Groups have been drawn for the elite round qualifiers for the 2025 UEFA Under-19 Championships in Romania. Reigning champions Italy were drawn in Group 8 with Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Host teams and fixtures to be decided on Monday 6 May.

Format. In all, 52 of the 54 entrants are involved in the qualifying round and were split into four pots (A, B, C and D) based on their coefficient ranking, before then being drawn into 13 groups of 4 sides. The top two teams in each group and the best third-placed team will join Portugal in the elite round in spring. The seven elite round group winners will join hosts Romania in the summer finals.

UEFA European Under-19 Championships

Qualification round

Group 1: Ukraine, Netherlands, Slovenia and Kazakhstan
Group 2: Germany, Hungary, Cyprus and Andorra
Group 3: England, Belgium, Bulgaria and Lithuania
Group 4: Türkiye, Poland, Malta and Gibraltar
Group 5: France, Scotland, Wales and Liechtenstein
Group 6: Czechia, Finland, Switzerland and San Marino
Group 7: Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Azerbaijan and Moldova
Group 8: ITALY, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
Group 9: Norway, Sweden, Georgia and Estonia
Group 10: Spain, Austria, Kosovo and Faroe Islands
Group 11: Israel, Denmark, Northern Ireland and Albania
Group 12: Slovakia, Latvia, North Macedonia and Luxembourg
Group 13: Serbia, Croatia, Armenia and Belarus

All groups will be played as one-venue mini-tournaments (one team will be selected to host each group). Unless all teams in a group agree to play on other dates, mini-tournaments must be played on one of the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates: from 2 to 10 September, 7 to 15 October or 11 to 19 November.