Malta will stage the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals from 3 to 16 July.
The hosts will be joined by seven teams progressing from the elite round with the draw at 13:00 CET on Wednesday 19 April at Manoel Theatre, Valletta. The top two teams from each group will progress to the semi-finals.
The Malta Football Association (MFA) previously staged the 2014 U17 EURO. That was the only previous occasion on which a team from Malta played at a UEFA final tournament.
The UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals draw, from 13:00 CET on Wednesday 19 April at Manoel Theatre, Valletta, will split the eight contenders including hosts Malta into two groups of four teams.
Malta, making their debut in a U19 final tournament, will be joined by the seven elite round winners (including another team in the finals for the first time, Iceland, who knocked out holders England, plus former champions Italy, Portugal and Spain). The finals run from 3 to 16 July.
Malta will be seeded as the first team in Group A (A1). The remaining teams will be drawn one after another without any further seeding. The draw order will be B1, A2, B2, A3, B3, A4 and B4.
The top two in each group will advance to the knockout phase.
Stadiums
National Stadium, Ta’Qali (3 group games. 1 semi-final, final)
Centenary Stadium, Ta’Qali (4 group games)
Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola (3 group games, 1 semi-final)
Gozo Stadium, Gozo (2 group games)
Match dates
Group stage Matchday 1: 3/4 July
Group stage Matchday 2: 6/7 July
Group stage Matchday 3: 9/10 July
Semi-finals: 13 July
Final: 16 July
Previous U19 EURO winners
8 Spain (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
3 France (2005, 2010, 2016)
2 England (2017, 2022), Germany (2008, 2014)
1 Italy (2003), Portugal (2018), Serbia (2013), Ukraine (2009)
