1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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

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

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	9	1	+8	4
Norway	2	1	1	2	3	–1	2
Finland	2	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Portugal	2 – 1	East Germany
	Report

Ďolíček, Prague

28 May 1971

England	1 – 1	Soviet Union
	Report
Penalties
	4 – 2

Ďolíček, Prague

Third place match

30 May 1971

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

Letná, Prague

Final

30 May 1971

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

Jaime

Alexandre

Nando

1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Fourth title

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