Qualifying round draw
Group 1 (27 September–3 October): Netherlands, Sweden*, Montenegro, Liechtenstein

Group 2 (10–16 October): Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Ukraine, Iceland, Gibraltar

Group 3 (24–30 October): Austria, Slovenia*, Bulgaria, Malta

Group 4 (20–26 October): Spain, Israel, Faroe Islands, FYR Macedonia*

Group 5 (26 October–1 November): Scotland, Switzerland, Cyprus*, Kosovo

Group 6 (24–30 October): Russia, Denmark*, Georgia, Estonia

Group 7 (25–31 October): France, Poland*, Finland, Luxembourg

Group 8 (23–29 October): Czech Republic, Norway, Azerbaijan, Albania*

Group 9 (30 September–6 October): Serbia, Hungary*, Romania, Lithuania

Group 10 (24–30 October): Turkey*, Slovakia, Northern Ireland, San Marino

Group 11 (10–16 October): Portugal*, Wales, Belarus, Kazakhstan

Group 12 (25–31 October): Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Moldova*

Group 13 (27 October–2 November): Italy, Croatia*, Armenia, Andorra

*Hosts

Bye to elite round: England, Germany

Bye to final tournament: Republic of Ireland (hosts)

09:00CET, 6 December, Nyon

A total of 15 nations will join hosts the Republic of Ireland in the final tournament in May 2019. Top seeds England and Germany have each been given a bye to the elite round while, for the draw, the remaining entrants will be divided into four pots of 13 teams each according to their coefficient.

In all, 13 groups will be formed, each containing one teams from each of the seeding pots, with the hosts appointed after the draw and games to be played next autumn, by 20 November 2018. The top two in each group, along with the four third-placed teams with the best record against the leading pair, will join England and Germany in the elite round in March 2019.

After that round, the eight group winners and seven runners-up with the best record against the teams first and third in their pool will join Ireland in that May's finals, which will also act as Europe's qualifier for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

SEEDING POTS

Pot A: Spain*. Netherlands, Portugal, France, Scotland, Italy, Russia*, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Serbia*, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Czech Republic

Pot B: Poland, Croatia, Sweden, Ukraine, Greece, Switzerland, Israel, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Norway, Wales, Denmark

Pot C: Iceland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Romania, Cyprus, Finland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland, Montenegro, Armenia

Pot D: Albania, FYR Macedonia, Estonia, Malta, Lithuania, Moldova, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Gibraltar*, Andorra, Kosovo*

*Based on previous decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee and UEFA Emergency Panel, these teams cannot be drawn together: Russia and Ukraine, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Bye to elite round: England, Germany

Bye to final tournament: Republic of Ireland (hosts)