1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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.

1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	5–14 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Scotland
← 1977 1979 →

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
Finland	4	0	3	1	4	6	–2	3
Republic of Ireland	4	0	3	1	3	5	–2	3

	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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
West 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
•  West 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
West 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	West Germany
7 May	Scotland	1–0	Portugal
	West Germany	5–3	Italy
9 May	Scotland	0–0	Italy
	Portugal	1–0	West 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

12 May 1978 (1978-05-12)

Yugoslavia	2 – 2	Scotland
	Report
Penalties
	4 – 2

Kraków

12 May 1978 (1978-05-12)

Soviet Union	2 – 0	Poland
	Report

Kraków

Third place match

14 May 1978 (1978-05-14)

Poland	3 – 1	Scotland
	Report

Kraków

Final

14 May 1978 (1978-05-14)

Soviet Union	3 – 0	Yugoslavia
	Report

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.

•  Hungary
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Yugoslavia

External links

• Results by RSSSF