
Cymru will discover their opponents for the 2027 UEFA U21 EURO qualifying campaign when the draw takes place at UEFA HQ in Nyon on Thursday 6 February (8AM GMT).
Cymru finished third in their last qualifying group and narrowly missed out on a place in the play-offs after finishing behind Czechia due to their head-to-head record.
This will be Matty Jones’ second qualifying campaign in charge of the side, leading a new-look squad as Cymru strive to secure their first-ever finals appearance.

The draw will see 51 teams placed into nine groups: six groups of six teams and three groups of five teams. Each group is played in home-and-away round-robin format.
The 51 teams are allocated into six pots, with Cymru placed in Pot 4. Groups A, B, C, D, E and F will be made up of six teams in each, while groups G, H and I will be made up of five teams in each.
Draw procedure
The draw starts with Pot 1 and ends with Pot 6. Each pot is entirely emptied before proceeding to the next pot.
- A ball will first be drawn from Pot 1 to determine the team in first position of Group A.
- The next ball will be drawn from Pot 1 to determine the team in first position of Group B. The same procedure is repeated until all balls from Pot 1 have been drawn and all first positions in Groups A to I have been filled.
- Then follows Pot 2 to determine the teams in the second positions of Groups A to I (in alphabetical order) until all balls from Pot 2 have been drawn.
- Follows Pot 3 to determine the teams in the third positions of Groups A to I (in alphabetical order) until all balls from Pot 3 have been drawn.
- Follows Pot 4 to determine the teams in the fourth positions of Groups A to I (in alphabetical order) until all balls from Pot 4 have been drawn.
- Follows Pot 5 to determine the teams in the fifth positions of Groups A to I (in alphabetical order, subject to draw conditions applying) until all balls from Pot 5 have been drawn.
- Finally, the balls from Pot 6 are drawn to determine the teams in the sixth positions of Groups A to F (in alphabetical order, subject to draw conditions applying).
Pots
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
Spain | Romania | Slovenia |
England | Switzerland | Finland |
Portugal | Croatia | Sweden |
Netherlands | Czechia | Austria |
Germany | Poland | Slovakia |
France | Norway | Greece |
Ukraine | Belgium | Iceland |
Italy | Georgia | Hungary |
Denmark | Republic of Ireland | Bulgaria |
Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
Scotland | Belarus | Estonia |
Cymru | Montenegro | Malta |
Israel | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Armenia |
North Macedonia | Cyprus | Andorra |
Türkiye | Latvia | Gibraltar |
Kosovo | Lithuania | San Marino |
Northern Ireland | Kazakhstan | |
Faroe Islands | Azerbaijan | |
Moldova | Luxembourg |