2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Tournament details | |
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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 |
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Finland | Hosts | 1st (may qualify in 2017) | — | Debut |
References
- ↑ "Georgia and Finland to stage U19 EURO". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.