| With so many soccer events going around the year, | | | | include Serbia, who will play as the host soccer team |
| the UEFA European Under-19 Soccer Championship is | | | | against Hungary, Finland and Austria. Serbia showed a |
| an exciting event not to be missed. With the | | | | consistent performance in the qualifying rounds |
| qualifying rounds already played from 2 October 2008 | | | | scoring 3, 5 and 4 in the 3 matches it played. Hungary |
| to 27 November 2008, the stage is set for the Elite | | | | only performed well in 1 match against San Marino |
| Round to start from Sunday, 1 March 2009 and last | | | | and scored 6 points, and scoring 1 and 0 in the other |
| till Sunday 31 May 2009. The teams from the | | | | 2. Both Finland and Austria stand at almost equal |
| qualifying rounds have been divided into 7 groups of | | | | standing with Finland scoring 2, 0 and 3 in the last 3 |
| 4 teams each, making 28 fierce contestants fighting | | | | matches, and Austria scoring 2, 3 and 1 soccer goals. |
| for the final title. | | | | There is a highly likely chance that the host team will |
| Matches for group 1 will be held in Serbia on 12, 14 | | | | be the highest scorer in this group and will qualify to |
| and 17 May 2009. The 4 teams playing in this group | | | | the Final tournament â Group stage. |