The UEFA European Under-19 Championship will take place in Malta from July 3-16. The host countries will be joined by the seven winners of the Round of 16.
Presentation of the eight teams that will compete for the title, including three former winners and two rookies, but only one team that participated in the final phase of 2022. The draw begins at 1 p.m., Wednesday April 19, at the Manoel Theater, in Valletta.
They are in the final stages
Greece, Iceland, Italy, Malta (host country), Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain
Calendar
Groups: July 3 and 4, 6 and 7, 9 and 10
Semi-final: July 13
Final: July 16
Qualifying Round : Group 7, winner (played in the following country: Belgium)
5-0 c. Albania, 0-0 v. Belgium
Elite Tower : Group 3, winner (played in the following country: Spain)
0-0 c. Denmark, 4-0 c. Luxembourg, 4-0 c. Ukraine
Top scorers : Angel Alarcon, Victor Barbera, Cesar Palacios 2
Disputed final stages : 6 (most recently in 2019, second place)
2021/22 : Elite Tower
Best result : winner x 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019)
Qualifying Round : Group 1, winner (played in the following country: Switzerland)
2-0 c. Switzerland, 3-0 v. Andorra, 1-1 tbsp. Czech Republic
Elite Tower : Group 5, winner (played in the following country: Republic of Ireland)
3-0 c. Estonia, 1-1 v. Slovakia, 1-0 v. Republic of Ireland
Best striker : Georgios Koutsias 3
Disputed final stages : 6 (most recently in 2015, semi-finals)
2021/22 : qualifying round
Best result : finale (2007, 2012)
Qualifying Round : Group 8, second place (played in the following country: Scotland)
1-0 c. Scotland, 0-2 c. France, 4-1 v. Kazakhstan
Elite Tower : Group 7, winner (played in the following country: England)
2-2 tbsp. Türkiye, 1-0 v. England, 2-0 v. Hungary
Best striker : Orri Óskarsson 6
Disputed final stages : 0
2021/22 : Elite tower
Qualifying Round : Group 5, third place (played in the following country: Poland)
0-2 tbsp. Estonia, 3-2 v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1-0 v. Poland
Elite Tower : Group 2, winner (played in the following country: Germany)
3-2 tbsp. Germany, 0-0 v. Slovenia, 2-2 tbsp. Belgium
Best striker : Samuele Vignato 3
Disputed final stages : 8 (most recently in 2022, semi-finals)
2021/22: semi-finals
Best result : winner x 1 (2003)
Malta (host country)
Qualified as host country
Disputed final stages : 0
2021/22 : qualifying round
Qualifying round : Group 10, second place (played in the following country: North Macedonia)
2-0 c. San Marino, 6-2 tbsp. North Macedonia, 0-2 tbsp. Serbia
Elite Tower : Group 1, winner (played in the following country: France)
4-0 c. Romania, 2-1 v. France, 5-2 c. Northern Ireland
Best striker : Erik Flataker 4
Disputed final stages : 5 (most recently 2019, group stage)
2021/22 : Elite Tower
Best result : group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019)
Qualifying Round : Group 5, winner (played in the following country: Poland)
2-0 c. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2-0 v. Estonia, 0-1 v. Italy
Elite Tower : Group 6, winner (played in the following country: Poland)
1-1 tbsp. Israel, 3-0 v. Latvia, 2-2 tbsp. Serbia
Best striker : Tomasz Pieńko 3
Disputed final stages : 2 (most recently in 2006, group stage)
2021/22 : qualifying round
Best result : group stage (2004, 2006)
Qualifying round : country automatically qualified for the next round
Elite Tower : Group 4, winner (played in the following country: Portugal)
1-0 c. Sweden, 3-0 v. Czech Republic, 3-0 v. Croatia
Best striker : Hugo Felix 3
Disputed final stages : 6 (most recently in 2019, second place)
2021/22 : Elite tower
Best result : winner x 1 (2018)
