Today, February 2, the draw ceremony for the Euro-2025 qualifying tournament (U-21) took place in Nyon.
There will be 53 teams participating in the 2025 European Championship among the youth national teams, one of which, Slovakia, as the host, already has a ticket to the final tournament. Liechtenstein did not enter the qualification, and Russia, according to the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee, was not admitted to the competition.
Thus, 52 national teams will play in the selection. According to the UEFA rating (performance in the qualifying and final competitions of Euro-2019, Euro-2021 and in the selection for Euro-2023), the teams were divided into six baskets. Ukraine was in the second place.
According to the results of the draw, our team got into Group F, where its opponents will be the national teams of England, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan and Luxembourg.
Group A: Italy, Ireland, Norway, Turkey, Latvia, San Marino.
Group B: Spain, Belgium, Scotland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Malta.
Group C: Netherlands, Sweden, Georgia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Gibraltar.
Group D: Germany, Poland, Israel, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Estonia.
Group E: Romania, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Montenegro, Armenia.
Group F: England, Ukraine, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg.
Group G: Portugal, Croatia, Greece, Belarus, Faroe Islands, Andorra.
Group H: France, Austria, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus.
Group I: Denmark, Czech Republic, Iceland, Wales, Lithuania.
During the draw procedure, 52 teams were divided into nine groups. Seven of them have six national teams and two have five.
The final part of Euro 2025 (U-21) will feature 16 teams: Slovakia and another 15 teams that will join it based on the selection results (nine group winners, three best runners-up and three play-off winners, in which will be played by six runners-up).
Year 2023:
March 20-28;
June 12-20;
September 4-12;
October 9-17;
November 13-21.
Year 2024:
March 18-26;
September 2-10;
October 7-15.
Playoffs: 11-19 November 2024.
We will remind that this year the youth national team of Ukraine will also take part in the final tournament of Euro-2023 (U-21). 16 teams will participate in the forum, which will be held from June 21 to July 8 in Georgia and Romania. According to the results of the draw, which took place on October 18 last year in Bucharest, the blue and yellow team got into Group B, where they will meet with Romania, Spain and Croatia. The top three teams from Euro 2023 (excluding France and England) will qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games.