1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Cyprus
Dates	19 July - 26 July
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Republic of Ireland (1st title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	45 (3.21 per match)

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1998 Final Tournament was held in Cyprus. It also served as the European qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	11	4	+7	6
Portugal	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6
Spain	3	2	1	5	6	–1	6
Lithuania	3	0	3	2	11	–9	0


19 July	Lithuania	1–7	Germany
	Spain	2–1	Portugal
21 July	Portugal	2–0	Lithuania
	Germany	4–1	Spain
23 July	Portugal	2–0	Germany
	Spain	2–1	Lithuania

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6
Croatia	3	2	1	8	5	+3	6
England	3	2	1	3	4	–1	6
Cyprus	3	0	3	1	8	–7	0


19 July	Republic of Ireland	5–2	Croatia
	England	2–1	Cyprus
21 July	Croatia	3–0	Cyprus
	England	1–0	Republic of Ireland
23 July	Croatia	3–0	England
	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Cyprus

Third Place Match

Portugal v Croatia

26 July 1998

Portugal	0 – 0	Croatia

	Penalties
	4 – 5

Larnaca

Final

Republic of Ireland v Germany

26 July 1998, 20:45

Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Germany

	Penalties
	4 – 3

Larnaca

1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Republic of Ireland First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links

Results by RSSSF

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001

Tournaments	England 1948 Netherlands 1949 Austria 1950 France 1951 Spain 1952 Belgium 1953 West Germany 1954 Italy 1955 Hungary 1956 Spain 1957 Luxembourg 1958 Bulgaria 1959 Austria 1960 Portugal 1961 Romania 1962 England 1963 Netherlands 1964 West Germany 1965 Yugoslavia 1966 Turkey 1967 France 1968 East Germany 1969 Scotland 1970 Czechoslovakia 1971 Spain 1972 Italy 1973 Sweden 1974 Switzerland 1975 Hungary 1976 Belgium 1977 Poland 1978 Austria 1979 East Germany 1980 West Germany 1981 Finland 1982 England 1983 Soviet Union 1984 Yugoslavia 1986 Czechoslovakia 1988 Hungary 1990 Germany 1992 England 1993 Spain 1994 Greece 1995 France 1996 Iceland 1997 Cyprus 1998 Sweden 1999 Germany 2000 Finland 2001

Qualification	1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Squads	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-19 era, 2002–present

Tournaments	Norway 2002 Liechtenstein 2003 Switzerland 2004 Northern Ireland 2005 Poland 2006 Austria 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Ukraine 2009 France 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Lithuania 2013 Hungary 2014 Greece 2015 Germany 2016 Georgia 2017 Finland 2018

Qualification	2002 2003 (First, Second) 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017

Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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