Wales will take on Serbia, England and Scotland in this year’s U19 European Championships, which will take place at the CREPS Font Romeu high performance facility in the Pyrenees, France in July.
The Championship will be contested by England, France, Scotland, Serbia, Ukraine and Wales. The nations have been drawn into two groups of three based on results from the previous tournament. England, as defending champions, are the first seed and are joined by Scotland (3) and Serbia (5) in Pool A. Hosts France are in Pool B as the second seed, with Ukraine (4) and Wales (6).
Each will play the three nations in the opposite group, with results merged into one league table and the first-placed team awarded the Championship title.
The matches will be played over three days, five per day, at the state-of-the-art sporting facility which will also see the squads stay on site.
The hosts open their campaign on Sunday 12 July against Scotland in a repeat of 2024’s feisty semi-final, whilst England face Ukraine in another semi-final repeat and Wales take on Serbia. Round two on Wednesday 15 July sees England taking on Wales, Scotland face Ukraine and France do battle with Serbia.
The final round on Saturday 18 July, will see Serbia take on Ukraine and Scotland will be seeking to overturn Wales after losing recent clashes. The final match will see France take on England in what could be a tournament decider, the previous three encounters between them having a margin of less than seven points.
