Hungary qualified as hosts, while Spain received a bye to the elite round as the side with the highest competition coefficient.

A total of 52 participating teams were divided in two draw pots, based on the UEFA Under-19 coefficient ranking.

Before the draw, UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan would not host the mini-tournament if they were drawn in the same group, due to the dispute concerning the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh; the same rule applied for Georgia and Russia, due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia.

[2] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.

[3] Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above.