1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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

1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryWest Germany
Dates25 May – 3 June
Teams16
Final positions
Champions West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place France
Fourth place Spain
1980
1982

Qualification

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Group 7

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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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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


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

Group B

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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

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Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 3 2 1 0 5 1 +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

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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

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West Germany  1 – 1  France
Penalties
4 – 3
Poland  0 – 0  Spain
Penalties
6 – 5

Third place match

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France  1 – 1  Spain
Penalties
2 – 0
Referee: Josef Poucek (Czechoslovakia)

Final

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West Germany  1 – 0  Poland
Attendance: 56.000
Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)


 1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship 
 
West Germany
First title
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