UEFA Youth Tournament Under 18, 1978


QUALIFYING 

Group 1 
20.10.1977 Solna	  Sweden	  1-0 Hungary
20.10.1977 Trelleborg	  Sweden	  2-4 Czechoslovakia
30.10.1977 Balassagyarmat Hungary	  4-0 Sweden
08.11.1977 Praha	  Czechoslovakia  1-1 Hungary 
22.03.1978 Praha	  Czechoslovakia  3-2 Sweden
29.03.1978 Salgotarjan 	  Hungary 	  1-0 Czechoslovakia

1.HUNGARY	  	4  2 1 1  6- 2  5
2.Czechoslovakia  	4  2 1 1  8- 6  5
3.Sweden          	4  1 0 3  5-11  2

Group 2
23.11.1977 Holbaek	Denmark         0-2 Scotland
07.12.1977 Ayr		Scotland        1-0 Denmark

1.SCOTLAND        	2  2 0 0  3- 0  4
2.Denmark         	2  0 0 2  0- 3  0

Group 3
04.10.1977 Reykjavik	Iceland		1-1 Wales
03.11.1977 Bridgend	Wales		0-1 Iceland

1.ICELAND	  	2  1 1 0  2- 1  3
2.Wales           	2  0 1 1  1- 2  1

Group 4
12.10.1977 Tampere	Finland		2-2 Rep.of Ireland
19.10.1977 Turku	Finland		1-1 Netherlands
30.11.1977 Doetinchem	Netherlands	3-1 Rep.of Ireland
22.02.1978 Dublin	Rep.of Ireland	0-0 Netherlands
14.03.1978 Ede 		Netherlands	3-1 Finland
17.03.1978 Dublin	Rep.of Ireland	0-0 Finland

1.NETHERLANDS	  	4  2 2 0  7- 3  6
2.Finland	  	4  0 3 1  4- 6  3
3.Rep.of Ireland  	4  0 3 1  3- 5  3

Group 5
08.03.1978 Beringen	Belgium		4-1 N Ireland
22.03.1978 Belfast	N Ireland	1-5 Belgium

1.BELGIUM	  	2  2 0 0  9- 2  4
2.N Ireland	  	2  0 0 2  2- 9  0

Group 6
08.02.1978 Crystal Palace England	3-1 France
01.03.1978 Gagny	  France 	0-0 England

1.ENGLAND         	2  1 1 0  3- 1  3
2.France          	2  0 1 1  1- 3  1

Group 7
12.03.1978 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	0-6 Italy
22.03.1978 Falconara	Italy		7-1 Liechtenstein

1.ITALY		  	2  2 0 0  13- 1  4
2.Liechtenstein   	2  0 0 2   1-13  0

Group 8
15.11.1977 Esch/Alzette	Luxembourg	1-4 Portugal
04.01.1978 Evora	Portugal	2-0 Luxembourg

1.PORTUGAL	  	2  2 0 0  6- 1  4
2.Luxembourg      	2  0 0 2  1- 6  0

Group 9
07.12.1977  Freiburg im Breisgau West Germany 2-0 Switzerland
15.03.1978  Schaffhausen         Switzerland  0-2 West Germany

1.WEST GERMANY	  	2  2 0 0  4- 0  4
2.Switzerland     	2  0 0 2  0- 4  0

Group 10
04.03.1978 Gzira	Malta		0-2 Spain
05.04.1978 Madrid	Spain		0-0 Malta

1.SPAIN		  	2  1 1 0  2- 0  3
2.Malta	          	2  0 1 1  0- 2  1

Group 11
27.03.1978 Heraklion	Greece		1-1 East Germany
02.04.1978 Babelsberg	East Germany	1-1 Greece		[3-4 pen]

1.GREECE	  	2  0 2 0  2- 2  2
2.East Germany 	  	2  0 2 0  2- 2  2

Group 12
19.03.1978 Sofia	Bulgaria	2-1 Turkey
01.04.1978 Izmir	Turkey          3-0 Bulgaria

1.TURKEY	  	2  1 0 1  4- 2  2
2.Bulgaria	  	2  1 0 1  2- 4  2

Group 13
19.03.1978 Pozarevac	Yugoslavia	2-0 Romania
02.04.1978 Kilcea	Romania		0-2 Yugoslavia

1.YUGOSLAVIA	  	2  2 0 0  4- 0  4
2.Romania	  	2  0 0 2  0- 4  0

Group 14
30.10.1977 Garsten	Austria		0-2 Soviet Union
29.03.1978 Kishinev	Soviet Union	0-0 Austria

1.SOVIET UNION	 	2  1 1 0  2- 0  3
2.Austria        	2  0 1 1  0- 2  1

Byes: Poland (hosts) and Norway


FINAL TOURNAMENT

May 5 to 14 in Poland

Group A
05.05.1978 Kety	   		Italy          	0-0 Portugal
05.05.1978 Bielsko Biala 	Scotland       	1-0 West Germany
07.05.1978 Cieszyn		Scotland       	1-0 Portugal
07.05.1978 Bielsko Biala	West Germany   	5-3 Italy
09.05.1978 Kety			Scotland       	0-0 Italy
09.05.1978 Cieszyn		Portugal       	1-0 West Germany

1.SCOTLAND       3 2 1 0  2- 0 5
2.Portugal       3 1 1 1  1- 1 3
3.West Germany   3 1 0 2  5- 5 2
4.Italy          3 0 2 1  3- 5 2  

Group B
05.05.1978 Czestochowa		Soviet Union   	4-0 Greece
05.05.1978 Czestochowa		Netherlands    	1-0 Norway
07.05.1978 Czestochowa		Netherlands    	2-2 Greece
07.05.1978 Lubliniec		Soviet Union   	4-0 Norway
09.05.1978 Czestochowa		Soviet Union   	2-0 Netherlands
09.05.1978 Czestochowa		Norway         	2-1 Greece

1.SOVIET UNION   3 3 0 0 10- 0 6
2.Netherlands    3 1 1 1  3- 4 3
3.Norway         3 1 0 2  2- 6 2
4.Greece         3 0 1 2  3- 8 1  

Group C
05.05.1978 Gorlice		Hungary        	3-1 Iceland
05.05.1978 Nowy Sacz		Yugoslavia     	2-1 Belgium	[abandoned: 3-0 Forfeit]
07.05.1978 Nowy Sacz		Hungary        	0-0 Yugoslavia
07.05.1978 Nowy Sacz		Iceland		3-0 Belgium	[Forfeit]
09.05.1978 Gorlice		Yugoslavia     	4-1 Iceland
09.05.1978 Nowy Sacz		Hungary        	3-0 Belgium	[Forfeit]

1.YUGOSLAVIA     2 1 1 0  4- 1 3
2.Hungary        2 1 1 0  3- 1 3
3.Iceland        2 0 0 2  2- 7 0
-.Belgium        withdrew (the team had suffered food poisoning on the way to Poland
                           and could field only 8 players in the first match)
Group D
05.05.1978 Wodzislaw		England        	1-1 Turkey
05.05.1978 Chorzow		Spain          	2-1 Poland
07.05.1978 Bukowno		England        	1-0 Spain 
07.05.1978 Bedzin		Poland         	2-1 Turkey
09.05.1978 Chorzow		Poland         	2-0 England
09.05.1978 Jaworzno		Spain          	1-1 Turkey

1.POLAND         3 2 0 1  5- 3 4
2.Spain          3 1 1 1  3- 3 3
3.England        3 1 1 1  2- 3 3
4.Turkey         3 0 2 1  3- 4 2 

Semifinals
12.05.1978 Kraków	Yugoslavia     2-2 Scotland       [4-2 on pen]
12.05.1978 Kraków	Soviet Union   2-0 Poland 

Third Place Play-off 
14.05.1978 Kraków	Poland         3-1 Scotland

Final [Wisla Stadium]
14.05.1978 Kraków	Soviet Union   3-0 Yugoslavia 

Note: the first seven teams (the semifinalists, Hungary, Spain
      and Portugal) qualified for the 1979 World Championship U-20
      in Japan - the Soviet Union possibly as holders of the 1977 Cup.  

Overview File

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