2022 U17 EURO finals draw
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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The four groups have been formed for the finals in Israel from 16 May to 1 June.
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UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals hosts Israel are in a group with Germany and Luxembourg, while France are among the opponents for holders the Netherlands after the draw was made at the Daniel Herzliya Hotel by tournament ambassadors Tal Ben Haim and Liran Strauber.
The tournament is returning after the last two editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Final tournament draw
Group A: Israel (hosts), Germany, Italy, Luxembourg
Group B: France, Netherlands (holders), Bulgaria, Best runner-up tbc*
Group C: Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Belgium
Group D: Denmark, Portugal, Scotland, Sweden
*Elite round Group 6 was played from 20 to 26 April, won by Italy. The last of the seven best runners-up be confirmed shortly: either the Group 6 runners-up Poland, or Hungary (Group 1 runners-up).
The draw split the 16 contenders (hosts Israel and the 15 teams progressing through the elite round) into four groups of four for the finals from 16 May to 1 June. The top two in each group will advance to the knockout phase. The schedule will be confirmed in due course.
Match dates
Group stage Matchday 1: 16/17 May
Group stage Matchday 2: 19/20 May
Group stage Matchday 3: 22/23 May
Quarter-finals: 25/26 May
Semi-finals: 29 May
Final: 1 June
Knockout system
Quarter-finals (25/26 May)
QF1: Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B
QF2: Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A
QF3: Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group D
QF4: Winner Group D vs Runner-up Group C
Semi-finals (29 May)
SF1: Winner QF1 vs Winner QF3
SF2: Winner QF2 vs Winner QF4
Final (1 June)
Winner SF1 vs Winner SF 2
Stadiums
Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya (quarter-finals, semi-finals, final)
Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon Lezion (group stage, quarter-finals)
Ness Ziona Municipal Stadium, Ness Ziona (group stage, quarter-finals)
Ramat Gan Municipal Stadium, Ramat Gan (group stage)
Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod (group stage)
How the teams qualified from the elite round
Belgium (Group 4 runners-up)
Bulgaria (Group 8 runners-up)
Denmark (Group 2 winners)
France (Group 5 winners)
Germany (Group 3 winners)
Israel (hosts)
Italy (Group 6 winners)
Luxembourg (Group 5 runners-up)
Netherlands (Group 1 winners)
Portugal (Group 8 winners)
Scotland (Group 3 runners-up)
Serbia (Group 7 winners)
Spain (Group 4 winners)
Sweden (Group 2 runners-up)
Turkey (Group 7 runners-up)
Draw procedure
Hosts Israel were be seeded as the first team in Group A (A1).
Due to the postponement of elite round Group 6 until after the draw, and following the approval of the relevant UEFA committee, the winners of Group 6 were placed in position 3 in Group A.
Serbia and Kosovo (in elite round Group 6 so a potential qualifier) could not be placed in the same group or meet in a potential quarter-final due to decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee. Serbia therefore could only be placed in Group C or D. There were no further restrictions.
The other 14 participating teams were split into two pots as follows:
• Pot 1: the seven confirmed elite round group winners.
• Pot 2: the seven best elite round runners-up. Six of the best runners-up were designated by name and one was a placeholder (the seventh best runner-up) since the last position could only be determined after the completion of elite round Group 6. As Kosovo are in that group, they had to be placed in Group A or B.
• The draw started with Pot 2, from where the teams were drawn to fill positions four and three in each group.
• The order of the draw was as follows:
- One ball was drawn from Pot 2 and the team assigned to position four in Group A; a second ball was drawn and the team assigned to position four in Group B; and so on until Group D.
- The remaining three balls were then drawn into position three in Groups B, C and D.
- Once Pot 2 was empty, the draw continued with Pot 1, using the same procedure as with Pot 2 to fill position two in each group, then position one in Groups B, C and D to complete the draw.