today 12:36 | Slovak national football players under the age of 19 will meet with France, Italy and Romania in the A-group of domestic European Championships. The decision was made on Thursday by the draw in Šamorín-Čilistov, which awarded England, Israel, the winner of the 6th group of the Elite Round qualification and Austria to the B-group. Slovakia had a certain A1 position as the organizer of the championship (June 18 to July 1). The tournament ambassador and former captain of the Slovak national team Martin Škrtel then drew the winners of seven groups of the Elite Round qualification. The forward of the sixth group is not yet known, from June 1 to 7 he will decide between the Netherlands, Norway, Serbia and Ukraine. The young Slovaks will initially meet with the French on June 18, three days later they will compete with the Italians and on June 24 they will play against the Romanians. “Of the teams that made it to the European Championships, each is of great quality. My favorites are England and Italy. I may be wrong, we will see what the tournament shows us. I am curious and full of expectations of what the tournament will bring us. No one, the group is very attractive, so we are looking forward, the opponents are good, we can compare them, I’m waiting for the stadiums full, people will come, they will have something to look at, I’m waiting not to disappoint them. Elite Round results We are looking forward to a big check, but we are looking forward to it The guys have another month to fight for the nomination I believe that they will work on their performance in the last month and that we will find Slovak talent in the tournament that will show us in the future quality and will also prevail in European football, “said the coach of the SR 19 team Albert Rusnák. European Football Championship draw for players under 19 Source: TASR “When you are at the European Championships, you don’t choose a group, whether you want easy or hard. All teams there have their quality there. the best possible results, “added Škrtel. The first two teams from “áčka” and “béčka” will advance to the semifinals and at the same time to the World Cup of 2023 players under 20 in Indonesia. The fifth European place for the world championship is won by the winner of the playoffs between the teams in third places. The final will take place on July 1 in Trnava, which will also host A-group meetings and one semifinal. It will also be played in Dunajská Streda (A-group, semifinals), Banská Bystrica, Žiari nad Hronom (B-group) and Senec (playoff MS). European Under-20 Championship draw: A-group: Slovakia Romania Italy France B-group: England Israel winner of the 6th group ER Austria Match program: A-group: June 18: Slovakia – France, Italy – Romania June 21: Slovakia – Italy, Romania – France June 24: Romania – Slovakia, France – Italy B-group: June 19: England – Austria, winner of the 6th ER group – Israel June 22: England – winner of the 6th ER group, Israel – Austria June 25: Israel – England, Austria – winner of the 6th group ER Play off World Cup: June 28: 3rd of the A-group – 3rd of the B-group Semifinals: June 28: winner of the A-group – 2 from B-group, winner of B-group – 2. from A-group Final: July 1: winner of semifinal 1 – winner of semifinal 2 Stadiums: Trnava (A-group, semifinal, final, capacity: 18.100) Dunajská Streda (A -group, semifinal, capacity: 12.525) Banská Bystrica (B-group, capacity: 7381) Žiar nad Hronom (B-group, capacity: 2300) Senec (play off World Cup, capacity: 3264)