Northern Ireland to host European Under-19 Championship finals
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Uefa has announced that Northern Ireland will host the European Under-19 Championship finals in 2020.
Armenia has been chosen to stage the event in 2019, and then the tournament returns to Northern Ireland after a gap of 15 years.
In the 2005 event, matches were played at the grounds of Linfield, Glentoran, Ballymena, Glenavon and Newry.
The finals involve eight teams and France are the holders having beaten Italy 4-0 in the 2016 final in Germany.
Northern Ireland will qualify automatically in 2020 as the hosts.
The tournament will be held in Georgia in 2017 and in Finland the following year.
