Qualifying for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship is in progress with 52 teams competing in nine groups for 15 slots alongside hosts Slovakia.
Qualifying began in March 2023 but most teams kicked off their campaigns last September. The nine group winners and the three best runners-up (not counting results against sixth-placed teams) will qualify directly for the final tournament from 11 to 28 June 2025.
The last set of qualifying group stage matches runs until Tuesday. In September’s games Netherlands and Spain both sealed qualification as group winners. Denmark, Germany and Portugal joined them on Friday while Ukraine and holders England are also into the finals, at worst among the three best runners-up.
The six runners-up not directly qualified will progress to the November play-offs for the last three finals spots, drawn at 12:00 CET on Thursday. The final tournament draw is in Bratislava on 3 December.
Source: UEFA
