1976 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	28 May – 6 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	France

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1976 Final Tournament was held in Hungary. It also served as the European qualification for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of Ireland	0–1	Netherlands	0–0	0–1
Wales	(a)3–3	England	0–1	3–2
Luxembourg	0–2	Iceland	0–1	0–1
Northern Ireland	w.o.	Scotland
Denmark	3–1	Poland	1–1	2–0
East Germany	1–3	Soviet Union	1–1	0–2
Norway	1–3	Finland	0–2	1–1
Sweden	1–1(a)	West Germany	1–1	0–0
Belgium	2–4	Italy	2–2	0–2
Switzerland	(a)1–1	Portugal	0–0	1–1
Malta	1–4	France	1–3	0–1
Liechtenstein	1–9	Spain	1–5	0–4
Romania	2–4	Czechoslovakia	1–1	1–3
Yugoslavia	4–4 (6-5p)	Bulgaria	2–2	2–2
Austria	1–2	Turkey	1–1	0–1

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Czechoslovakia
•  Denmark
•  Finland
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Hungary (host)
•  Iceland
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Northern Ireland
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  Wales
•  Yugoslavia

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
Wales	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	6	7	–1	2
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2

28 May	Wales	2–1	Yugoslavia
	Hungary	2–1	Italy
30 May	Italy	2–1	Yugoslavia
	Hungary	1–0	Wales
1 June	Yugoslavia	4–3	Hungary
	Wales	1–0	Italy

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
Iceland	3	0	2	1	0	3	–3	2
Turkey	3	0	1	2	0	3	–3	1

28 May	Spain	2–0	Turkey
	Switzerland	0–0	Iceland
30 May	Turkey	0–0	Iceland
	Spain	0–0	Switzerland
1 June	Spain	3–0	Iceland
	Switzerland	1–0	Turkey

Group C

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

28 May	West Germany	2–1	Finland
	France	2–1	Czechoslovakia
30 May	France	3–0	West Germany
	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Finland
1 June	West Germany	3–2	Czechoslovakia
	France	0–0	Finland

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Denmark	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	4
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	2
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	3	10	–7	0

28 May	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands
	Denmark	5–3	Northern Ireland
30 May	Netherlands	3–0	Northern Ireland
	Soviet Union	3–0	Denmark
1 June	Denmark	3–1	Netherlands
	Soviet Union	2–0	Northern Ireland

Semifinals

4 June 1976 (1976-06-04)

Hungary	1 – 1	France
Penalties
	4 – 3

Budapest

4 June 1976 (1976-06-04)

Soviet Union	3 – 0	Spain

Budapest

Third place match

6 June 1976 (1976-06-06)

Spain	3 – 0	France

Budapest

Final

6 June 1976 (1976-06-06)

Soviet Union	1 – 0	Hungary

Budapest

1976 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Soviet Union Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship:
Semifinalists:

•  France
•  Hungary
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain

Qualification unclear:

•  Austria
•  Italy

External links

• Results by RSSSF