Kosovo are making their UEFA European Under-19 Championship debut and kick off the 2017/18 competition with a game against Austria as the qualifying round gets under way on Tuesday.
How the competition works
- Hosts Finland qualify automatically for next summer’s final tournament
- Spain and Portugal are also given a bye to the elite round, to be played in spring 2018
- The remaining 52 entrants are split into 13 groups of four
- The top two in each group qualify for the elite round
- In the elite round, the seven group winners will join Finland in the July 2018 finals.
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