UEFA U19 European Championship

About UEFA U19 European Championship

UEFA U19 European Championship History, Format, Organization, Media Coverage

The UEFA U19 European Championship is an annual cup competition contested by the continent’s under-19 men’s national teams. This tournament began in 1948 initially as the FIFA International Youth Tournament before becoming a UEFA tournament in 1956. In 1980, it evolved into an U18 tournament before increasing the age limit by a year, thus adopting the current format, in 2001. When held in even-numbered years, the competition acts as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the top five teams from the UEFA U19 European Championship earning tickets to the FIFA event.