2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification|
| Dates | Round 1: 1 October – 18 November 2025 Round 2: 15 March – 9 June 2026 |
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| Teams | 54 (from 1 confederation) |
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| Matches played | 78 |
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| Goals scored | 317 (4.06 per match) |
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| Top scorer | Alexander Máni Guðjónsson (5 goals) |
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All statistics correct as of 18 November 2025. |
The 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification is an under-17 men's national football team competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Estonia in the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.[1]
Russia were excluded from the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, including hosts Estonia, 54 teams entered this qualification competition. The Round 1 of the qualification was played from 1 October to 18 November 2025, while the Round 2 will be played in spring 2026. Players born on or after 1 January 2009 are eligible to participate.
The qualification consists of two rounds; both of them consist of several groups, which are played as single-round-robin mini-tournaments, with one team from each group selected as the host after the draw.
- Round 1: 54 teams were drawn into 14 groups of three or four. The top two teams from each group advanced to Round 2 League A; the other teams advanced to Round 2 League B.
- Round 2:
- League A: 28 teams will be drawn into seven groups of four. The group winners will qualify for the final tournament. If Estonia, as the host of the final tournament, wins one of these groups, the best runner-up team will also qualify. Teams that will finish fourth will be relegated to Round 1 League B for the next season.
- League B: 26 teams will be drawn into seven groups of three or four. The group winners will be promoted to Round 1 League A for the next season.
Tiebreakers
In a group, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[2]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Position in the applicable ranking:
- for teams in Round 1, position in the 2024–25 qualification overall rankings;
- for teams in Round 2, position in the Round 1 overall rankings.
Round 1
Draw
The draw for the Round 1 was held on 5 December 2024 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3]
The teams were seeded according to their results in Round 1 of the 2024–25 qualification.[4] The matches of the first-, the second- and the third-placed teams against the fourth-placed teams in their group did not count towards this ranking. To determine this ranking, the following criteria were followed (Regulations Article 15.03):[2]
- higher position in the group;
- higher number of points;
- superior goal difference;
- higher number of goals scored;
- lower disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points).
The teams were allocated to four drawing pots. Teams in the same pot would be drawn into different groups. Each group contains one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and 12 groups contain one team from Pot D. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Belarus and Ukraine, Kosovo and Serbia. Due to the current situation, Ukraine, Israel and Belarus cannot host tournaments on their territory.
Pot A
| Team |
Position in group |
|
|
|
| Italy |
Winner, Group 9 |
6 |
11 |
11
|
| Portugal |
Winner, Group 5 |
6 |
6 |
9
|
| England |
Winner, Group 1 |
6 |
6 |
8
|
| France |
Winner, Group 11 |
6 |
3 |
3
|
| Belgium |
Winner, Group 4 |
6 |
2 |
4
|
| Spain |
Winner, Group 12 |
4 |
5 |
7
|
| Czech Republic |
Winner, Group 7 |
4 |
3 |
6
|
| Switzerland |
Winner, Group 10 |
4 |
3 |
5
|
| Poland |
Winner, Group 2 |
4 |
3 |
5
|
| Greece |
Winner, Group 6 |
4 |
3 |
5
|
| Croatia |
Winner, Group 3 |
4 |
2 |
4
|
| Serbia |
Winner, Group 13 |
4 |
2 |
3
|
| Austria |
Winner, Group 14 |
4 |
1 |
2
|
| Northern Ireland |
Winner, Group 8 |
3 |
0 |
4
|
|
Pot B
| Team |
Position in group |
|
|
|
| Germany |
Runner-up, Group 7 |
4 |
6 |
11
|
| Iceland |
Runner-up, Group 12 |
4 |
3 |
6
|
| Slovenia |
Runner-up, Group 2 |
4 |
1 |
4
|
| Turkey |
Runner-up, Group 13 |
4 |
1 |
2
|
| Netherlands |
Runner-up, Group 3 |
3 |
3 |
6
|
| Denmark |
Runner-up, Group 14 |
3 |
2 |
3
|
| Ukraine |
Runner-up, Group 4 |
3 |
1 |
5
|
| Slovakia |
Runner-up, Group 11 |
3 |
0 |
3
|
| Sweden |
Runner-up, Group 1 |
3 |
–1 |
4
|
| Norway |
Runner-up, Group 9 |
3 |
–6 |
4
|
| Israel |
Runner-up, Group 10 |
2 |
0 |
3
|
| Hungary |
Runner-up, Group 6 |
2 |
0 |
2
|
| Republic of Ireland |
Runner-up, Group 8 |
1 |
–2 |
3
|
| Finland |
Runner-up, Group 5 |
1 |
–4 |
3
|
|
Pot C
| Team |
Position in group |
|
|
|
| Lithuania |
Third, Group 8 |
4 |
2 |
5
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Third, Group 5 |
1 |
–2 |
4
|
| Montenegro |
Third, Group 10 |
1 |
–3 |
1
|
| Luxembourg |
Third, Group 14 |
1 |
–3 |
1
|
| Romania |
Third, Group 6 |
1 |
–3 |
0
|
| Albania |
Third, Group 3 |
1 |
–5 |
1
|
| Kosovo |
Third, Group 4 |
0 |
–3 |
3
|
| Cyprus |
Third, Group 11 |
0 |
–3 |
2
|
| Bulgaria |
Third, Group 13 |
0 |
–3 |
0
|
| Georgia |
Third, Group 2 |
0 |
–4 |
1
|
| Wales |
Third, Group 9 |
0 |
–5 |
3
|
| Latvia |
Third, Group 1 |
0 |
–5 |
1
|
| North Macedonia |
Third, Group 12 |
0 |
–8 |
1
|
| Belarus |
Third, Group 7 |
0 |
–9 |
2
|
|
Pot D
| Team |
Position in group |
|
|
|
| Scotland |
Last, Group 8 |
3 |
–4 |
3
|
| Kazakhstan |
Last, Group 4 |
1 |
–5 |
5
|
| Azerbaijan |
Last, Group 6 |
1 |
–7 |
1
|
| Estonia |
Last, Group 12 |
0 |
–8 |
3
|
| Armenia |
Last, Group 2 |
0 |
–11 |
1
|
| Moldova |
Last, Group 10 |
0 |
–11 |
0
|
| Malta |
Last, Group 1 |
0 |
–12 |
1
|
| Andorra |
Last, Group 7 |
0 |
–14 |
1
|
| San Marino |
Last, Group 9 |
0 |
–14 |
0
|
| Faroe Islands |
Last, Group 3 |
0 |
–14 |
0
|
| Gibraltar |
Last, Group 11 |
0 |
–19 |
0
|
| Liechtenstein |
Last, Group 5 |
0 |
–24 |
0
|
|
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group 1
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Montenegro
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
+2
|
7
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Italy
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
11
|
4
|
+7
|
6
|
| 3
|
Ukraine
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
+1
|
4
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
Estonia (H)
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
11
|
−10
|
0
|
Group 2
Group 3
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Sweden
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
3
|
+6
|
9
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Scotland (H)
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
+2
|
6
|
| 3
|
Lithuania
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
−4
|
3
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
England
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
−4
|
0
|
Group 4
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Spain (H)
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
+12
|
9
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Denmark
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
6
|
| 3
|
Latvia
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
9
|
−2
|
3
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
Andorra
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
12
|
−10
|
0
|
Group 5
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Belgium (H)
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
+9
|
9
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Norway
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
−1
|
4
|
| 3
|
Belarus
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
10
|
−1
|
3
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
Moldova
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
−7
|
1
|
Group 6
Group 7
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Turkey
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
3
|
+8
|
9
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Serbia (H)
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
+4
|
6
|
| 3
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
−3
|
1
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
Malta
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
−9
|
1
|
Group 8
- ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Kazakhstan 3, Croatia 0.
Group 9
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
France (H)
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
1
|
+13
|
7
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Romania
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
+4
|
5
|
| 3
|
Israel
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
7
|
−1
|
4
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
Azerbaijan
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
18
|
−16
|
0
|
Group 10
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Slovakia (H)
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
+3
|
7
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Switzerland
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
+2
|
5
|
| 3
|
Bulgaria
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
+4
|
4
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
San Marino
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
9
|
−9
|
0
|
Group 11
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Cyprus (H)
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
+2
|
7
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Northern Ireland
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
+1
|
5
|
| 3
|
Finland
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
+1
|
4
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
Armenia
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
−4
|
0
|
Group 12
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Portugal (H)
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
3
|
+12
|
7
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Slovenia
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
5
|
+4
|
6
|
| 3
|
Wales
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
3
|
+10
|
4
|
Round 2 League B
|
| 4
|
Liechtenstein
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
26
|
−26
|
0
|
Group 13
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Germany
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
+7
|
6
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Poland
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
−2
|
3
|
| 3
|
Luxembourg (H)
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
−5
|
0
|
Round 2 League B
|
Group 14
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
Iceland
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
4
|
+5
|
6
|
Round 2 League A
|
| 2
|
Greece
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
| 3
|
Georgia (H)
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
−5
|
0
|
Round 2 League B
|
Round 2
Draw
The draw for Round 2 was made at 12:15 CET on 10 December at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5]
The 28 teams of Round 1 (top 2 of each group) are drawn in seven groups of four teams in League A.[6] The bottom two teams in groups of 4 teams, and the last ranked team in groups of 3 teams, will be relegated to League B for round 2.
The teams are seeded according to their results in the round 1 (Regulations Article 15.01).[7]
League A
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group A1
Group A2
Group A3
Group A4
Group A5
Group A6
Group A7
Ranking of second-placed teams
| Pos
|
Grp
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification
|
| 1
|
A1
|
Runner-up Group A1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup
|
| 2
|
A2
|
Runner-up Group A2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 3
|
A3
|
Runner-up Group A3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 4
|
A4
|
Runner-up Group A4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 5
|
A5
|
Runner-up Group A5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
| 6
|
A6
|
Runner-up Group A6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 7
|
A7
|
Runner-up Group A7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
First match(es) will be played: March 2026. Source:
UEFARules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient ranking.
League B
Group B1
Group B2
Group B3
Group B4
Group B5
Group B6
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Promotion
|
| 1
|
Ukraine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Promotion to League A Round 1 of the 2026/27 season
|
| 2
|
Latvia
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
| 3
|
Albania (H)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Group B7
Goalscorers
In the Round 1, there have been 319 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 4.09 goals per match (as of 18 November 2025).
5 goals
- Alexander Máni Guðjónsson
4 goals
- Matouš Srb
- Filip Zahálka
- Afonso Ferreirinha
- Tarik Buğra Kalpakli
3 goals
- Tsimafei Hudach
- Kiyan Achahbar
- Xander Dierckx
- Lewis Azaka
- Viktor Švec
- Mikkel Bro Hansen
- Arone Gadou
- Aly Traore
- Levente Bősze
- Tamás Somogyi
- Martin Dzangarovski
- Vasko Papaliski
- Martim Ribeiro
- Ben Mahon
- Andrei Niculcea
- Caelan-Kole Cadamarteri
- Santiago Del Pino
- Ebrima Tunkara
- Rayan Bardghji
- Dion Mehmeti
- Ali Demirbilek
- Paul Moreno
2 goals
- Edin Jakupi
- Joseph M'Bock
- Luca Mijatovic
- Uladzislau Varonin
- Anrdey Grozdanov
- Nikolay Popov
- Luka Bartolović
- Juraj Frigan
- Dominik Cvejn
- Mads Meedom Jørgensen
- Brian Madjo
- Dennis Anghel
- Juuso Mäkeläinen
- Aymen Amaaouch
- Christ Batola
- Loan Merrifield
- Kennet Eichhorn
- Marwan-Omir Mirza
- Ahmad Najdi
- Konstantinos Souvlatzis
- Noel Polonkai
- Bjarki Hrafn Garðarsson
- Tamir Bar
- Thomas Corigliano
- Gioele Giammattei
- Diego Perillo
- Arjon Llugaxhiu
- Unejs Mustafa
- Ņikita Solomonovs
- Petar Vujović
- Mohamed Abdalla
- Jerayno Ricardo Neville Schaken
- Joel Kerr
- Abel Cedergren
- Lamine Fawler
- Andreson Semedo
- Ryan Rusu
- Ognjen Matanović
- Šimon Ševčík
- Deen Okanović
- Alexander Odefalk
- Yağiz Fikri Şen
- Kirill Serdiuk
- Axel Donczew
- Bobby Lewis
- Jacob Gareth Norris
1 goal
1 own goal
- Kaion Drakes (against Czech Republic)
- Manoel Honorio (against Wales)
- Tomás Ferreira (against Slovenia)
- Achille Montebelli (against Switzerland)
- Noah Kakor (against Bulgaria)
Notes
- ^ a b CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 25 October 2025, and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter. Cite error: The named reference "time" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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