1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1972 Final Tournament was a youth football tournament held in Spain.

1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	13–22 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	England (5th title)
Runners-up	West Germany
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Spain
← 1971 1973 →

Qualification

Round 1

For this round   Belgium,   East Germany,   Wales and   Soviet Union received a Bye.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Switzerland	2–1	Portugal	2–0	0–1
Finland	3–3(a)	Poland	2–2	1–1
Iceland	6–8	Republic of Ireland	4–3	2–5
Bulgaria	4–0	Greece	3–0	1–0
Luxembourg	0–4	Denmark	0–3	0–1
Sweden	3–7	West Germany	1–1	2–6
Yugoslavia	5–1	Turkey	4–0	1–1
Austria	1–2	Czechoslovakia	1–0	0–2

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belgium	(a)3–3	Switzerland	1–0	2–3
East Germany	2–2(p)	Poland	2–0	0–2
Wales	w.o.	Republic of Ireland	2–1	w.o.
Soviet Union	1–0	Bulgaria	1–0	0–0
Denmark	2–9	West Germany	0–4	2–5
Czechoslovakia	1–1(p)	Yugoslavia	0–1	1–0

Teams

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

•   Belgium (Q)
•   England
•   France
•   West Germany (Q)
•   Hungary
•   Italy
•   Malta
•   Netherlands
•   Norway
•   Poland (Q)
•   Republic of Ireland (Q)
•   Romania
•   Scotland
•   Soviet Union (Q)
•   Spain (host)
•   Yugoslavia (Q)

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
France	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	3
Norway	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0

13 May	Netherlands	1–0	Norway
	Poland	2–1	France
15 May	France	2–1	Norway
	Netherlands	0–0	Poland
17 May	Poland	4–0	Norway
	France	3–1	Netherlands

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	4
Scotland	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Hungary	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	4
Soviet Union	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0

13 May	Hungary	4–3	Scotland
	West Germany	4–0	Soviet Union
15 May	Scotland	1–0	West Germany
	Hungary	2–1	Soviet Union
17 May	Scotland	2–0	Soviet Union
	West Germany	3–2	Hungary

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
Belgium	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	7	–6	1

13 May	Yugoslavia	1–1	Republic of Ireland
	Belgium	0–0	England
15 May	Yugoslavia	2–1	Belgium
	England	4–0	Republic of Ireland
17 May	England	1–0	Yugoslavia
	Belgium	2–0	Republic of Ireland

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	5
Italy	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	4
Romania	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3
Malta	3	0	0	3	1	14	–13	0

13 May	Italy	5–1	Malta
	Spain	2–1	Romania
15 May	Spain	1–1	Italy
	Romania	3–0	Malta
17 May	Spain	6–0	Malta
	Romania	1–1	Italy

Semifinals

20 May 1972 (1972-05-20)

England	1 – 0	Poland

Valencia

20 May 1972 (1972-05-20)

West Germany	2 – 2	Spain
Penalties
	5 – 4

Barcelona

Third place match

22 May 1972 (1972-05-22)

Poland	0 – 0	Spain
Penalties
	6 – 5

Barcelona

Final

22 May 1972 (1972-05-22)

England	2 – 0	West Germany

Barcelona

1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Fifth title

External links

• Results by RSSSF