2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
| Championnat d'Europe de football des moins de 19 ans 2010 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | France |
| Dates | 18–30 July |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 France (7th title)
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| Runners-up |
 Spain
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 45 (3 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Dani Pacheco (4 goals) |
| Best player |
Gaël Kakuta
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The 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the ninth edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship since it was renamed from the original under-18 event, in 2001. France hosted the championship during July. Ukraine were the title holders, but failed to qualify for the finals. The host country won the tournament. The top six teams qualified for the 2011 Under-20 World Cup.
Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages:
The final tournament of the Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams that would join the already qualified host nation France.
The qualifying round was played between 1 September and 30 November 2009. The 52 teams were divided into 13 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches were played, the 13 group winners and 13 group runners-up advanced to the Elite round. Alongside the 26 winner and runner-up teams, the two best third-placed teams also qualified.
Each group winner and runner-up advanced to the semi-finals. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2011 Under-20 World Cup.
Tie-break criteria for teams even on points:
All times are Central European Time (UTC+2)
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