The Under 20 Elite League, also known as the European Elite League, is an under-20 (U20)
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
tournament founded in 2017. Competed in by national European U20 teams, it is the successor to the
Under-20 Four Nations Tournament
(german: Internationalen U-20 Spielrunde) is an annual under-20 football tournament. From the 2003–04 edition until the 2009–10 edition, the participating nations were Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland (the four Alpine nations). In 2011, ...
.
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The tournament's first winners were
Germany
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, with
Netherlands
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victorious in
2018–19.
Seasons
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2017–18 winner:
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2018–19 winner:
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2019–20 ''(curtailed due to
COVID-19 pandemic
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* 2020–21 ''(not scheduled due to
COVID-19 pandemic
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2021–22: winner:
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2022–23
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: ''Ongoing''
References
Recurring sporting events established in 2017
International association football competitions in Europe
Under-20 association football
Under-20 sports competitions
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