Tourney Name: | UEFA European Under-19 Championship |
Year: | 2026 |
Country: | Wales |
Dates: | Summer 2026 |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Prevseason: | 2025 |
Nextseason: | 2027 |
The 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship will be the 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (73rd edition if the Under-18 and Junior era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Wales, which were selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023, will host the tournament.[1] A total of 8 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 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 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the UEFA representatives.
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Nantporth, Bangor
Llanelian Road, Colwyn Bay
Deeside Stadium, Deeside
Central Park, Denbigh
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.