EXCLUSIVE: UEFA Euro U19 final draw (PHOTO)

UEFA European Under-19 championship’s final draw took place in Yerevan. The eight qualifiers were split into two groups of four. Armenia (hosts), Portugal (holders), Italy and Spain are in group A, while the Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland,  Norway and France are in Group B. The tournament ambassador, Arsenal and Armenia National team star Henrikh Mkhitaryan attended the event with international teammate Marcos Pizzeli. Armenia will host Championship final tournament from 14 to 27 July for the first time in history. The games will be played in three venues- Republican Stadium (capacity: 14,527) , Banants Stadium (capacity: 4,860) FFA Academy Stadium (capacity:- 1,500). The group stage of the tournament will kick off on July 14 for the Group A and on July 15 for the Group B. The stage will end on July 21. Semi-finals will be played on July 24. While the final game will take place on July 27 at the Republican Stadium, Yerevan. Here are exclusive photos of the draw by VBetnews photographer Hrach Khachatryan. [gallery ids="308584,308578,308575,308572,308569,308566,308541,308545,308548,308551,308554,308557,308563,308538,308535,308532,308529,308526,308523,308520,308517,308493,308496,308499,308502,308505,308508,308511,308514,308490,308487,308484,308481,308478,308475,308472,308469,308463,308466"]

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