2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship


The 2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship will be the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Cyprus will host the tournament. A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after [|1] January 2004 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the UEFA representatives.

Host selection

The timeline of host selection was as follows:
For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2021 and 2022, Cyprus and Israel were selected as hosts respectively.

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, which takes place in spring 2021.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era.
TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
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Venues

To be confirmed.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
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