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2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

**2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship**
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The 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship will be the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, and the 40th edition if the Under-16 era is also included. The tournament is scheduled to take place in Cyprus from 20 May to 5 June 2024.

**Host Country**
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Cyprus was originally supposed to host the U-17 EURO in 2021, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the UEFA Executive Committee awarded the 2024 final to the country.

**Qualification**
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54 UEFA member associations registered for the tournament, with Cyprus automatically qualified as the host nation. The qualification process consists of two phases: a qualification round and the elite round. The Netherlands, ranked highest in the UEFA coefficient ranking of U-17 national teams, received a bye to the elite round.

**Defending Champion**
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The defending champion is Germany, who won the previous edition of the tournament.

**Eligibility**
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Players born no earlier than January 1, 2007 are eligible to participate in the tournament.