2026 U19 EURO finals in Wales: Tournament information
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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Wales will stage the tournament from 28 June to 11 July.
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Wales will host the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals in the north of the country from 28 June to 11 July.
The hosts will be joined by seven teams who progress from the elite round in the spring, with the draw on 16 April. The eight teams will compete in two groups of four with the top two in each section advancing to the semi-finals. The competition will also act as UEFA's qualifier for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) previously staged the Women's U19 EURO final tournament in 2013 while the nation's capital Cardiff was the venue for the 2017 men's and women's UEFA Champions League finals and the 2014 UEFA Super Cup.
Who has won the U19 EURO title?
2025: Netherlands (hosts: Romania)
2024: Spain (Northern Ireland)
2023: Italy (Malta)
2022: England (Slovakia)
2020 & 2021: no final tournament
2019: Spain (Armenia)
2018: Portugal (Finland)
2017: England (Georgia)
2016: France (Germany)
2015: Spain (Greece)
2014: Germany (Hungary)
2013: Serbia (Lithuania)
2012: Spain (Estonia)
2011: Spain (Romania)
2010: France (France)
2009: Ukraine (Ukraine)
2008: Germany (Czechia)
2007: Spain (Austria)
2006: Spain (Poland)
2005: France (Northern Ireland)
2004: Spain (Switzerland)
2003: Italy (Liechtenstein)
2002: Spain (Norway)