1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	13 May - 22 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	England (5th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Spain

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1972 Final Tournament was held in Spain.

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


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

England v Poland

20 May 1972

England	1 – 0	Poland

Valencia

Germany v Spain

20 May 1972

Germany	2 – 2	Spain

	Penalties
	5 – 4

Barcelona

Third Place Match

Poland v Spain

22 May 1972

Poland	0 – 0	Spain

	Penalties
	6 – 5

Barcelona

Final

England v Germany

22 May 1972

England	2 – 0	Germany

Barcelona

1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Fifth title

External links

Results by RSSSF

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Under-18 era, 1948–2001

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