Euro 2024 (U-19): the Ukrainian youth team will learn their opponents in the qualifying round on December 8
On December 8, the U-18 national team of Ukraine (players born in 2005 or later), led by Oleg Kuznetsov, will draw opponents in the qualifying round for Euro 2024 (U-19). The draw will take place in Nyon and is announced on the official UEFA website (start time: 10:00 AM Kyiv time).
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On December 8, the Ukraine U-18 national team ((players born in 2005 or later), led by Oleh Kuznetsov), will receive opponents in the qualifying round of Euro 2024 (U-19).UEFA's official website announces the draw, which will begin at 10:00 AM Kyiv time.
Mini-tournaments in 13 groups will take place from September 4 to 12, October 9 to 17, or November 13 to 21, 2023. The winners of the first two places in the qualifying groups and the best third-place finisher based on results against the top two teams will join Portugal in the elite round of qualification.
The Northern Ireland national team, as hosts, secured a direct spot to the final stage, which will take place in summer 2024.
Draw procedure and seeding pots
According to the UEFA ranking for the relevant age group, four seeding pots were formed: Pot A included 13 teams with the highest rankings, followed by the next 13 in Pot B and so on. Ukraine ended up in the first pot (A).
Each group will have one representative from each pot. The hosts of the mini-tournaments will be determined later.
Seeding pots composition
Pot A: England, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Spain*, Ukraine*, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Israel, Germany, Turkey, Serbia*.
Pot B: Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Belgium, Sweden, Scotland, Croatia, Greece, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Georgia, Poland.
Pot C: Finland, Bulgaria, Iceland, Switzerland, Armenia, Cyprus, Wales, Latvia, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus*, North Macedonia, Kosovo*.
Pot D: Albania, Montenegro, Malta, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Faroe Islands, Andorra, Lithuania, Estonia, Luxembourg, San Marino, Gibraltar*, Liechtenstein.
*According to the decision of UEFA's Executive Committee and the Working Group on Extraordinary Situations, the following national teams will be separated into different groups: Spain and Gibraltar, Belarus and Ukraine, Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. All Russian teams are currently excluded from UEFA competitions according to the decision of the executive committee dated February 28, 2022. On July 15, 2022, this decision was confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). As a result, Russia will not participate in the qualifying draw for the UEFA European Championship 2023/2024 among under-19 teams.
