2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

**liamoo11** · 04/11/2024, 5:04 PM

Originally Posted by pixiehead

Into next round on yellow cards?

Unreal fair play to the North for the last min goal and us for keeping going. Lithuania must have felt safe as houses

**passinginterest** · 04/11/2024, 5:05 PM

A 94th minute goal for Ireland and 90th minute consolation for the North. Pretty incredible ending. Not marked as qualified yet on the UEFA site and Lithuania marked equal second. https://www.uefa.com/under17/standings/2025/2001869/

**tetsujin1979** · 04/11/2024, 6:40 PM

The standings are confirmed now

Remarkable really, both teams level on points, the game between us on Lithuania finished 2-2, level on goals scored, level goal difference, so it came down to discipline to separate the sides

**liamoo11** · 04/11/2024, 11:40 PM

Certainly makes up for some of the bad luck our 21s had this season.

It's an limportant age group that at least now will be together as a group until March and have a chance to develop. Do we know what martos connection to us is , is it his mum?

**tetsujin1979** · 04/11/2024, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by liamoo11

Certainly makes up for some of the bad luck our 21s had this season.

It's an limportant age group that at least now will be together as a group until March and have a chance to develop. Do we know what martos connection to us is , is it his mum?

They would have been together in March anyway. The teams that finished third and fourth in each group go into League B, to try and qualify for Group A in the U19 qualifiers next year. Since we finished second, we'll go straight into Group A next year.

According to this - https://futureofirishfootball.substa...h-202425-mu17s - Martos qualifies for us through his mother

Another two players based abroad are Ramon Martos (UD Almeria)and Grady McDonnell (Vancouver FC). Ramon Martos signed his first professional contract with UD Almería in July 2024. He’s made a strong impression with the Irish youth teams, qualifying to represent Ireland through his Irish mother.

**tetsujin1979** · 06/12/2024, 5:34 PM

The draw for the second round was made yesterday, with Ireland facing Belgium, Poland, and Iceland in March.
https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/02...d-2-draw-made/

Something I didn't know was that the second round also functions as the qualifiers for the U17 World Cup next year.
The tournament has been expanded to 48 teams, and will now run annually. All teams that finish first, and the four best teams that finish second, in the second round of the U17 qualifiers will go through to the World Cup. So, even if you don't qualify for the Euros, you could still go to the World Cup, which seems odd to me.
Also, the tournament will be held in Qatar. As will the following four U17 World Cups. Isn't that just super?