2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2024) was the 21st UEFA European Under-17 Championship (40th 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. Cyprus hosted the tournament. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Germany were the title holders, having beaten France in a penalty shootout in the 2023 final, but were not able to defend their title after failing to qualify for the final tournament.

In the final, Italy defeated Portugal 3–0 to win their second title, winning their first-ever title at this age level and their just second title after the 1982 triumph.

Host selection

 * 19 April 2021: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Montreux

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.

Qualification
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2023, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2024, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.

Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).


 * Notes
 * 1 The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
 * 2 Two as Serbia and Montenegro and eight as Serbia

Venues
The tournament was hosted in 6 venues.

Match officials
The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

The 12 referees for the final tournament:
 * Jasper Vergoote
 * Antoni Bandić
 * Radoslav Gidzjenov
 * Ante Čulina
 * Menelaos Antoniou
 * Jan Petřík
 * Jakob Alexander Sundberg
 * Mohammed Al-Emara
 * Pierre Gaillouste
 * David Fuxman
 * Miguel Bértolo Nogueira
 * Nenad Minaković

The 12 assistant-referees for the final tournament:
 * Martijn Tiesters
 * Stefan Tešanovic
 * Petar Velizarov Mitrev
 * Luka Pušic
 * Kyriakos Sokratous
 * Marek Podaný
 * Victor Skytte
 * Turkka Valjakka
 * Alexis Auger
 * Rostislav Talis
 * Nelson Filipe Vila Pereira
 * Nikola Borović

Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).

Awards
The following awards were given after the conclusion of the tournament:
 * Player of the Tournament: Francesco Camarda
 * Top Scorer: Rodrigo Mora

Team of the Tournament
After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.