B-youth
The B-Youth (also called B-Juniors or U17 ) is the second oldest group of youth athletes , for example in football or handball .
General rule
As a rule, the age of these athletes is 15 to 17 years (in the 2019/20 season these are those born in 2003 and 2004).
Depending on their age, the younger athletes are divided into C or D youth (in football down to G youth ) and the older into A youth .
In many sports, instead of the letter designations, the term U is used for under in connection with the maximum age of the athlete, for example U17 (corresponds to the B youth ). In some sports, this term is only used among young women.
Different names in different sports
B-youth in fencing
The B youth in fencing describes the age group of 12 to 13 year olds.
B-youth in football
B-Juniors (U17 / U16): B-Juniors of a season are players who are or have reached the age of 15 or 16 in the calendar year in which the season begins. Mixed teams are also allowed in these age groups. In Switzerland, B-juniors of all ages are allowed to play in the corresponding junior teams or a weaker one (i.e. B-juniors can play with the C-juniors). In Germany, B-Juniors are only allowed to play in junior teams with the consent of their legal guardians. In the former GDR football , the B-youth players were categorized as "youth" and comprised the age groups 15 and 16, while the A-youth was referred to as "juniors" and the 17 and 18 year olds were eligible to play here.
B youth in athletics
In athletics , B-youth refers to those who turn 16 or 17 years old in the calendar year.
B-youth in cycling
In cycling , the designation B-Jugend was still in use until the 1980s . Then it was replaced by the internationally common name U17 . The term youth is used in parallel .
See also
Age and performance classes (sport) ; Youth ; Sports
