| Tourney Name: | UEFA European Under-19 Championship |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Other Titles: | Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale hráčov do 19 rokov 2022 |
| Size: | 200 |
| Country: | Slovakia |
| Dates: | 18 June – 1 July |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 5 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Count: | 11 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 51 |
| Attendance: | 38555 |
| Top Scorer: | Loum Tchaouna (4 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2022) was 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. Slovakia hosted the tournament between 18 June and 1 July 2022.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as the UEFA representatives.
Spain were the defending champions, having won the last tournament held in 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the title was not awarded. They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition.
The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]
For the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Romania and Slovakia were selected as hosts respectively.[1]
See main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.
The UEFA Executive Committee originally decided on 29 May 2019 to test a new qualifying format for the Under-19 Championship in 2022 and 2023.[3] The qualifying competition would have been played in four rounds over a two-year period from autumn 2020 to spring 2022, with teams divided into three leagues, and promotion and relegation between leagues after each round similar to the UEFA Nations League.[4] However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the introduction of the new format had been postponed to the 2023 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, and qualification for the 2022 edition would use the previous format involving two rounds only.[5] [6]
A total of 54 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Slovakia qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams will compete in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: the Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2021, and the Elite round, which took place in spring 2022, to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 9 December 2020, 10:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[7] [8]
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2002) | |||||
| (2014) | |||||
| (2005, 2010, 2016) | |||||
| (2017) | |||||
| (2011) | |||||
| (2003) | |||||
| (2013) | |||||
| (2003, 2006, 2014) |
| Trnava | Dunajská Streda | Banská Bystrica |
|---|---|---|
| City Aréna - Štadión Antona Malatinského | DAC Aréna | Štiavničky - Štadión SNP |
| Capacity: 19,200 | Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 7,900 |
| Žiar nad Hronom | ||
| Mestský štadión Žiar nad Hronom | ||
| Capacity: 2,309 | ||
| Senec | ||
| NTC Senec | ||
| Capacity: 3,264 |
The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:
Referees
Assistant referees
Fourth officials
See main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads.
The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022.[9]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.[10]
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[11]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019) | |||
| 7 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019) | |||
| 11 (1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017) | |||
| 0 (debut) | |||
| 1 (2003) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.