The 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Israel in the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.

The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.03):[3] To determine the seven best runners-up from the elite round, all results are considered.

[3] The draw for the qualifying round was held on 9 December 2020, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The draw for the elite round will be held in spring 2022, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

[6] The Netherlands and Spain, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A.