Malta drawn in Group 4 in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round

Malta has been drawn in Group 4 in the 2022/23 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round draw.  In the same group with Malta, are the teams coming from Scotland, Czech Republic and Northern Ireland. 

The drawn was held in Nyon today and  has set 13 groups to be played next summer or autumn, beginning the road to Hungary with the final tournament being held in May 2023.

The groups are as follows:

Group 1: Portugal, Slovenia, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan

Group 2: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein

Group 3: England, Israel, Georgia, Lithuania

Group 4: Scotland, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Malta

Group5: Austria, Poland, Montenegro, Andorra

Group 6: Belgium, Denmark, Romania, Estonia

Group 7: Sweden, Croatia, Wales, Albania

Group 8: Italy, Greece, Finland, Kosovo

Group 9: France, Iceland, North Macedonia, Luxembourg

Group 10: Republic of Ireland, Norway, Belarus, Armenia

Group 11: Serbia, Russia, Cyprus, Gibraltar

Group 12: Germany, Slovakia, Latvia, Moldova

Group 13: Turkey, Switzerland, Bulgaria, San Marino

The top two teams in each group will join top seeds Netherlands and Spain in the spring 2023 elite round along with the four third-placed teams with the best records against the top two in their section.