2024/25 Under-19 EURO elite round draw made

The 2024/25 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite round draw set seven groups for the mini-tournaments will decide Romania's seven finals opponents.

Among the groups, holders Spain meet the teams they beat in the 2024 final and semis respectively: France and Italy. All mini-tournaments will be played by 25 March with dates and hosts to be confirmed.

The draw was made by Bjorn Vassallo, chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, and Aleksander Andresen, part of the Norway team in the 2024 finals, who received the Respect Fair Play trophy on behalf of the squad.

In the elite round, the 27 teams that emerged from the qualifying round (the 13 group winners, the 13 group runners-up, and the best third-placed team Latvia) join top seeds Portugal, who enter at this stage.

The mini-tournament hosts will be agreed after the draw.

The elite round group winners will join hosts Romania in the finals, scheduled from 13 to 26 June.

Aleksander Andresen (left), part of the Norway team in the 2024 finals, receives the UEFA Respect Fair Play award on behalf of his squad from Bjorn Vassallo, chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football CommitteeUEFA

How the draw worked

On completion of the qualifying round, an overall ranking was established according to the criteria listed below. The results of matches against the fourth-placed team were not taken into account for the purposes of comparing the teams placed first, second and third in their respective group (as per article 15.01 of the regulations).

The following criteria were applied in the order given (article 15.02):

a) higher position in the group;
b) higher number of points;
c) superior goal difference;
d) higher number of goals scored;
e) lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
f) higher position in the coefficient rankings used for the qualifying round draw.

Draw condition

The teams were allocated to groups in ascending order in such a way as to ensure that no winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group meet each other in the elite round. If clashes arose, the team drawn would be moved to the next available group. The draw continued by first filling the slot left vacant. If clashes arose in the last three or four groups, the teams would be allocated to groups appropriately.

There was no protection regarding Latvia as they finished third in their qualifying group.

The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams each. Every group contains one team from each seeding pot, as follows:

Pot A

• Associations ranked 1 to 7

Portugal, Poland, Denmark, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Norway

The teams in Pot A were drawn one after another and placed in the first position in Groups 1 to 7.

Pot B

• Associations ranked 8 to 14

Serbia, France, Republic of Ireland, England, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia

The teams in Pot B were drawn one after another and placed in the second position in Groups 1 to 7.

Pot C

• Associations ranked 15 to 21

Israel, Hungary, Spain, Luxembourg, Finland, Montenegro, Wales

The teams in Pot C were drawn one after another and placed in the third position in one of the seven groups.

Pot D

• Associations ranked 22 to 28

Iceland, Türkiye, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, Georgia, Latvia

The teams in Pot D were drawn one after another and placed in the fourth position in one of the seven groups.