1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1972 Final Tournament was a youth football tournament held in Spain.

1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates13–22 May
Teams16
Final positions
Champions England (5th title)
Runners-up West Germany
Third place Poland
Fourth place Spain
1971
1973

Qualification

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Round 1

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For this round   Belgium,   East Germany,   Wales and   Soviet Union received a Bye.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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   West Germany 1–1 2–6
Yugoslavia   5–1   Turkey 4–0 1–1
Austria   1–2   Czechoslovakia 1–0 0–2

Round 2

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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   West Germany 0–4 2–5
Czechoslovakia   1–1(p)   Yugoslavia 0–1 1–0

Teams

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The following teams entered the tournament. Six teams qualified (Q) and ten teams entered without playing qualification matches.

Group stage

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Group A

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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

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


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

Group C

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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

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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

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England  1 – 0  Poland
West Germany  2 – 2  Spain
Penalties
5 – 4

Third place match

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Poland  0 – 0  Spain
Penalties
6 – 5

Final

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England  2 – 0  West Germany
ENGLAND:
  Graham Moseley
  John Gidman
  Alan Lewis
  Mick Buckley
  Kevin Lock
  Kevin Beattle
  Paul Bradshaw
  Trevor Francis
  Steve Cammack
  Phil Thomson
  Alan Green
WEST GERMANY:
  Helmut Roleder
  Rainer Blechschmidt
  Peter Krobbach
  Karl-Heinz Körbel
  Georg Bosbach
  Wolfgang Kraus
  Ronald Worm
  Kurt Eigl
  Günter Selke
  63. Werner Schneider
  Dieter Kaster
  Bernd Dürnberger


 1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship 
 
England
Fifth title
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