The 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2024) was the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (71st 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. Northern Ireland hosted the tournament from 15 to 28 July 2024. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Northern Ireland |
Dates | 15–28 July |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Spain (12th title) |
Runners-up | France |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 43 (2.69 per match) |
Attendance | 25,046 (1,565 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Daniel Braut (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Iker Bravo[1] |
← 2023 2025 → |
Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament will act as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the UEFA representatives.
Italy were the defending champions, having beaten Portugal 1–0 in the 2023 final, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Spain.[2][3]
Host selection
editNorthern Ireland was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.[4][5]
Qualification
editQualified teams
editThe following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Northern Ireland | Hosts | 2nd | 2005 (Group stage) | Group stage (2005) |
France | Elite round Group 2 winners | 13th | 2022 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2005, 2010, 2016) |
Turkey | Elite round Group 6 winners | 7th | 2018 (Group stage) | Runners-up (2004) |
Spain | Elite round Group 1 winners | 14th | 2023 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) |
Ukraine | Elite round Group 7 winners | 6th | 2018 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2009) |
Italy | Elite round Group 5 winners | 10th | 2023 (Champions) | Champions (2003, 2023) |
Norway | Elite round Group 3 winners | 7th | 2023 (Semi-finals) | Semi-finals (2023) |
Denmark | Elite round Group 4 winners | 1st | Debut |
Venues
editThe tournament was hosted in 3 venues.[6]
Belfast | Larne | ||
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Windsor Park | Seaview | Inver Park | |
Capacity: 18,500 | Capacity: 3,383 | Capacity: 3,000 | |
Squads
editGroup stage
editThe group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
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Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage and 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
2 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off |
4 | Northern Ireland (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Norway | 2–0 | Northern Ireland |
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Braut 33', 65' | Report |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage and 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off |
4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Denmark | 1–2 | Spain |
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Krüger-Johnsen 43' | Report |
Denmark | 2–4 | France |
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Report |
Turkey | 1–1 | Spain |
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Ay 90' | Report | Gąsiorowski 55' |
Turkey | 3–3 | Denmark |
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Report |
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Knockout stage
editBracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
25 July – Belfast | ||||||
Italy | 0 | |||||
28 July – Belfast | ||||||
Spain (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
Spain | 2 | |||||
25 July – Belfast | ||||||
France | 0 | |||||
France | 1 | |||||
Ukraine | 0 | |||||
FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
editWinners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Semi-finals
editFinal
editQualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
editThe following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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Italy | 18 July 2024[23] | 8 (1977, 1981, 1987, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
France | 19 July 2024[24] | 8 (1977, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
Ukraine | 21 July 2024[25] | 4 (2001, 2005, 2015, 2019) |
Spain | 22 July 2024[26] | 15 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) |
Norway | 25 July 2024[27] | 3 (1989, 1993, 2019) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
editThere were 43 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Cornelius Olsson
- Oscar Schwartau
- Ayman Aiki
- Dehmaine Assoumani
- Jean-Mattéo Bahoya
- Jérémy Jacquet
- Lucas Michal
- Luca Di Maggio
- Tommaso Ebone
- Marco Romano
- Rasmus Holten
- Chema Andrés
- Assane Diao
- Pol Fortuny
- Yarek Gasiorowski
- Simo Keddari
- Dani Rodríguez
- Fahri Kerem Ay
- Emir Bars
- Yiğit Fidan
- Efe Sarıkaya
- İsak Vural
- Poyraz Yıldırım
- Danylo Krevsun
- Matviy Ponomarenko
- Hennadiy Synchuk
Source: UEFA
Team of the Tournament
editThe UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.[28]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Vladyslav Krapyvtsov |
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- ^ "Norway edge Turkey in 20-penalty shootout to qualify". FIFA. 25 July 2024.
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