1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Cover of the Soviet Union
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	25 May - 3 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (3rd title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	69 (2.46 per match)

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1984 Final Tournament was held in the Soviet Union. It also served as the European qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Group 8

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	4	2	2	0	5	0	+5	6
West Germany	4	1	2	1	2	4	–2	4
Austria	4	0	2	2	1	4	–3	2


Austria	0–2	Italy
West Germany	1–1	Austria
Italy	3–0	West Germany
West Germany	0–0	Italy
Italy	0–0	Austria
Austria	0–1	West Germany

Other Groups

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of Ireland	3–1	Northern Ireland	3–0	0–1
Wales	2–8	Scotland	2–4	0–4
Iceland	0–6	England	0–3	0–3
Norway	0–2	Poland	0–2	0–0
Finland	2–3	Denmark	2–2	0–1
East Germany	5–2	Sweden	3–1	2–1
Malta	0–5	Switzerland	0–2	0–3
Luxembourg	4–2	Netherlands	1–2	~~0–1~~ 3–0¹
Portugal	4–2	Belgium	4–0	0–2
France	2–3	Spain	1–0	1–3
Czechoslovakia	3–0	Cyprus	3–0	0–0
Greece	(a)3–3	Yugoslavia	1–1	2–2
Hungary	3–0	Romania	1–0	2–0
Turkey	3–3 (4–5p)	Bulgaria	1–2	2–1

¹The match Netherlands - Luxembourg at IJmuiden ended 1–0 but was awarded 0–3 to Luxembourg due to fireworks thrown on the field, injuring the Luxembourg keeper.

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Squads

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
Scotland	3	1	1	1	4	5	–1	3
Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	7	–1	2
Greece	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2


25 May	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Scotland
	Greece	1–3	Portugal
27 May	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Greece
	Scotland	3–1	Portugal
29 May	Republic of Ireland	3–2	Portugal
	Scotland	1–1	Greece

Group B

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


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

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5
England	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
East Germany	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	3
Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	0	11	–11	0


25 May	England	1–1	East Germany
	Soviet Union	5–0	Luxembourg
27 May	England	1–1	Soviet Union
	East Germany	4–0	Luxembourg
29 May	England	2–0	Luxembourg
	East Germany	0–1	Soviet Union

Group D

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


25 May	Czechoslovakia	0–3	Hungary
	Switzerland	1–2	Spain
27 May	Czechoslovakia	2–1	Switzerland
	Hungary	2–0	Spain
29 May	Czechoslovakia	1–1	Spain
	Hungary	1–0	Switzerland

Semifinals

Republic of Ireland v Soviet Union

1 June 1984

Republic of Ireland	1 – 2	Soviet Union

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Poland v Hungary

1 June 1984

Poland	0 – 2	Hungary

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Third Place Match

Poland v Republic of Ireland

3 June 1984

Poland	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Final

Hungary v Soviet Union

3 June 1984

Hungary	0 – 0	Soviet Union

	Penalties
	3 – 2

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 72.800

1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Hungary Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on points, goal difference and scored goals). This would mean that both Poland and Scotland should have qualified. It is not clear why they did not participate.

External links

Results by RSSSF

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001
FIFA Youth Tournament	England 1948 Netherlands 1949 Austria 1950 France 1951 Spain 1952 Belgium 1953 West Germany 1954
UEFA Youth Tournament	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
UEFA U-18 Championships	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
UEFA U-19 Championships	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 Armenia 2019 Northern Ireland 2020
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 2018
Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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