The venue and dates of the first qualifying round of the European Championship 2024/2025 (U-17) with the participation of the youth national team of Ukraine have been determined.
On Friday, 3 May, the draw for the first qualifying round of Euro 2025 (U-17) took place in Nyon. According to its results, the youth national team of Ukraine (currently U-16, players born in 2008), led by Yuriy Moroz, is in Group 4 along with Belgium, Kosovo and Kazakhstan.
Now it has become known that the mini-tournament in our group will take place in Belgium, and the matches will take place on 9, 12 and 15 October.
Group 1: England, Sweden, Latvia, Malta.
Group 2: Poland, Slovenia, Georgia, Armenia.
Group 3: Netherlands, Croatia, Albania, Faroe Islands.
Group 4: Belgium, Ukraine, Kosovo, Kazakhstan.
Group5: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Liechtenstein.
Group 6: Hungary, Greece, Romania, Azerbaijan.
Group7: Germany, Czech Republic, Belarus, Andorra.
Group8: Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Lithuania.
Group 9: Italy, Norway, Wales, San Marino.
Group 10: Switzerland, Israel, Montenegro, Moldova.
Group11: France, Slovakia, Cyprus, Gibraltar.
Group 12: Spain, Iceland, North Macedonia, Estonia.
Group13: Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria.
Group 14: Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg.
The two best teams from each group will advance to the second round of selection. After that, 28 participants in the spring of 2025 in seven groups of League A will compete for seven tickets to the final tournament, which will be held in Albania in the summer. The host team received a pass to the forum automatically, although it will take part in the qualifiers.
The remaining teams will play in League B in the second round and compete for places in League A of the first qualifying round of Euro 2027 (U-19).
It will be added that Euro 2025 (U-17) will be a selection for UEFA representatives for the 2025 FIFA World Cup in the U-17 category, which will be held with the participation of 48 national teams in Qatar.
It will be recalled that the U-16 national team recently won the UEFA Development Tournament in Estonia.