2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship explained

Tourney Name:UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Year:2025
Other Titles:2025 UEFA Kampionati Evropian U-17
Country:Albania
Dates:Summer 2025
Num Teams:16
Confederations:1
Prevseason:2024
Nextseason:2026

The 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship will be the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (41st edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Albania, which were selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023, will host the tournament.[1]

A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2008 eligible to participate.[2]

The tournament and its qualification will act as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top 11 teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the UEFA representatives.

Qualification

See main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Group B

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albania, Estonia, Latvia to host U17 EURO in 2025, 2026, 2027. UEFA. 8 October 2023.
  2. https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/0285-191289ee1ce4-ff8d3b82e87e-1000--new-u17-euro-format-from-2024-25-and-u19-euro-format-from-20/ New U17 Euro format from 2024/25