The UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals draw at Dublin Arena has split the 16 contenders into four groups of four for the tournament which runs from 3 to 19 May in the Republic of Ireland.

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Group A: Republic of Ireland (hosts), Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece

Group B: Netherlands (holders), France, England, Sweden

Group C: Iceland, Portugal, Hungary, Russia

Group D: Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria

• Hosts Ireland are joined by the sides that emerge from March's elite round
• Belgium beat Ireland 2-0 in their group in last season's finals; both went through
• The Netherlands beat hosts England on penalties in the 2018 semi-finals to avange their loss in the 2014 final; Sweden also got past the 2018 group stage
• Portugal were in the same group as Hungary and Iceland at UEFA EURO 2016 and finished third before winning the trophy
• Spain beat Germany 5-1 in their last group game in 2018 to make the last eight
• The tournament will also decide Europe's five contenders for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil later in the year; England are the defending champions from 2017

Calendar (match schedule to be confirmed)
Group stage: 3/4, 6/7 & 9/10 May
Quarter-finals: 12/13 May
Semi-finals & FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off: 16 May
Final: 19 May

Knockout system
Quarter-final 1: Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B
Quarter-final 2: Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A
Quarter-final 3: Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D
Quarter-final 4: Winner Group D v Runner-up Group C

Semi-final 1: Winner quarter-final 1 v Winner quarter-final 3
Semi-final 2: Winner quarter-final 2 v Winner quarter-final 4

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off: The two losing quarter-finalists with the best records will take part in this game. The criteria are a) group position, b) group points, c) group goal difference, d) group goals scored, e) quarter-final result, f) overall disciplinary ranking, g) coefficient (as per qualifying round draw), h) drawing of losts

Final: Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2