UEFA U17 European Championships starts on Friday!

Wed May 1st 2019

The UEFA U17 European Championships comes to Ireland on Friday 3rd May, and we are absolutely honoured to host 4 games at the City Calling Stadium. Here’s the groups….

Group A: 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland (hosts), 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇬🇷 Greece

Group B: 🇳🇱 Netherlands (holders), 🇫🇷 France, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, 🇸🇪 Sweden

Group C: 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇷🇺 Russia

Group D: 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇦🇹 Austria

Calendar:

Group stage: 3/4, 6/7 & 9/10 May
Quarter-finals: 12/13 May
Semi-finals & FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off: 16 May
Final: 19 May

Knockout system:

Quarter-final 1: Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B
Quarter-final 2: Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A
Quarter-final 3: Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D
Quarter-final 4: Winner Group D v Runner-up Group C

Semi-final 1: Winner quarter-final 1 v Winner quarter-final 3
Semi-final 2: Winner quarter-final 2 v Winner quarter-final 4

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off: The two losing quarter-finalists with the best records will take part in this game. The criteria are a) group position, b) group points, c) group goal difference, d) group goals scored, e) quarter-final result, f) overall disciplinary ranking, g) coefficient (as per qualifying round draw), h) drawing of losts

Final: Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2