The European Football Federation (UEFA) will hold the draw for the U21 European Championship qualifiers in Nyon, Switzerland, this Thursday (tomorrow). The qualifiers will determine the path for 51 national teams to reach the U21 European Championship finals in 2027, which will be co-hosted by Albania and Serbia.

According to UEFA’s draw regulations, the teams will be divided into six groups of six teams and three groups of five teams.

In the final phase of the “Albania and Serbia 2027” tournament, the top nine teams from the groups, along with the second-best runner-up, will directly qualify. The remaining eight teams will compete in a play-off to determine the final four teams for the event, which will take place in June 2027. The two host nations, Albania and Serbia, will automatically qualify for the finals.

Pot 1: Spain, England, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, France, Ukraine, Italy, Denmark
Pot 2: Romania, Switzerland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Norway, Belgium, Georgia, Republic of Ireland
Pot 3: Slovenia, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Slovakia, Greece, Iceland, Hungary, Bulgaria
Pot 4: Scotland, Wales, Israel, North Macedonia, Turkey, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands, Moldova
Pot 5: Belarus, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg
Pot 6: Estonia, Malta, Armenia, Andorra, Gibraltar, San Marino

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