Sweden, Slovakia, and Poland: there will be the Italy Under 17s opponents in the final round of the Euros, scheduled from 20 May to 5 June in Cyprus. The Azzurrini, drawn in Group C this afternoon in Ayia Napa, will make their debut on Tuesday 21 May against Poland ahead of Slovakia on Friday 24 and Sweden on Monday 27. The top two in each of the four groups will go through to the knockout stages (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).

Coach Massimiliano Favo said: “Difficult draw. We have been put in a very difficult group, three of the four teams, us included, finished top in the previous round: this tells us a lot about the quality of the group”.

OPPOSITION. Roger Franzén’s Sweden qualified for the final phase after finishing top of Group 2 in the elite phase with 7 points, whilst Branislav Fodrek’s Slovakia bagged their ticket to Cyprus by finishing second (6 points) in Group 4, behind Ukraine. Rafal Lasocki’s Poland, finished top of Group 8 with 6 points, tied with Czechia but with a better goal difference (3, compared to the Czech 2).

Group stage (20 to 27 May)

Group A: Cyprus*, Ukraine, Serbia, Czechia.
Group B: Denmark, Austria, Croatia, Wales.
Group C: ITALY, Sweden, Slovakia, Poland.
Group D: France, Portugal, Spain, England.

*host country.

Schedule for ITALY

Matchday 1 (Tuesday 21 May)
ITALY vs. Poland

Matchday 2 (Friday 24 May)
ITALY vs. Slovakia

Matchday 3 (Monday 27 May)
Sweden vs. ITALY

Knockout stages (29 May to 5 June)

Quarter-finals (29 and 30 May)
Q1) Winner Group A vs. second-placed side in Group B
Q2) Winner Group B vs. second-placed side in Group A
Q3) Winner Group C vs. second-placed side in Group D
Q4) Winner Group D vs. second-placed side in Group C

Semi-finals (2 June)
S1) Winner Q1 vs. Winner Q3
S2) Winner Q2 vs. Winner Q4

Final (5 June)
Winner S1 vs. Winner S2

Previous winners
2002 - Switzerland
2003 - Portugal
2004 - France
2005 - Türkiye
2006 - Russia
2007 - Spain
2008 - Spain
2009 - Germany
2010 - England
2011 - The Netherlands
2012 - The Netherlands
2013 - Russia
2014 - England
2015 - France
2016 - Portugal
2017 - Spain
2018 - The Netherlands
2019 - The Netherlands
2020 - Not played
2021 - Not played
2022 - France
2023 - Germany