1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	East Germany
Dates	16 May - 25 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	England (8th title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Netherlands

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1980 Final Tournament was held in East Germany. It also served as the European qualification for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	7
Republic of Ireland	4	1	2	1	3	4	–1	4
Belgium	4	0	1	3	3	7	–4	1


Republic of Ireland	2–1	Belgium
Belgium	2–3	France
France	2–0	Republic of Ireland
France	2–0	Belgium
Belgium	0–0	Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland	1–1	France

Other groups

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Northern Ireland	2–0	Wales	2–0	0–0
Norway	5–2	Sweden	1–1	4–1
Iceland	1–5	Finland	1–3	0–2
Netherlands	3–3 (6–5p)	Scotland	2–1	1–2
Denmark	1–7	England	1–3	0–4
Luxembourg	2–11	Germany	1–5	1–6
Portugal	5–0	Malta	3–0	2–0
Spain	5–0	Switzerland	3–0	2–0
Italy	6–2	Austria	5–1	1–1
Poland	6–0	Cyprus	5–0	1–0
Bulgaria	3–2	Czechoslovakia	2–1	1–1
Greece	2–3	Hungary	1–0	1–3
Soviet Union	0–4	Yugoslavia	0–2	0–2
Turkey	0–4	Romania	0–1	0–3

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Bulgaria
East Germany (host)
England
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Yugoslavia

Squads

Main article: 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
Norway	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
Hungary	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1


16 May	Italy	0–0	Spain
	Norway	0–0	Hungary
18 May	Spain	2–1	Norway
	Italy	4–2	Hungary
20 May	Spain	2–0	Hungary
	Italy	1–1	Norway

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
East Germany	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	3
France	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	2
Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	2	10	–8	2


16 May	Bulgaria	1–0	East Germany
	Netherlands	2–0	France
18 May	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria
	East Germany	2–0	France
20 May	France	7–1	Bulgaria
	East Germany	0–0	Netherlands

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	7	2	+5	6
Romania	3	2	1	3	2	+1	4
Germany	3	1	2	8	6	+2	2
Finland	3	0	3	3	11	–8	0


16 May	Romania	2–1	Finland
	Poland	3–2	Germany
18 May	Poland	1–0	Romania
	Germany	6–2	Finland
20 May	Romania	1–0	Germany
	Poland	3–0	Finland

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Yugoslavia	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2
Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1


16 May	England	1–0	Northern Ireland
	Yugoslavia	1–1	Portugal
18 May	Northern Ireland	2–2	Yugoslavia
	England	1–1	Portugal
20 May	Portugal	1–0	Northern Ireland
	England	2–0	Yugoslavia

Semifinals

Poland v Italy

23 May 1980

Poland	2 – 0	Italy

Gera

England v Netherlands

23 May 1980

England	1 – 0	Netherlands

Halle

Third Place Match

Italy v Netherlands

25 May 1980

Italy	3 – 0	Netherlands

Leipzig

Final

England v Poland

25 May 1980

England	2 – 1	Poland

Leipzig
Attendance: 8000

1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Eighth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on points and goal difference).

England
Germany (replaced Netherlands, declining participation)
Italy
Poland
Romania (won draw against Portugal)
Spain

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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