1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	7–15 April
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Bulgaria
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The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1968 Final Tournament was held in France.

Qualification

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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

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

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

13 April 1968 (1968-04-13)

Czechoslovakia	3 – 1	Portugal

Cannes

13 April 1968 (1968-04-13)

France	3 – 1	Bulgaria

Nice

Third place match

15 April 1968 (1968-04-15)

Portugal	4 – 2	Bulgaria

Cannes

Final

15 April 1968 (1968-04-15)

Czechoslovakia	2 – 1	France

Cannes

1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Czechoslovakia First title

External links

• Results by RSSSF

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