1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1971 Final Tournament was held in Czechoslovakia.

1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Dates	22–30 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	England (4th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	East Germany
Fourth place	Soviet Union
← 1970 1972 →

Best player: Trevor Francis (ENG)

Best goalkeeper: António Fidalgo (POR)

Qualification

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Netherlands	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	5
Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	1	14	–13	0

	Belgium	4–1	Luxembourg
	Netherlands	4–0	Luxembourg
	Belgium	1–0	Netherlands
	Luxembourg	0–3	Belgium
	Luxembourg	0–3	Netherlands
	Netherlands	2–2	Belgium

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	4
Norway	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1	2
Finland	2	0	0	2	1	8	–7	0

	Sweden	6–1	Finland
	Sweden	3–0	Norway
	Norway	2–0	Finland

Group 3

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wales	4	2	2	0	9	2	+7	6
Scotland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5
Iceland	4	0	1	3	4	14	–10	1

	Iceland	1–1	Wales
	Iceland	1–3	Scotland
	Scotland	4–1	Iceland
	Wales	6–1	Iceland
	Scotland	0–2	Wales
	Wales	0–0	Scotland

Group 4

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	6
Romania	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
Turkey	4	0	2	2	3	5	–2	2

	Bulgaria	3–2	Turkey
	Romania	0–0	Turkey
	Bulgaria	1–0	Romania
	Romania	1–1	Bulgaria
	Turkey	1–2	Romania
	Turkey	0–0	Bulgaria

Groups 5-8

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Portugal	3–2	France	3–2	0–0
Malta	0–2	Switzerland	0–0	0–2
West Germany	1–0	Italy	0–0	1–0
Poland	1–0	Hungary	0–0	1–0

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Eight teams qualified (Q) and eight teams entered without playing qualification matches.

•   Austria
•   Belgium (Q)
•   Bulgaria (Q)
•   Czechoslovakia (host)
•   East Germany
•   England
•   West Germany (Q)
•   Greece
•   Poland (Q)
•   Portugal (Q)
•   Soviet Union
•   Spain
•   Sweden (Q)
•   Switzerland (Q)
•   Wales (Q)
•   Yugoslavia

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	1	2	–1	2
Austria	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

22 May	Austria	1–1	Spain
	Portugal	1–0	Switzerland
24 May	Portugal	1–0	Austria
	Spain	1–0	Switzerland
26 May	Switzerland	1–0	Austria
	Portugal	1–0	Spain

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	5
Belgium	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5
Wales	3	0	1	2	3	5	–2	1
Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	2	11	–9	1

22 May	Soviet Union	5–0	Bulgaria
	Belgium	1–0	Wales
24 May	Soviet Union	2–2	Belgium
	Bulgaria	1–1	Wales
26 May	Soviet Union	3–2	Wales
	Belgium	5–1	Bulgaria

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
Greece	3	1	0	2	6	10	–4	2
West Germany	3	0	1	2	3	7	–4	1

22 May	East Germany	5–1	Greece
	Czechoslovakia	0–0	West Germany
24 May	East Germany	2–2	Czechoslovakia
	Greece	4–2	West Germany
26 May	East Germany	3–1	West Germany
	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Greece

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	4
Poland	3	0	2	1	2	6	–4	2
Sweden	3	0	1	2	3	5	–2	1

22 May	Poland	1–1	Sweden
	England	1–0	Yugoslavia
24 May	Yugoslavia	5–1	Poland
	England	1–0	Sweden
26 May	England	0–0	Poland
	Yugoslavia	3–2	Sweden

Semifinals

28 May 1971 (1971-05-28)

Portugal	2 – 1	East Germany
	Report

Ďolíček, Prague

28 May 1971 (1971-05-28)

England	1 – 1	Soviet Union
	Report
Penalties
	4 – 2

Ďolíček, Prague

Third place match

30 May 1971 (1971-05-30)

East Germany	1 – 1	Soviet Union
	Report
Penalties
	5 – 3

Letná, Prague

Final

30 May 1971 (1971-05-30)

England	3 – 0	Portugal
Ayris   Eastoe   Eastoe	Report

Letná, Prague

ENGLAND:   Tilsed   Dugdale   Dillon   Parker   Shanks   McGuire   Busby   Ayris   Francis   Eastoe   Daley

PORTUGAL:   António Fidalgo   Franque   Casquinha   Pereira   Jaime   Shéu   Alexandre   Gregório Freixo   Eurico   Nando   Rui Jordão

1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Fourth title

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