2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2023) will be the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (70th 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. Malta will host the tournament from 3 to 16 July 2023.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.

2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryMalta
Dates3–16 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)

England are the defending champions.[2] They are not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition.

Host selection

Malta was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.[3][4]

Qualification
Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

The 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
 MaltaHosts1stDebut
 NorwayElite round Group 1 winners6th2019 (Group stage)Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019)
 ItalyElite round Group 2 winners9th2022 (Semi-finals)Champions (2003)
 SpainElite round Group 3 winners13th2019 (Champions)Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
 PortugalElite round Group 4 winners12th2019 (Runners-up)Champions (2018)
 GreeceElite round Group 5 winners7th2015 (Semi-finals)Runners-up (2007, 2012)
 PolandElite round Group 6 winners3rd2006 (Group stage)Group stage (2004, 2006)
 IcelandElite round Group 7 winners1stDebut

Venues
Ta'Qali Ta'Qali Paola
National Stadium Centenary Stadium Hibernians Stadium
Capacity: 16,997 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 2,968
Gozo
Gozo Stadium
Capacity: 1,644

Draw

The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CET.[5]

Group stage
All times are local CEST (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Malta (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 July 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Malta v Italy
Poland v Portugal
Malta v Poland
Portugal v Italy
Portugal v Malta
Italy v Poland

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 July 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iceland v Spain
Norway v Greece
Iceland v Norway
Greece v Spain
Greece v Iceland
Spain v Norway

References
  1. "2023 U19 EURO finals in Malta: Tournament information". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. "2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Final". UEFA. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. "Decision on remaining EURO 2020 venues to be made on 23 April". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  4. "Malta, Northern Ireland and Romania to stage U19 EURO in 2023, 2024, 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  5. "2023 U19 EURO finals draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
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