The 2017–18 Under 20 Elite League was a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
tournament for national under-20 football teams. It was the first edition of the
Under 20 Elite League
The Under 20 Elite League, also known as the European Elite League, is an under-20 (U20) association football tournament founded in 2017.
History
Competed in by national European U20 teams, it is the successor to the Under-20 Four Nations Tourn ...
tournament.
The tournament was announced by the
German Football Association
The German Football Association ( ; DFB ) is the governing body of Association football, football, futsal, and beach soccer in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and ...
(DFB) on 23 January 2017 as an expansion of the
Under-20 Four Nations Tournament
Under-20 Four Nations Tournament (; ) was an annual under-20 football tournament, contested by the four Alps, Alpine nations: Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, from the 2003–04 edition until the 2009–10 edition. In 2011, Poland replaced ...
. DFB's Sporting Director
Horst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch (; born 17 April 1951) is a German professional football manager and former player who last managed the Germany women's national team. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as ...
described the formation of the competition as an "important step" in player development and hoped to encourage the public to take an interest in U-20 games.
Each participating team played seven games on
FIFA International Match Calendar
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.
The tournament was age restricted and only players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible.
Participating teams
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League table
Matches
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Under 20 Elite League
Under 20 Elite League
2017–18 in European football