Euro 2024 (U-17): opponents of Ukraine's youth national team in the first qualifying stage will be determined on December 8
On December 8, the Ukraine U-16 national team (players born in 2007 or later), led by Volodymyr Yezersky, will learn the names of their opponents in the qualifying round for Euro-2024 (U-17). The draw in Nyon is reported on the official UEFA website (start of the procedure at approximately 11:00 Kyiv time).
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December 8, the Ukrainian U-16 national team (players born in 2007 or later), led by Volodymyr Yezersky, will learn the names of their opponents in the qualifying round for Euro-2024 (U-17). UEFA's official website announces about the draw in Nyon (start of the procedure - 11:00 Kyiv time).
Mini-tournaments at this stage will take place from July 1 to November 21, 2023. 52 national associations will participate in the draw since Cyprus received a direct entry to the final stage as hosts and the Netherlands team will start from the elite round.
Draw procedure and seeding pots
According to the UEFA ranking of the relevant age group, four seeding pots were formed: 13 teams with the highest rating went into Pot A, followed by the next 13 teams and so on. Ukraine is in the second pot (B).
There will be one representative from each pot in the groups. The hosts of the mini-tournaments will be determined later.
Winners of two first places in qualifying groups and five best third-place finishers based on results against the top two teams will advance to the elite round.
Seeding pots composition
Pot A: Spain*, Italy, France, England, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Ireland, Hungary, Serbia*, Sweden, Turkey, Denmark.
Pot B: Scotland, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Ukraine*, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Croatia.
Pot C: Finland, Iceland, Belarus*, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, Georgia, Northern Ireland, Kosovo*, Wales, Montenegro, Luxembourg, Latvia.
Pot D: Estonia, Faroe Islands, Albania, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Andorra, Lithuania, Moldova, Malta, Gibraltar*, Liechtenstein, San Marino.
*According to the decision of UEFA's Executive Committee and the working group on extraordinary situations, the following 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). Therefore, Russia will not participate in the qualifying draw for the Euro-2023/2024 under-17 championship.
