1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1971 Final Tournament was held in Czechoslovakia.

1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Dates	22–30 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	England (4th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	East Germany
Fourth place	Soviet Union
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Best player: Trevor Francis (ENG)

Best goalkeeper: António Fidalgo (POR)

Qualification

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Netherlands	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	5
Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	1	14	–13	0

	Belgium	4–1	Luxembourg
	Netherlands	4–0	Luxembourg
	Belgium	1–0	Netherlands
	Luxembourg	0–3	Belgium
	Luxembourg	0–3	Netherlands
	Netherlands	2–2	Belgium

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	4
Norway	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1	2
Finland	2	0	0	2	1	8	–7	0

	Sweden	6–1	Finland
	Sweden	3–0	Norway
	Norway	2–0	Finland

Group 3

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wales	4	2	2	0	9	2	+7	6
Scotland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5
Iceland	4	0	1	3	4	14	–10	1

	Iceland	1–1	Wales
	Iceland	1–3	Scotland
	Scotland	4–1	Iceland
	Wales	6–1	Iceland
	Scotland	0–2	Wales
	Wales	0–0	Scotland

Group 4

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	6
Romania	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
Turkey	4	0	2	2	3	5	–2	2

	Bulgaria	3–2	Turkey
	Romania	0–0	Turkey
	Bulgaria	1–0	Romania
	Romania	1–1	Bulgaria
	Turkey	1–2	Romania
	Turkey	0–0	Bulgaria

Groups 5-8

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Portugal	3–2	France	3–2	0–0
Malta	0–2	Switzerland	0–0	0–2
West Germany	1–0	Italy	0–0	1–0
Poland	1–0	Hungary	0–0	1–0

13 February 1971 (1971-02-13)

Portugal	3 – 2	France
Ibraim 10' Eurico 43' Nando 46'	Report

Tapadinha, Lisbon

25 March 1971 (1971-03-25)

France	0 – 0	Portugal
	Report

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Eight teams qualified (Q) and eight teams entered without playing qualification matches.

•  Austria
•  Belgium (Q)
•  Bulgaria (Q)
•  Czechoslovakia (host)
•  East Germany
•  England
•  West Germany (Q)
•  Greece
•  Poland (Q)
•  Portugal (Q)
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Sweden (Q)
•   Switzerland (Q)
•  Wales (Q)
•  Yugoslavia

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	1	2	–1	2
Austria	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

22 May	Austria	1–1	Spain
	Portugal	1–0	Switzerland
24 May	Portugal	1–0	Austria
	Spain	1–0	Switzerland
26 May	Switzerland	1–0	Austria
	Portugal	1–0	Spain

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	5
Belgium	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5
Wales	3	0	1	2	3	5	–2	1
Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	2	11	–9	1

22 May	Soviet Union	5–0	Bulgaria
	Belgium	1–0	Wales
24 May	Soviet Union	2–2	Belgium
	Bulgaria	1–1	Wales
26 May	Soviet Union	3–2	Wales
	Belgium	5–1	Bulgaria

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
Greece	3	1	0	2	6	10	–4	2
West Germany	3	0	1	2	3	7	–4	1

22 May	East Germany	5–1	Greece
	Czechoslovakia	0–0	West Germany
24 May	East Germany	2–2	Czechoslovakia
	Greece	4–2	West Germany
26 May	East Germany	3–1	West Germany
	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Greece

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	4
Poland	3	0	2	1	2	6	–4	2
Sweden	3	0	1	2	3	5	–2	1

22 May	Poland	1–1	Sweden
	England	1–0	Yugoslavia
24 May	Yugoslavia	5–1	Poland
	England	1–0	Sweden
26 May	England	0–0	Poland
	Yugoslavia	3–2	Sweden

Semifinals

28 May 1971 (1971-05-28)

Portugal	2 – 1	East Germany
	Report

Ďolíček, Prague

28 May 1971 (1971-05-28)

England	1 – 1	Soviet Union
	Report
Penalties
	4 – 2

Ďolíček, Prague

Third place match

30 May 1971 (1971-05-30)

East Germany	1 – 1	Soviet Union
	Report
Penalties
	5 – 3

Letná, Prague

Final

30 May 1971 (1971-05-30)

England	3 – 0	Portugal
Ayris Eastoe Eastoe	Report

Letná, Prague

ENGLAND: Tilsed Dugdale Dillon Parker Shanks McGuire Busby Ayris Francis Eastoe Daley

PORTUGAL: António Fidalgo Franque Casquinha Pereira Jaime Shéu Alexandre Gregório Freixo Eurico Nando Rui Jordão

1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Fourth title

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