1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1981 Final Tournament was held in West Germany.

1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	25 May – 3 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	France
Fourth place	Spain
← 1980 1982 →

Qualification

Group 7

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Netherlands	4	2	1	1	12	4	+8	5
Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	2	18	–16	0

	Luxembourg	0–6	Netherlands
	Luxembourg	0–4	Belgium
	Netherlands	1–3	Belgium
	Belgium	3–1	Luxembourg
	Netherlands	5–1	Luxembourg
	Belgium	0–0	Netherlands

Other groups

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wales	4–2	Republic of Ireland	2–2	2–0
Iceland	1–4	Scotland	0–1	1–3
England	4–0	Northern Ireland	1–0	3–0
Finland	1–2	Sweden	1–1	0–1
Poland	4–1	East Germany	2–0	2–1
Denmark	3–2	Norway	0–1	3–1
Portugal	0–3	France	0–1	0–2
Malta	1–8	Italy	1–5	0–3
Spain	5–2	Switzerland	4–1	1–1
Hungary	0–1	Romania	0–0	0–1
Austria	4–2	Turkey	4–0	0–2
Soviet Union	1–1 (3–4p)	Czechoslovakia	1–0	0–1
Yugoslavia	0–1	Bulgaria	0–0	0–1
Greece	4–1	Cyprus	1–0	3–1

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•   Austria
•   Belgium
•   Bulgaria
•   Czechoslovakia
•   Denmark
•   England
•   France
•   West Germany (host)
•   Greece
•   Italy
•   Poland
•   Romania
•   Scotland
•   Spain
•   Sweden
•   Wales

Squads

Main article: 1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	6
Wales	3	2	0	1	4	5	–1	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	2
Greece	3	0	0	3	0	4	–4	0

25 May	West Germany	5–0	Wales
	Belgium	2–0	Greece
27 May	West Germany	3–2	Belgium
	Greece	0–1	Wales
29 May	West Germany	1–0	Greece
	Belgium	0–3	Wales

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
Sweden	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Romania	3	1	1	1	5	6	–1	3
Czechoslovakia	3	0	1	2	4	7	–3	1

25 May	Poland	1–1	Sweden
	Romania	3–2	Czechoslovakia
27 May	Poland	3–1	Romania
	Sweden	1–1	Czechoslovakia
29 May	Poland	3–1	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden	1–1	Romania

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Denmark	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Italy	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1

25 May	Italy	0–0	France
	Bulgaria	2–2	Denmark
27 May	Italy	1–0	Bulgaria
	France	2–1	Denmark
29 May	Italy	1–2	Denmark
	France	3–0	Bulgaria

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Scotland	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
England	3	1	0	2	8	3	+5	2
Austria	3	0	0	3	0	11	–11	0

25 May	Austria	0–1	Scotland
	Spain	2–1	England
27 May	Austria	0–3	Spain
	Scotland	1–0	England
29 May	Austria	0–7	England
	Scotland	1–1	Spain

Semifinals

1 June 1981 (1981-06-01)

West Germany	1 – 1	France
Penalties
	4 – 3

Cologne

1 June 1981 (1981-06-01)

Poland	0 – 0	Spain
Penalties
	6 – 5

Bochum

Third place match

2 June 1981 (1981-06-02)

France	1 – 1	Spain
Penalties
	2 – 0

Duisburg

Referee: Josef Poucek (Czechoslovakia)

Final

3 June 1981 (1981-06-03)

West Germany	1 – 0	Poland

Düsseldorf

Attendance: 56.000

Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)

1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
West Germany First title

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