2024 U17 EURO finals draw made
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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The finals draw on Wednesday in Ayia Napa split hosts Cyprus and the 15 qualifiers into four groups of four.
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The UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals draw in Ayia Napa will split hosts Cyprus and the 15 teams emerging from March's elite round into four groups of four.
Tournament ambassador Karolina Pelendritou, three-time Paralympic swimming gold-medallist, made the draw. The finals run from 20 May to 5 June.
Finals draw
Group A: Cyprus (hosts), Ukraine, Serbia, Czechia
Group B: Denmark, Austria, Croatia, Wales
Group C: Italy, Sweden, Slovakia, Poland
Group D: France, Portugal, Spain, England
Hosts Cyprus will take on Czechia, Serbia and Ukraine in Group A. Meanwhile, 2023 runners-up France take on fellow former champions England, Spain and Portugal in Group D. Holders Germany did not qualify.
The top two in each group will progress to the knockout phase in the last 16-team tournament before U17 EURO reverts to an eight-nation finals from 2025.
The tournament will be played at six stadiums, with the final at Limassol Arena in Limassol. The full schedule will be confirmed shortly.
Dasaki Achnas Stadium, Dasaki
Ammochostos Epistrofi Stadium, Larnaca
Antonis Papadopoullos Stadium, Larnaca
AEK Arena, Larnaca
Limassol Stadium, Limassol
Paralimni Municipal Stadium Tasos Markou, Paralimni
Knockout system
Quarter-finals
QF1: Winners Group A vs Runners-up Group B
QF2: Winners Group B vs Runners-up Group A
QF3: Winners Group C vs Runners-up Group D
QF4: Winners Group D vs Runners-up Group C
Semi-finals
SF1: Winners QF1 vs Winners QF3
SF2: Winners QF2 vs Winners QF4
Final
Winners SF1 vs Winners SF2
Draw procedure
Hosts Cyprus were seeded as the first team in Group A (A1). The other 15 participating teams were split into two pots and drawn into four groups of four teams (Groups A to D).
• Pot 1: The seven best elite round group winners.
UKRAINE, PORTUGAL, FRANCE, DENMARK, ITALY, AUSTRIA, SWEDEN
• Pot 2: The remaining elite round group winner (Poland) and the seven best runners-up .
POLAND, SPAIN, ENGLAND, SERBIA, CZECHIA, WALES, SLOVAKIA, CROATIA
• The draw started with Pot 2 from where the teams were drawn to fill position four 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 same procedure applied for position three in each group with the four remaining balls in Pot 2, starting with Group A and ending with Group 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.
