# 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2025) will be the 25th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (28th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe.
The tournament will be hosted by Slovakia, hosting the tournament for the second time, having hosted the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. A total of 16 teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to participate.

## Host selection

* Croatia
* Slovakia
UEFA Executive Committee chose Slovakia as a host in 25 January 2023.

## Venues

| Bratislava | Trnava | Dunajská Streda | Košice |
| Tehelné pole | Anton Malatinský Stadium | MOL Aréna | Košická futbalová aréna |
| Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 18,200 | Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 12,555 |
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| Žilina | Trenčín | Nitra | Prešov |
| Štadión pod Dubňom | Štadión Sihoť | Štadión pod Zoborom | Futbal Tatran Arena |
| Capacity: 10,897 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,480 | Capacity: 6,500 |

## Qualification
### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Appearance | First appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Slovakia | Hosts | 25 January 2023 | 3rd (9th incl. Czechoslovakia) | 2000 | 2017 | Fourth place (2000) |
| Netherlands | Group C winners | 9 September 2024 | 10th | 1988 | 2023 | Champions (2006, 2007) |
| Spain | Group B winners | 10 September 2024 | 17th | 1982 | 2023 | Champions (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019) |
| Portugal | Group G winners | 11 October 2024 | 11th | 1994 | 2023 | Runners-up (1994, 2015, 2021) |
| Germany | Group D winners | 11 October 2024 | 15th | 1982 | 2023 | Champions (2009, 2017, 2021) |
| Denmark | Group I winners | 11 October 2024 | 10th | 1978 | 2021 | Semi-finals (1992, 2015) |
| Ukraine | Top three of second-placed teams | 11 October 2024 | 4th (7th incl. Soviet Union) | 2006 | 2023 | Runners-up (2006) |
| England | Group F winners | 12 October 2024 | 18th | 1978 | 2023 | Champions (1982, 1984, 2023) |
| Romania | Group E winners | 15 October 2024 | 5th | 1998 | 2023 | Semi-finals (2019) |
| Poland | Top three of second-placed teams | 15 October 2024 | 8th | 1982 | 2019 | Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994) |
| Slovenia | Group H winners | 15 October 2024 | 2nd (6th incl. Yugoslavia) | 2021 | 2021 | Group stage (2021) |
| France | Top three of second-placed teams | 15 October 2024 | 12th | 1982 | 2023 | Champions (1988) |
| Italy | Group A winners | 15 October 2024 | 23rd | 1978 | 2023 | Champions (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004) |
| Finland | Play-offs winner | 19 November 2024 | 2nd | 2009 | 2009 | Group stage (2009) |
| Czech Republic | Play-offs winner | 19 November 2024 | 10th (16th incl. Czechoslovakia) | 1996 | 2023 | Champions (2002) |
| Georgia | Play-offs winner | 19 November 2024 | 2nd (5th incl. Soviet Union) | 2023 | 2023 | Quarter-finals (2023) |

### Final draw

The draw for the final tournament was held in Bratislava on 3 December 2024.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Spain | Germany | Denmark | Georgia |
| England (holders) | France | Romania | Slovenia |
| Portugal | Ukraine | Poland | Finland |
| Netherlands | Italy | Czech Republic | Slovakia (hosts) |

## Group stage

The group winners and runners-up will advance to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
* Points obtained in all group matches;
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
* Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point;Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;Direct red card: −3 points;
* UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
* Drawing of lots.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winners if necessary.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 21 June – Anton Malatinský Stadium | 21 June – Anton Malatinský Stadium | | |
| Winners Group A | | | |
| Winners Group A | | 25 June – Tehelné pole | 25 June – Tehelné pole | |
| Runners-up Group B | | 25 June – Tehelné pole | 25 June – Tehelné pole |
| 21 June – Štadión pod Dubňom | 21 June – Štadión pod Dubňom | | | |
| Winners Group C | | | |
| Winners Group C | | | | 28 June – Tehelné pole | 28 June – Tehelné pole |
| Runners-up Group D | | | | 28 June – Tehelné pole | 28 June – Tehelné pole |
| 22 June – MOL Aréna | 22 June – MOL Aréna | | | | |
| Winners Group B | | | | | |
| Winners Group B | | 25 June – Košická futbalová aréna | 25 June – Košická futbalová aréna | | |
| Runners-up Group A | | 25 June – Košická futbalová aréna | 25 June – Košická futbalová aréna | | |
| 22 June – Futbal Tatran Arena | 22 June – Futbal Tatran Arena | | | | |
| Winners Group D | | | |
| Runners-up Group C | | | |

### Final
## Preparations

In October 2023, UEFA officials came to Slovakia to further inspect their venues and were satisfied with them.