1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
Dates | 7–15 April |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Czechoslovakia (1st title) |
Runners-up | France |
Third place | Portugal |
Fourth place | Bulgaria |
← 1967 1969 → |
The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1968 Final Tournament was held in France.
Qualification
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Austria | 2–3 | Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Poland | 3–5 | East Germany | 3–2 | 0–3 |
Romania | 2–5 | Hungary | 2–1 | 0–4 |
Turkey | 0–1 | Bulgaria | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Malta | 1–3 | Italy | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Luxembourg | 0–11 | Belgium | 0–4 | 0–7 |
West Germany | 2–1 | Spain | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Republic of Ireland | 1–4 | England | 0–0 | 1–4 |
Teams
[edit]The following teams entered the tournament. Eight teams qualified (Q) and eight teams entered without playing qualification matches.
- Belgium (Q)
- Bulgaria (Q)
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany (Q)
- England (Q)
- France (host)
- West Germany (Q)
- Greece
- Hungary (Q)
- Italy (Q)
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Soviet Union
- Switzerland
- Yugoslavia (Q)
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
Belgium | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 |
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 1 |
7 April | Switzerland | 1–1 | Belgium |
Portugal | 2–0 | Scotland | |
9 April | Scotland | 4–0 | Switzerland |
Portugal | 1–0 | Belgium | |
11 April | Scotland | 2–0 | Belgium |
Portugal | 1–0 | Switzerland |
Group B
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
7 April | Soviet Union | 2–2 | Netherlands |
Bulgaria | 0–0 | England | |
9 April | Bulgaria | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
England | 1–0 | Netherlands | |
11 April | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Netherlands |
England | 1–1 | Soviet Union |
Group C
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
7 April | Czechoslovakia | 2–0 | Yugoslavia |
West Germany | 2–0 | Italy | |
9 April | Yugoslavia | 1–0 | West Germany |
Italy | 2–0 | Czechoslovakia | |
11 April | Czechoslovakia | 3–1 | West Germany |
Italy | 2–2 | Yugoslavia |
Group D
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
Greece | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
East Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 1 |
7 April | East Germany | 1–1 | Greece |
France | 3–0 | Hungary | |
9 April | Hungary | 4–1 | East Germany |
France | 0–0 | Greece | |
11 April | France | 4–3 | East Germany |
Hungary | 2–1 | Greece |
Semifinals
[edit]Czechoslovakia | 3 – 1 | Portugal |
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Third place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Czechoslovakia | 2 – 1 | France |
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1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship |
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Czechoslovakia First title |