2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2020) was originally to be held as the 19th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (38th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe, before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Estonia, which were selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, were originally to host the tournament. A total of 16 teams were originally to play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1  January 2003 eligible to participate. The final tournament was originally scheduled to be played between 21 May and 6 June 2020. After initially being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA announced on 1 April 2020 that the tournament had been cancelled. The Netherlands were the two-time defending champions. Qualification. All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Estonia qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: Qualifying round, which takes place in autumn 2019, and  Elite round, which takes place in spring 2020. Qualified teams. The following teams qualified for the final tournament. "Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002)." Final draw. The final draw was originally to be held on 8 April 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia. The 16 teams would be drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts Estonia would be assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams would be seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round. The seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) would be placed  in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) would be placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups. Venues. The tournament were originally to be held in eight venues. Squads. Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 38). Group stage. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points  for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02): All times are local, EEST (). Group A. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group B. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group C. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group D. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Knockout stage. In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).