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2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
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The 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification is an under-19 men's national football team competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Wales in the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.[1]
Russia were excluded from the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, excluding hosts Wales, 53 teams entered this qualification competition, which consists of the Qualifying round played in September–November 2025, followed by the Elite round played in spring 2026. Spain received a bye to the Elite round and did not participate in the Qualifying round. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible to participate.
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The qualification consists of two rounds; both consist of several groups, which are played as single-round-robin mini-tournaments, with one team from each group selected as the host after the draw.
- Qualifying round: Apart from Spain, which received a bye to the Elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the best third-placed team will advance to the Elite round.
- Elite round: 28 teams will be drawn into seven groups of four. The group winners will qualify for the final tournament.
Tiebreakers
In a group, teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[2]
- Points in head to head matches among tied teams
- Goal difference in head to head matches among tied teams
- Goals scored in head to head matches among tied teams
- 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
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Goals scored in all group matches
- 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)
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for 2 yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the Qualifying round draw
To determine the best third-placed team from the Qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):[2]
- Points
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Disciplinary points
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the Qualifying round draw
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Qualifying round
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Draw
The draw for the Qualifying round was held on 5 December 2024, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3]
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[4]
- 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
Each group contains one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. On the basis of decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee and the UEFA Emergency Panel, valid at the time of the draw, the following countries cannot be drawn into the same group: Armenia and Azerbaijan, Belarus and Ukraine, Kosovo and Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Group 1
Group 2
- Disciplinary points : Hungary -6, Bulgaria -10.
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Referee: João Gonçalves (Portugal)
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Referee: Matthew MacDermid (Scotland)
Group 3
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro (Italy)
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro (Italy)
Referee: Bastien Dechepy (France)
Group 4
Group 5
Referee: Christos Vergetis (Greece)
Referee: Joakim Östling (Sweden)
Referee: Christos Vergetis (Greece)
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Germany)
Group 6
Referee: Florian Badstübner (Germany)
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)
Referee: Florian Badstübner (Germany)
Referee: Jacob Karlsen (Denmark)
Group 7
Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cyprus)
Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)
Group 8
Group 9
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)
Referee: Bulat Sariyev (Kazakhstan)
Referee: Mihály Káprály (Hungary)
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)
Group 10
- Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Denmark +6, Sweden 0, Switzerland –6.
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)
Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)
Group 11
Estádio Municipal das Laranjeiras, Paredes
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Referee: Lukasz Kuzma (Poland)
Complexo Desportivo Monte Azevido, Rebordosa
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Group 12
Group 13
Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus)
Referee: Sayat Karabayev (Kazakhstan)
Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus)
Referee: Oliver Reitala (Finland)
Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the best third-placed team from the Qualifying round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account, as stated in the Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02.[2]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
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Elite round
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Draw
The draw for the Elite round will be held on 10 December 2025 at 11:00 CET at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5]
The teams will be seeded according to their results in the Qualifying round. Spain, which received a bye to the Elite round, will be automatically seeded to the top position in Pot 1. Each group will contain one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, one team from Pot 3, and one team from Pot 4. Winners and runners-up from the same Qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed team could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same Qualifying round group.
To determine this ranking, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded and the following criteria were applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):[2][6]
- Position in a Qualifying round group
- Points
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Disciplinary points
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the Qualifying round draw
Times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group 1
First match(es) will be played: 25 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group 2
First match(es) will be played: 25 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group 3
First match(es) will be played: 25 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group 4
First match(es) will be played: 25 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group 5
First match(es) will be played: 25 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group 6
First match(es) will be played: 25 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group 7
First match(es) will be played: 25 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Goalscorers
In the Qualifying round, there have been 258 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match (as of 18 November 2025).
6 goals
5 goals
Anestis Mythou
4 goals
Mauro Hämmerle
Shumaira Mheuka
Rudi Vikström
3 goals
- Adrian Riegel
Luka Vrzić- Jesse Derry
Alessandro Gaul Souza
Tobias Van Den Elshout
Sean Nilsen-Modebe
Fabian Bzdyl
Troy Tomșa
2 goals
Cesar Gonzalez Garcia
Shahismayil Jafarov
Artyom Akatov- Lovro Chelfi
- Karlo Mijo Šimić
Jiri Micek- Ondřej Penxa
Olti Hyseni- Sofus Johannesen
- Valdemar Møller
- Divine Mukasa
- Chris Rigg
Nadir El Jamali- Georgios Sokos
Hunor Németh
Viktor Daðason- Gunnar Orri Olsen
Yoav Solel
Alessandro Ciardi
Dejan Farrugia- Ayodele Thomas
Emir Sabotikj- Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit
- Oskar Spiten-Nysæter
Rui Silva- Mihai Toma
Srđan Borovina- Uroš Djorđević I
Mateo Aćimović- David Pejičić
Kevin Filling
Andrej Vasovic
Onuralp Çakiroğlu- Özder Özcan
- Darvin Soylu
- Tugra Turhan
Oleksandr Kamenskyi- Bohdan Popov
- Bohdan Redushko
1 goal
- Oghenetejiri Adejenughure
- Nadir Orujov
- Artem Grabtsevich
- Bogdan Gusev
- Yegor Molchan
Jakke Van Britsom- Lino Decresson
- Yanis Musuayi
Rijad Telalovic
Marto Boychev- Filip Gigov
- Georgi Penev
- Stivan Stoyanchov
- Simeon Tsanev
- Marko Aščić
- Tomas Baković
- Bruno Durdov
- Ljubo Puljić
- Anđelo Šutalo
- Karlo Zulfić
Giorgos Tziortzis- Adam Sosna
- Daniel Švancara
- Jacob Ambæk
- Julius Emefile
- Victor Gustafsen
- Alfred Gøthler
- William Martin
- Hjalte Boe Rasmussen
- Gustav Schjøtt
- Jack Fletcher
- Rio Ngumoha
Trevor Hint- Maksimilian Skvortsov
- Joel Emmanuel Coulibaly
- Tidiane Devernois
- Luan Gadegbeku
- Enzo Kana-Biyik
- Khalis Merah
- Propser Peter
Halid Doltmourziev- Saba Nioradze
- Montrell Culbreath
- Luca Erlein
- Adin Licina
- Mick Schmetgens
- Otto Stange
- Bedri Dunga
- Zois Karargyris
- Georgios Kosidis
- Matthaios Tsigkas
- Simon Bodnar
- Bendegúz Kovács
- Barna Pál
- Daníel Johannesson
- Ilay Ben Simon
- Alessio Cacciamani
- Filippo Cerpelletti
- Matteo Cocchi
- Federico Coletta
- Javison Idele
- Mattia Mosconi
- Emanuele Sala
Mansur Birkurmanov- Aldiyar Nurgali
- Azamat Tuyakbayev
Lirjon Abdullahu- Rin Ahmeti
- Albert Rrahmani
Marats Gaļajevs- Helvijs Joksts
- Roberts Kukulis
- Matīss Siliņš
Nedas Garbaliauskas- Skirmantas Paukštys
- Dominykas Taučas
Alexandre Tavares Dos Santos- Jake Borg
Vadim Bejenaru- Nichita Caragheorghi
Matija Jovanović- Demiane Agustien
- Manuel Bahaty
- Joel van den Berg
- Eser Gürbüz
- Nassim El Harmouz
- Jinairo Johnson
- Shane Kluivert
- Luca Messori
Braiden Graham- James Simpson
- Admir Latifi
- Markus Edner Wæhler
- Liam West
- Kamil Jakóbczyk
- Flávio Gonçalves
- Afonso Patrão
- Duarte Soares
- João Trovisco
Adam Brennan- Alfie Lynskey
- Taylor McCarthy
- Florin Gașpăr
- Ștefan Senciuc
- Alexandru Stoian
Tyler Fletcher- Josh Landers
- Owen Stirton
- Mihajlo Cvetković
- Aleksa Damjanović
- Vasilije Kostov
- Luka Zarić
Samuel Lusale- Denis Valko
- Šimon Vlna
- Benjamin Adrović
- Yannick Geiger
- David Da Silva
- Elio Rufener
- Hasan Hüseyin Bulut
- Hüseyin Maldar
- Talha Özdemir
- Dmytro Bohdanov
- Kyrylo Dihtyar
1 own goal
- Noam Sztejfman (against Slovenia)
- Dominik Balog (against Ukraine)
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