The 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification is a men's under-17 national football team competition that will determine the 7 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Estonia in the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.
Therefore, 54 teams entered this qualification competition including also hosts Estonia.
The following criteria were applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.03):[1] To determine the seven best runners-up from the elite round, all results were considered.
[1] The draw for the Round 1 was held on 5 December 2024 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Due to the current situation, Ukraine, Israël and Belarus cannot host tournaments on their territory and would therefore be excluded from the draw.