The 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2024) was the 21st UEFA European Under-17 Championship (40th 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. Cyprus hosted the tournament. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
Germany were the title holders, having beaten France in a penalty shootout in the 2023 final, but were not able to defend their title after failing to qualify for the final tournament.
In the final, Italy defeated Portugal 3âÂÂ0 to win their second title, winning their first-ever title at this age level and their just second title after the 1982 triumph.
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 Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2023, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2024, 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 tournament was hosted in 6 venues.
A total of 12 Referees and 12 Assistant Referees were selected by UEFA for the tournament.
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
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In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).
The following awards were given after the conclusion of the tournament:
After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.