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

Best player: Trevor Francis (ENG)

Best goalkeeper: António Fidalgo (POR)

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

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	4
Norway	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1	2
Finland	2	0	0	2	1	8	–7	0

	Sweden	6–1	Finland
	Sweden	3–0	Norway
	Norway	2–0	Finland

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

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

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

13 February 1971 (1971-02-13)

Portugal	3 – 2	France
Ibraim 10' Eurico 43' Nando 46'	Report

Tapadinha, Lisbon

25 March 1971 (1971-03-25)

France	0 – 0	Portugal
	Report

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

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

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

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

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

28 May 1971 (1971-05-28)

Portugal	2 – 1	East Germany
	Report

Ďolíček, Prague

28 May 1971 (1971-05-28)

England	1 – 1	Soviet Union
	Report
Penalties
	4 – 2

Ďolíček, Prague

30 May 1971 (1971-05-30)

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

Letná, Prague

30 May 1971 (1971-05-30)

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 Pereira Jaime Shéu Alexandre Gregório Freixo Eurico Nando Rui Jordão

1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Fourth title

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