2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Jalgpalli alla 17-aastaste Euroopa meistrivõistlused 2026
Tournament details
Host countryEstonia
Dates25 May – 7 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored47 (3.13 per match)
Attendance24,755 (1,650 per match)
Top scorer(s)Croatia Jakov Dedić
(3 goals)
Best playerSpain Ebrima Tunkara
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2027 →

The 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (42nd 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. Estonia, which were selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023, hosted the tournament.[1]

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2009 eligible to participate.[2]

The tournament and its qualification acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top 11 teams qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the UEFA representatives.

Italy won the competition for the third time (second in the under-17 era) after defeating Belgium 4–3 on penalties in the final.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

Team Qualification method Date of qualification Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total First Last Streak
 Estonia Host nation 26 September 2023 1st Debut
 France Round 2 Group A1 winners 31 March 2026 17th 2002 2025 6 Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
 Italy Round 2 Group A2 winners 31 March 2026 14th 2003 2025 10 Champions (2024)
 Montenegro Round 2 Group A3 winners 28 March 2026 1st Debut
 Denmark Round 2 Group A4 winners 31 March 2026 8th 2002 2024 1 Semi-finals (2011, 2024)
 Belgium Round 2 Group A5 winners 28 March 2026 10th 2006 2025 2 Semi-finals (2007, 2015, 2018, 2025)
 Spain Round 2 Group A6 winners 21 March 2026 17th 2002 2024 1 Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
 Croatia Round 2 Group A7 winners 31 March 2026 7th 2005 2024 1 Fourth place (2005)

Venues

The tournament was hosted in four venues.[3][4]

Tallinn Rakvere
Lilleküla staadion Kalevi Keskstaadion Kadrioru staadion Rakvere staadion
Capacity: 14,336 Capacity: 11,842 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 1,831

Squads

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6[b] Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6[b]
3  Croatia 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6[b]
4  Estonia (H) 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
First match(es) will be played: 25 May 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
  2. 1 2 3 Ranked on goal difference in head-to-head matches: Belgium +1, Spain 0, Croatia -1.
Croatia 0–2 Belgium
Report
  • Driessen 9'
  • Moorthamer 13'
Attendance: 436
Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)
Estonia 1–4 Spain
Neltsas 42' Report
Attendance: 4,724
Referee: Asker Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)
Belgium 0–1 Spain
Report Badji 9'
Attendance: 715
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Greece)
Estonia 1–3 Croatia
Visse 90' Report
Attendance: 3,004
Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)
Spain 2−3 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 727
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Greece)
Belgium 1−0 Estonia
  • Kalonji 41'
 Report
Attendance: 2,258
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Knockout stage
2  France 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8 6
3  Denmark 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
4  Montenegro 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Italy 1–0 France
Perillo 55' Report
Attendance: 713
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Greece)
Montenegro 1–2 Denmark
Đokaj 39' Report
Attendance: 374
Referee: Constantinos Fellas (Cyprus)
Montenegro 0−3 Italy
Report
Attendance: 328
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)
France 4−0 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 606
Referee: Asker Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)
Denmark 3–3 Italy
  • Hansen 14'
  • Ekstrand 58'
  • Khatar 90+1'
 Report
  • Biondini 24'
  • Dattilo 42'
  • Donato 45'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)
France 5–0 Montenegro
  • Loufoundou 31'
  • Batola 45' (pen.)
  • Meïté 56'
  • Dago 68'
  • Doganay 70'
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)

Knockout stage

The winners of each group were paired with the runners-up of the other group, and the allocation of matches to stadiums was only confirmed on 1 June 2026 upon completion of the group stage. In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[5]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 June – Tallinn
 
 
 Belgium2
 
7 June – Tallinn
 
 France1
 
 Belgium1 (3)
 
4 June – Tallinn
 
 Italy (p)1 (4)
 
 Italy (p)1 (4)
 
 
 Spain1 (2)
 

Semi-finals

Belgium 2−1 France
 Report
  • Gadou 64'
Attendance: 639
Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)
Italy 1−1 Spain
 Report
  • Urrestarazu 77'
Penalties
 4−2
  • football with check mark Mayans
  • football with red X Mencía
  • football with red X Alves
  • football with check mark Pesquer
Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)

Final

Belgium 1−1 Italy
  • Ojea 85'
 Report
  • Fugazzola 90+1' (pen.)
Penalties
  • Dierckx football with check mark
  • Blondeel football with check mark
  • Verstrepen football with check mark
  • Ojea football with red X
  • Moorthamer football with red X
 3−4
Attendance: 7,027
Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Denmark Noah Madsen (against France)

Awards

The following awards were given after the conclusion of the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[8]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Italy Christian Lupo
Defender France Mathis Chambon
Defender Italy Ludovico Varali
Defender Belgium Preben Blondeel
Defender Belgium Sami El Morabet
Midfielder Italy Gianluca Okon
Midfielder Denmark Frederik Vestergaard
Midfielder Spain Ebrima Tunkara
Forward Italy Diego Perillo
Forward Croatia Jakov Dedić
Forward Belgium Jayden Onia Seke

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Albania, Estonia, Latvia to host U17 EURO in 2025, 2026, 2027". UEFA. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "New U17 EURO format from 2024/25 and U19 EURO format from 2026/27". UEFA. 7 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Eesti korraldab 2026. aastal jalgpalli U-17 EM-finaalturniiri" [Estonia to host UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals in 2026]. ERR (in Estonian). 4 November 2024.
  4. ↑ UEFA Under-17 Championship Estonia 2026 Official Programme (PDF). p. 24. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Under-17 EURO final tournament starts 25 May: Fixtures". UEFA. 9 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "2026 Under-17 Player of the Tournament: Ebrima Tunkara". UEFA. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "2026 Under-17 EURO top scorer: Jakov Dedić finishes first with three goals". UEFA. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "2026 U17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 9 June 2026. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
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