1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	25 May - 3 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	France
Fourth place	Spain

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1981 Final Tournament was held in West Germany.

Qualification

Group 7

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Netherlands	4	2	1	1	12	4	+8	5
Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	2	18	–16	0


Luxembourg	0–6	Netherlands
Luxembourg	0–4	Belgium
Netherlands	1–3	Belgium
Belgium	3–1	Luxembourg
Netherlands	5–1	Luxembourg
Belgium	0–0	Netherlands

Other groups

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wales	4–2	Republic of Ireland	2–2	2–0
Iceland	1–4	Scotland	0–1	1–3
England	4–0	Northern Ireland	1–0	3–0
Finland	1–2	Sweden	1–1	0–1
Poland	4–1	East Germany	2–0	2–1
Denmark	3–2	Norway	0–1	3–1
Portugal	0–3	France	0–1	0–2
Malta	1–8	Italy	1–5	0–3
Spain	5–2	Switzerland	4–1	1–1
Hungary	0–1	Romania	0–0	0–1
Austria	4–2	Turkey	4–0	0–2
Soviet Union	1–1 (3–4p)	Czechoslovakia	1–0	0–1
Yugoslavia	0–1	Bulgaria	0–0	0–1
Greece	4–1	Cyprus	1–0	3–1

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
England
France
Germany (host)
Greece
Italy
Poland
Romania
Scotland
Spain
Sweden
Wales

Squads

Main article: 1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	9	2	+7	6
Wales	3	2	1	4	5	–1	4
Belgium	3	1	2	4	6	–2	2
Greece	3	0	3	0	4	–4	0


25 May	Germany	5–0	Wales
	Belgium	2–0	Greece
27 May	Germany	3–2	Belgium
	Greece	0–1	Wales
29 May	Germany	1–0	Greece
	Belgium	0–3	Wales

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
Sweden	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Romania	3	1	1	1	5	6	–1	3
Czechoslovakia	3	0	1	2	4	7	–3	1


25 May	Poland	1–1	Sweden
	Romania	3–2	Czechoslovakia
27 May	Poland	3–1	Romania
	Sweden	1–1	Czechoslovakia
29 May	Poland	3–1	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden	1–1	Romania

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
Denmark	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Italy	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1


25 May	Italy	0–0	France
	Bulgaria	2–2	Denmark
27 May	Italy	1–0	Bulgaria
	France	2–1	Denmark
29 May	Italy	1–2	Denmark
	France	3–0	Bulgaria

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Scotland	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
England	3	1	0	2	8	3	+5	2
Austria	3	0	0	3	0	11	–11	0


25 May	Austria	0–1	Scotland
	Spain	2–1	England
27 May	Austria	0–3	Spain
	Scotland	1–0	England
29 May	Austria	0–7	England
	Scotland	1–1	Spain

Semifinals

Germany v France

1 June 1981

Germany	1 – 1	France

	Penalties
	4 – 3

Cologne

Poland v Spain

1 June 1981

Poland	0 – 0	Spain

	Penalties
	6 – 5

Bochum

Third Place Match

France v Spain

2 June 1981

France	1 – 1	Spain

	Penalties
	2 – 0

Duisburg

Final

Germany v Poland

3 June 1981

Germany	1 – 0	Poland

Düsseldorf
Attendance: 56.000

1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
West Germany First title

External links

Results by RSSSF

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001

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