2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	Round 1:; 25 March – 9 June 2026; Round 2:; Autumn 2026; Round 3:; Spring 2027
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Goals scored	261 (3.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriel Kulla; Pepijn Reulen; (5 goals each)
	← 2026 2028 → All statistics correct as of 9 June 2026.

The 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification is an under-19 men's national football team competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Czech Republic in the 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

For the first time, the UEFA European Under-19 Championship will begin under a new format, consisting of 3 rounds instead of 2. Round 1 will be played in spring 2026, round 2 in autumn 2026, and round 3 in spring 2027, setting the pattern to be followed in future seasons.^[2]

Russia were excluded from the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, including the host Czech Republic, 54 teams entered this qualification competition, which consists of Round 1, played in March–June 2026, followed by Round 2 in autumn 2026, and Round 3 in spring 2027.

Format

This is the first year for the U-19 qualification to have a new format, similar to the U-17 qualification and Women's U-17 and U-19 qualifying competitions. The qualification consists of three rounds. Each round comprises several groups, split into league A and league B, which are played as single-round-robin mini-tournaments, with one team from each group selected as the host after the draw, except in round 3.

Round 1: All 54 teams, including hosts Czech Republic, will be split into League A (28 nations) and League B (remaining entrants), the league determined by round 2 of qualifying for the relevant U17 EURO (for 2026/27 U19 EURO, the league will be set by round 2 of 2024/25 U17 EURO). The teams in League A will be split into seven groups of four. The fourth-ranked teams will be relegated to League B for round 2. The teams in League B will be split into seven groups of four or three, depending on the number of participants. The group winners will be promoted to League A for round 2.

Round 2: The teams in League A will be split into seven groups of four. The fourth-ranked teams will be eliminated. The teams in League B will be split into seven groups of four or three, depending on the number of participants. The group winners will be promoted to League A for round 3, with the remaining teams eliminated.

Round 3: The format will resemble the current elite round, with 28 teams drawn into seven groups of four. The seven group winners will qualify for the final tournament, joining the hosts.

Tiebreakers

In a group, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[3]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams is still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams
Goal difference in all group matches
Goals scored in all group matches
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage)
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for 2 yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
UEFA coefficient ranking for the Qualifying round draw

To determine the best third-placed team from the Qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):^[3]

Points
Goal difference
Goals scored
Disciplinary points
UEFA coefficient ranking for the Qualifying round draw

Round 1

Draw

The draw for the Qualifying round was held on 10 December 2025, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4]

The results of round 2 of the 2024/25 Under-17 championship, including promotions and relegations, determined the access list for round 1 of the 2026/27 Under-19 championship.:^[5]

League A

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Transfer or relegation
1	Belgium (H)	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Transferred to Round 2 League A
2	Sweden	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Cyprus	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0	Relegated to Round 2 League B

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

25 March 2026