November 2020.[8] However, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the final tournament had been further postponed, with the group stage played in November 2020 and the knockout stage played in March 2021.[9][10]

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the UEFA representatives.

Spain are the defending champions.

Qualification
Main article: 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

A total of 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Northern Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[11] The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2019, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2020.[12]

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)
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

Final draw

The final draw was originally to be held on 22 April 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[13] The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams. There will be no seeding, except that the hosts Northern Ireland will be assigned to position A1 in the draw.

The final draw was later rescheduled to be held on 11 September 2020.

Venues

The tournament will be held in four venues:[14]

Belfast
Ballymena
Windsor Park Ballymena Showgrounds
Capacity: 18,614 Capacity: 3,600
group stage, semi-finals, final group stage
Portadown Lurgan
Shamrock Park Mourneview Park
Capacity: 2,770 Capacity: 4,160
group stage group stage

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 37).[12]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The third-placed teams enter the FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off.

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 16.01 and 16.02):[12]

  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 ranking for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and
2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on November 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Northern Ireland vA4
A3vA2
Northern Ireland vA3
A2vA4
A2v Northern Ireland
A4vA3

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and
2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on November 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
B1vB4
B3vB2
B1vB3
B2vB4
B2vB1
B4vB3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[12]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
March – Belfast
 
 
Winner Group A
 
March – Belfast
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
March – Belfast
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
World Cup play-off
 
 
March –
 
 
Third Group A
 
 
Third Group B

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

Winner qualifies for 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Third Group APostponedThird Group B

Semi-finals
Winner Group APostponedRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BPostponedRunner-up Group A

Final
Winner Semi-final 1PostponedWinner Semi-final 2

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
TBDNovember 2020
TBDNovember 2020
TBDNovember 2020
TBDNovember 2020
TBDMarch 2021
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Under-19 EURO: new schedule". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
  2. "Armenia and Northern Ireland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 9 December 2016.
  3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38275251
  4. https://www.irishfa.com/news/2016/december/northern-ireland-to-host-uefa-european-under-19-championship-in-2020
  5. "U19 qualifying round report". UEFA.com. 19 November 2019.
  6. "Under-19 finals postponed". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
  7. "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
  8. "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. "UEFA postpones youth national team competitions". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
  10. "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  11. "2019/20 U19 qualifying round draw seedings". UEFA.com. 23 November 2018.
  12. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2019/20" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  13. "2020 #U19EURO finals draw". UEFA.com.
  14. "2020 U19 EURO finals: Northern Ireland". UEFA.com. 1 October 2019.
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