The UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round will decide the 15 teams joining hosts Cyprus in the finals from 20 May to 5 June.
The top-seeded Netherlands, who enter directly in this round, are joined by the 31 teams that came through the qualifying round. Group 4 in Greece began on Wednesday with the rest of the mini-tournaments from 20 to 26 March. The final tournament draw is on Wednesday 3 April in Ayia Napa.
The eight elite round group winners and seven runners-up with the best records will qualify for the last 16-team final tournament before the switch to a new format in 2024/25.
Group 1 (20–26 March): England (hosts), France, Hungary, Northern Ireland
Group 2 (20–26 March): Wales, Bulgaria, Sweden, Romania (hosts)
Group 3 (20–26 March): Netherlands, Belgium, Finland (hosts), Italy
Group 4 (6–12 March): Greece (hosts), Switzerland, Slovakia, Ukraine
Group 5 (20–26 March): Portugal (hosts), Germany (holders), Croatia, Republic of Ireland
Group 6 (20–26 March): Türkiye, Serbia, Georgia (hosts), Denmark
Group 7 (20–26 March): Spain, Austria (hosts), Slovenia, Norway
Group 8 (20–26 March): Poland, Czechia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hosts)
Team guide
- Germany are the defending champions after beating France last June in Hungary to win their second U17 title since the switch to the current classification in 2001/02. Poland and Spain were beaten semi-finalists, while England, Republic of Ireland, Serbia and Switzerland also reached the quarter-finals.
- Other past U17 winners in the draw other than Germany are Netherlands (4), France (3), Spain (3), Portugal (2), England (1), Switzerland (1), Türkiye (1).
- England, Netherlands and Spain are aiming to reach a record 16th final tournament.
