The 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (41st edition if the under-16 era is included), the annual international football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Albania was selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023 to host the final tournament, for the first time.
A total of eight teams competed in the final tournament (reduced from 16 in previous editions), with players born on or after 1 January 2008 eligible to participate. Unlike previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament qualification competition served as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, while the final tournament no longer served as the UEFA qualifiers, with the top 11 teams qualifying for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the UEFA representatives, while the final tournament had only eight teams competed.
Portugal won the competition for the 7th time (3rd in the under-17 era) after defeating France 3âÂÂ0 in the final.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
The tournament will be hosted in 4 venues.
A total of 6 referees and 6 assistant referees were selected by UEFA for the tournament.
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-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.