[2][3] The tournament was again later rescheduled for July 2022 in the same venue previously chosen, Gondomar, Portugal.

[5] A total of 24 (out of 55) UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying stage, with Gibraltar and Bosnia and Herzegovina making their debuts.

The winners of each group advance to the main round to join the 13 teams which receive byes.

The preliminary round was originally scheduled to be played between 5 and 10 May 2020, but had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially to a later date comprised tentatively between June and September.

[2][3] However, in March 2022, UEFA announced that the finals had been postponed until further notice, the rescheduled dates were later confirmed to be in July 2022.

[1] Portugal were selected on 16 December 2021 from the four qualified teams to be the hosts of the final tournament.