The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2023) was the 20th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (39th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Hungary was hosting the tournament. A total of 16 teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the UEFA representatives.
France, having won the title in 2022, entered as the title holders, reached the final match but lost to Germany, who won their fourth title.
For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Hungary qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2022, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2023, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
The final draw was made on 3 April 2023 at Ensana Thermal Margaret Island Health Spa Hotel, Budapest.
The tournament is hosted in 7 venues.
The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).
Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.
To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists were ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):
Winner qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
There were 111 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: UEFA
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.
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