Under-17s await elite round draw

Holders England are among 28 teams awaiting their fate in the 2010/11 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round draw at 11.15CET on Tuesday in Nyon – watch it live on UEFA.com.

The sides that progressed from the qualifying round in September and October will be split into seven groups of four to be played in the spring, with the winners joining hosts Serbia in the finals from 3 to 15 May. Each group will contain one team from four seeding pots, based on qualifying round results, and the mini-tournament hosts will be selected once the draw is made. If possible, no team will meet a side they played in the qualifying round.

England will be in Pot B, meaning they could potentially face either the side they beat in last season's final in Liechtenstein, two-time winners Spain, or the nation they succeeded as champions, Germany, who are both in Pot A. Pot C contains 2005 winners Turkey, semi-finalists last season, and Pot D includes former champions Russia and France as well as the two teams who came through as the best third-placed finishers in the qualifying round, Latvia and the Czech Republic.

Elite round draw seeding pots
Pot A: Romania, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Italy

Pot B: Slovakia, Hungary, Netherlands, England (holders), Greece, Switzerland, Georgia

Pot C: Scotland, Belarus, Turkey, Belgium, Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Croatia

Pot D: Ukraine, Northern Ireland, Russia, Austria, Latvia, France, Czech Republic