1948 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18

1948 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18
Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	15 April - 17 April
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	44 (4 per match)

The 1948 FIFA Youth Tournament was held in England. It was the first edition of the tournament, that is now the UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

First Round

England v Wales

15 April 1948

England	4 – 0	Wales

QPR

Belgium v Northern Ireland

15 April 1948

Belgium	8 – 1	Northern Ireland

Crystal Palace

Netherlands v Republic of Ireland

15 April 1948

Netherlands	2 – 0	Republic of Ireland

Watford

Italy v Austria

15 April 1948

Italy	2 – 0	Austria

West Ham United

Supplementary Round

In this round the losing teams from the first round participated.

Republic of Ireland v Austria

16 April 1948

Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Austria

Crystal Palace

Northern Ireland v Wales

16 April 1948

Northern Ireland	4 – 1	Wales

Watford

Semifinals

England v Belgium

16 April 1948

England	3 – 1	Belgium

West Ham United

Netherlands v Italy

16 April 1948

Netherlands	2 – 1	Italy

QPR

Fifth Place Match

17 April 1948

Republic of Ireland	3 – 2	Northern Ireland

Tottenham Hotspur

Third Place Match

Belgium v Italy

17 April 1948

Belgium	3 – 1	Italy

Tottenham Hotspur

Final

England v Netherlands

17 April 1948

England	3 – 2	Netherlands

Tottenham Hotspur

1948 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18
England First title

External links

Results by RSSSF

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001

Tournaments	England 1948 Netherlands 1949 Austria 1950 France 1951 Spain 1952 Belgium 1953 West Germany 1954 Italy 1955 Hungary 1956 Spain 1957 Luxembourg 1958 Bulgaria 1959 Austria 1960 Portugal 1961 Romania 1962 England 1963 Netherlands 1964 West Germany 1965 Yugoslavia 1966 Turkey 1967 France 1968 East Germany 1969 Scotland 1970 Czechoslovakia 1971 Spain 1972 Italy 1973 Sweden 1974 Switzerland 1975 Hungary 1976 Belgium 1977 Poland 1978 Austria 1979 East Germany 1980 West Germany 1981 Finland 1982 England 1983 Soviet Union 1984 Yugoslavia 1986 Czechoslovakia 1988 Hungary 1990 Germany 1992 England 1993 Spain 1994 Greece 1995 France 1996 Iceland 1997 Cyprus 1998 Sweden 1999 Germany 2000 Finland 2001

Qualification	1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Squads	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-19 era, 2002–present

Tournaments	Norway 2002 Liechtenstein 2003 Switzerland 2004 Northern Ireland 2005 Poland 2006 Austria 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Ukraine 2009 France 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Lithuania 2013 Hungary 2014 Greece 2015 Germany 2016 Georgia 2017 Finland 2018

Qualification	2002 2003 (First, Second) 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017

Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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