Host country England | Dates Summer 2018 | |
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) TBD (in TBD host cities) | ||
The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship will be the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (36th 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. England, which were selected by UEFA on 26 January 2015, will host the tournament.
Contents
A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate.
Qualification
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time), and with the hosts England qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2017, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2018.
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
Venues
The tournament will be played at venues across the Midlands, including: