1973 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1973 Final Tournament was held in Italy.

1973 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	31 May – 10 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	England (6th title)
Runners-up	East Germany
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Bulgaria
← 1972 1974 →

Qualification

Groups 1-4

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malta	1–5	Austria	1–1	0–4
Luxembourg	2–3	Iceland	2–1	0–2
Republic of Ireland	3–1	Sweden	2–1	1–0
Finland	0–1	Norway	0–0	0–1

Group 5

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5
Portugal	4	2	0	2	5	7	–2	4
Spain	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	3

	Portugal	2–1	Spain
	Spain	3–1	Portugal
	Belgium	2–1	Spain
	Belgium	3–1	Portugal
	Spain	2–2	Belgium
	Portugal	1–0	Belgium

Group 6

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

	Netherlands	0–0	West Germany
	Netherlands	1–2	Poland
	West Germany	1–1	Netherlands
	Poland	0–1	West Germany
	Poland	3–0	Netherlands
	West Germany	3–1	Poland

Group 7

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

	Wales	1–1	Scotland
	Scotland	1–0	Wales
	Wales	2–1	France
	France	0–3	Scotland
	Scotland	2–4	France
	France	1–0	Wales

Group 8

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

	Yugoslavia	1–2	Greece
	Romania	0–0	Yugoslavia
	Greece	2–1	Yugoslavia
	Greece	0–1	Romania
	Romania	2–2	Greece
	Yugoslavia	0–2	Romania

Group 9

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Hungary	4	1	1	2	4	6	–2	3
Turkey	4	0	2	2	5	7	–2	2

	Soviet Union	3–2	Turkey
	Turkey	1–1	Hungary
	Soviet Union	2–0	Hungary
	Turkey	1–1	Soviet Union
	Hungary	1–2	Soviet Union
	Hungary	2–1	Turkey

Teams

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

•   Austria (Q)
•   Belgium (Q)
•   Bulgaria
•   Czechoslovakia
•   Denmark
•   East Germany
•   England
•   West Germany (Q)
•   Iceland (Q)
•   Italy (host)
•   Norway (Q)
•   Romania (Q)
•   Republic of Ireland (Q)
•   Scotland (Q)
•   Soviet Union (Q)
•   Switzerland

Group stage

Group A

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

31 May	Italy	3–1	Romania
	West Germany	2–1	Norway
2 June	Italy	1–0	Norway
	Romania	1–0	West Germany
4 June	Italy	1–0	West Germany
	Romania	2–1	Norway

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	4	7	–3	0

31 May	Soviet Union	1–0	Republic of Ireland
	Bulgaria	3–2	Denmark
2 June	Soviet Union	1–0	Denmark
	Bulgaria	2–0	Republic of Ireland
4 June	Republic of Ireland	3–2	Denmark
	Bulgaria	1–1	Soviet Union

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	2
Iceland	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1

31 May	England	2–0	Iceland
	Belgium	2–0	Switzerland
2 June	England	2–0	Switzerland
	Iceland	1–1	Belgium
4 June	England	0–0	Belgium
	Switzerland	2–1	Iceland

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Scotland	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
Austria	3	0	2	1	2	4	–2	2

31 May	Austria	1–1	East Germany
	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Scotland
2 June	East Germany	3–1	Scotland
	Austria	1–1	Czechoslovakia
4 June	East Germany	3–2	Czechoslovakia
	Scotland	2–0	Austria

Semifinals

7 June 1973 (1973-06-07)

England	1 – 0	Italy

Viareggio

7 June 1973 (1973-06-07)

East Germany	1 – 0	Bulgaria

Montecatini

Third place match

10 June 1973 (1973-06-10)

Italy	1 – 0	Bulgaria

Florence

Final

10 June 1973 (1973-06-10)

England	3 – 2 (aet)	East Germany

Florence

1973 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Sixth title

External links

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