U-17: Euro-2021 qualifying tournament with the participation of Ukraine's youth team has been canceled

20.12.2020 14:00

UEFA Executive Committee, with UAF President Andrii Pavelko as it's member, has decided to cancel the qualifying round and the final tournament of the European Championship 2021 among youth teams U.

Earlier, the dates of the competition were changed. First, the qualifying matches were to take place in October this year, then them was postponed for the spring of 2021.

By the will of the lot wards of Sergey Nagornyak got into group 4 together with the teams of Belgium, Georgia and Lithuania. According to the updated scheme, the qualifying round was to take place by the end of March 2021 (13 mini-tournaments), the elite round was canceled, and 13 group winners and two seeded teams (Netherlands and Spain) received tickets to the final part, which was to take place 6— May 22, 2021 in Cyprus.

Now, in accordance with previous decisions and on the basis of constant monitoring of the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UEFA Executive Committee, in consultation with all 55 national associations, decided to cancel the competition. According to UEFA, holding youth and girls' tournaments in the first months of 2021 is unrealistic given the current epidemiological situation in many parts of Europe. In particular, given the need for international travel of minors by commercial flights. In many countries, youth and girls' activities are still suspended, and all national associations have agreed that if the competition resumes too early, it will be difficult for participants to gain and maintain their form of play.