Under-20 Four Nations Tournament (; ) was an annual under-20 football tournament, contested by the four Alpine nations: Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, from the 2003âÂÂ04 edition until the 2009âÂÂ10 edition. In 2011, Poland replaced Austria. For the 2017âÂÂ18 edition, the tournament was replaced by the Under 20 Elite League, as the 2017âÂÂ18 Under 20 Elite League.
The 4 teams played in home-and-away round-robin format.
In 2012âÂÂ13 season, the age limit was: players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible. In other words, players eligible to 2011âÂÂ12 season U19 team competition of UEFA were eligible to the U20 event in 2012âÂÂ13. Moreover, teams could select up to 8 overage players born on or after 1 January 1992. Combining two criteria, only those players were allowed to play in 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Tournament period: 3 September 2014 â 21 April 2015