2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. 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);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.03):[2]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points (total 3 matches);
5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

To determine the seven best runners-up from the elite round, all results were considered. The same criteria as above were applied (Regulations Articles 15.02 and 15.03).[2]

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 8 December 2022 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[4][5]

• 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Belarus and Ukraine, Kosovo and Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff. Rank  Cyprus 6.500 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff. Rank  Netherlands 30.111 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank  Spain 25.778 2  Italy 24.778 3  France 23.167 4  England 20.233 5  Germany 19.500 6  Portugal 18.500 7  Belgium 17.444 8  Republic of Ireland 16.333 9  Hungary 16.056 10  Serbia 15.611 11  Sweden 14.167 12  Turkey 13.778 13  Denmark 12.333 14

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank  Scotland 12.222 15  Israel 12.000 16  Norway 11.722 17   Switzerland 11.444 18  Czech Republic 11.222 19  Slovenia 10.111 20  Greece 10.889 21  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.833 22  Ukraine 10.722 23  Poland 10.667 24  Austria 9.556 25  Slovakia 9.167 26  Croatia 8.667 27

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank  Finland 8.500 28  Iceland 6.500 29  Belarus 6.500 30  Bulgaria 5.556 31  North Macedonia 5.500 32  Romania 5.000 33  Georgia 4.833 34  Northern Ireland 4.167 35  Kosovo 4.000 36  Wales 4.000 37  Montenegro 4.000 38  Luxembourg 3.917 39  Latvia 3.833 40

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank  Estonia 3.333 41  Faroe Islands 2.889 42  Albania 2.333 43  Kazakhstan 2.333 44  Azerbaijan 2.000 45  Armenia 1.667 46  Andorra 1.333 47  Lithuania 1.333 48  Moldova 0.667 49  Malta 0.000 50  Gibraltar 0.000 51  Liechtenstein 0.000 52  San Marino 0.000 53

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

The qualifying round will be played in September, October, and November 2023.

Times up to 29 October 2023 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Elite round
2	Israel (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Gibraltar initially withdrew from the group on 7 October 2023, citing safety concerns in light of the October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict.[6] All matches were subsequently postponed by UEFA later that day.[7] New dates and host nation are yet to be announced.

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Belgium	v	Gibraltar
	Report

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Wales	v	Israel
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Belgium	v	Wales
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Israel	v	Gibraltar
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Israel	v	Belgium
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2023 (2023)

Gibraltar	v	Wales
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To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	1	Denmark	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1	Elite Round
2	3	Ukraine	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	4	Luxembourg	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
4	10	Iceland	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1
5	7	Scotland	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
6	2	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
7	5	3rd place Group 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	3rd place Group 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	8	3rd place Group 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	9	3rd place Group 9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	3rd place Group 11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	3rd place Group 12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	3rd place Group 13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The draw for the elite round will be held in December 2023 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The teams will be seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[5] The Netherlands which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contains one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. [8]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	2	Poland	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
3	10	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
4	3	Germany	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
5	1	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
6	2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
7	10	Republic of Ireland	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	5
8	3	Finland	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
9	1	Georgia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Pot B
10	4	1st place Group 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	5	1st place Group 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	6	1st place Group 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	7	1st place Group 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	8	1st place Group 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	9	1st place Group 9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	11	1st place Group 11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	12	1st place Group 12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot C
18	13	1st place Group 13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	4	2nd place Group 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	5	2nd place Group 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	6	2nd place Group 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	7	2nd place Group 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	8	2nd place Group 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	9	2nd place Group 9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	11	2nd place Group 11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot D
26	12	2nd place Group 12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	13	2nd place Group 13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	—	Best third-placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	—	Best third-placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	—	Best third-placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	—	Best third-placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	—	Best third-placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0