1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	5 May - 14 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Scotland

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1978 Final Tournament was held in Poland. It also served as the European qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	5
Czechoslovakia	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	5
Sweden	4	1	0	3	5	11	–6	2


Sweden	1–0	Hungary
Sweden	2–4	Czechoslovakia
Hungary	4–0	Sweden
Czechoslovakia	1–1	Hungary
Czechoslovakia	3–2	Sweden
Hungary	1–0	Czechoslovakia

Group 4

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	6
Republic of Ireland	4	0	3	1	2	2	0	3
Finland	4	0	1	3	4	6	–2	1


Finland	2–2	Republic of Ireland
Finland	1–1	Netherlands
Netherlands	3–1	Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland	0–0	Netherlands
Netherlands	3–1	Finland
Republic of Ireland	0–0	Finland

Other groups

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	0–3	Scotland	0–2	0–1
Iceland	2–1	Wales	1–1	1–0
Belgium	9–2	Northern Ireland	4–1	5–1
England	3–1	France	3–1	0–0
Liechtenstein	1–13	Italy	0–6	1–7
Luxembourg	1–6	Portugal	1–4	0–2
Germany	4–0	Switzerland	2–0	2–0
Malta	0–2	Spain	0–2	0–0
Greece	2–2 (3–2p)	East Germany	1–1	1–1
Bulgaria	2–4	Turkey	2–1	0–3
Yugoslavia	4–0	Romania	2–0	2–0
Austria	0–2	Soviet Union	0–2	0–0

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Belgium
England
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway (received Bye for qualifying stage)
Poland (host)
Portugal
Scotland
Soviet Union
Spain
Turkey
Yugoslavia

Squads

Main article: 1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Portugal	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
Germany	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	2
Italy	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2


5 May	Italy	0–0	Portugal
	Scotland	1–0	Germany
7 May	Scotland	1–0	Portugal
	Germany	5–3	Italy
9 May	Scotland	0–0	Italy
	Portugal	1–0	Germany

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	6
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	3
Norway	3	1	0	2	2	6	–4	2
Greece	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5	1


5 May	Soviet Union	4–0	Greece
	Netherlands	1–0	Norway
7 May	Netherlands	2–2	Greece
	Soviet Union	4–0	Norway
9 May	Soviet Union	2–0	Netherlands
	Norway	2–1	Greece

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
Hungary	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3
Iceland	2	0	0	2	2	7	–5	0
Belgium	Withdrew due to food poisoning


5 May	Hungary	3–1	Iceland
	Yugoslavia	ABD¹	Belgium
7 May	Hungary	0–0	Yugoslavia
9 May	Yugoslavia	4–1	Iceland
¹After their first match was abandoned at 2-1, Belgium withdrew from the tournament. The team was suffering from food poisoning. Their results were annulled.

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
Spain	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
England	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	3
Turkey	3	0	2	1	3	4	–1	2


5 May	England	1–1	Turkey
	Spain	2–1	Poland
7 May	England	1–0	Spain
	Poland	2–1	Turkey
9 May	Poland	2–0	England
	Spain	1–1	Turkey

Semifinals

Yugoslavia v Scotland

12 May 1978

Yugoslavia	2 – 2	Scotland

	Penalties
	4 – 2

Kraków

Soviet Union v Poland

12 May 1978

Soviet Union	2 – 0	Poland

Kraków

Third Place Match

Poland v Scotland

14 May 1978

Poland	3 – 1	Scotland

Kraków

Final

Soviet Union v Yugoslavia

14 May 1978

Soviet Union	3 – 0	Yugoslavia

Stadion Miejski, Kraków

1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Soviet Union Fourth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on goal difference). For an unknown reason, semifinalists Scotland did not participate.

External links

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