1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1980 Final Tournament was held in East Germany. It also served as the European qualification for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	East Germany
Dates	16–25 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	England (8th title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Netherlands
← 1979 1981 →

Qualification

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	7
Republic of Ireland	4	1	2	1	3	4	–1	4
Belgium	4	0	1	3	3	7	–4	1

	Republic of Ireland	2–1	Belgium
	Belgium	2–3	France
	France	2–0	Republic of Ireland
	France	2–0	Belgium
	Belgium	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Republic of Ireland	1–1	France

Other groups

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Northern Ireland	2–0	Wales	2–0	0–0
Norway	5–2	Sweden	1–1	4–1
Iceland	1–5	Finland	1–3	0–2
Netherlands	3–3 (6–5p)	Scotland	2–1	1–2
Denmark	1–7	England	1–3	0–4
Luxembourg	2–11	West Germany	1–5	1–6
Portugal	5–0	Malta	3–0	2–0
Spain	5–0	Switzerland	3–0	2–0
Italy	6–2	Austria	5–1	1–1
Poland	6–0	Cyprus	5–0	1–0
Bulgaria	3–2	Czechoslovakia	2–1	1–1
Greece	2–3	Hungary	1–0	1–3
Soviet Union	0–4	Yugoslavia	0–2	0–2
Turkey	0–4	Romania	0–1	0–3

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Bulgaria
•  East Germany (host)
•  England
•  Finland
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Northern Ireland
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Spain
•  Yugoslavia

Squads

Main article: 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

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

16 May	Italy	1–0	Spain
	Norway	0–0	Hungary
18 May	Spain	2–1	Norway
	Italy	4–2	Hungary
20 May	Spain	2–0	Hungary
	Italy	1–1	Norway

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
East Germany	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	3
France	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	2
Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	2	10	–8	2

16 May	Bulgaria	1–0	East Germany
	Netherlands	2–0	France
18 May	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria
	East Germany	2–0	France
20 May	France	7–1	Bulgaria
	East Germany	0–0	Netherlands

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6
Romania	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
West Germany	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	2
Finland	3	0	0	3	3	11	–8	0

16 May	Romania	2–1	Finland
	Poland	3–2	West Germany
18 May	Poland	1–0	Romania
	West Germany	6–2	Finland
20 May	Romania	1–0	West Germany
	Poland	3–0	Finland

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Yugoslavia	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2
Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1

16 May	England	1–0	Northern Ireland
	Yugoslavia	1–1	Portugal
18 May	Northern Ireland	2–2	Yugoslavia
	England	1–1	Portugal
20 May	Portugal	1–0	Northern Ireland
	England	2–0	Yugoslavia

Semifinals

Poland	2 – 0	Italy

23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)

Gera

England	1 – 0	Netherlands

23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)

Halle

Third place match

Italy	3 – 0	Netherlands

25 May 1980 (1980-05-25)

Leipzig

Final

England	2 – 1	Poland
Allen Gibson

25 May 1980 (1980-05-25)

Leipzig

Attendance: 8,000

1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Eighth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on points and goal difference).

•  England
•  West Germany (replaced  Netherlands, declining participation)
•  Italy
•  Poland
•  Romania (won draw against  Portugal)
•  Spain

External links

• Results by RSSSF