Under-17 EURO elite round: See who has qualified

The UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round concluded on Tuesday, deciding the 15 teams joining hosts Cyprus in the finals from 20 May to 5 June.

The top-seeded Netherlands, who enter directly at this stage, were joined by the 31 teams that came through the qualifying round. The eight elite round group winners and seven runners-up with the best records qualify for the last 16-team final tournament before the switch to a new format in 2024/25.

Austria, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Ukraine were the eight group winners while the seven best runners-up were (in order of record) Spain, England, Serbia, Czechia, Wales, Slovakia and Croatia, with Belgium missing out.

Elite round groups

Group 1
Qualified for finals: France, England (hosts)
Also in group: Northern Ireland, Hungary

Group 2
Qualified for finals: Sweden, Wales
Also in group: Romania (hosts), Bulgaria

Group 3
Qualified for finals: Italy
Also in group: Belgium, Finland (hosts), Netherlands

Group 4
Qualified for finals: Ukraine, Slovakia
Also in group: Switzerland, Greece (hosts)

Group 5
Qualified for finals: Portugal (hosts), Croatia
Also in group: Germany (holders), Republic of Ireland

Group 6
Qualified for finals: Denmark, Serbia
Also in group: Georgia (hosts), Türkiye

Group 7 
Qualified for finals: Austria (hosts), Spain
Also in group: Norway, Slovenia

Group 8
Qualified for finals: Poland, Czechia
Also in group: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hosts)

Team guide

• Germany were the defending champions after beating France last June in Hungary to win their second U17 title since the switch to the current classification in 2001/02.
• Former U17 champions to qualify are France (3 titles), Spain (3), Portugal (2) and England (1).
• England and Spain have reached a record 16th U17 final tournament.