2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates Summer 2018
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) TBD (in TBD host cities)

The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship will be the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (67th 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. Finland, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, will host the tournament.[1]

A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate.

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 teams of the tournament (number of teams to be confirmed) will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the UEFA representatives.

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 Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Finland Hosts 1st
(may qualify in 2017)
Debut

References

  1. "Georgia and Finland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.

External links

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