2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2022) will be the 19th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (38th 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. Israel will host the tournament.[1] A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2005 eligible to participate.

2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2022 אליפות אירופה עד גיל 17 של אופ"א
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
DatesMay/June
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBC (in TBC host cities)

Netherlands, having won the title in 2019, are the title holders, since the 2020 and 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the title was not awarded.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:[2]

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Cyprus and Israel were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification
Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Israel qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams will compete in the qualifying competition, which will consist of two rounds: Qualifying round, which will take place in autumn 2021, and Elite round, which will take place in spring 2022, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 9 December 2020, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3][4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 IsraelHosts4th2018 (group stage)Group stage (2003, 2005, 2018)

References
  1. "Cyprus, Israel to host U17 EURO in 2021, 2022". UEFA. 24 September 2019.
  2. "17 member associations interested in hosting UEFA youth national team final tournaments in 2021 and 2022". UEFA.com. 27 March 2019.
  3. "2021/22 U17 qualifying round draw: 9 December". UEFA.com. 4 December 2020.
  4. "2021/22 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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