1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1980 UEFA European Under-18 ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| East Germany
Dates| 16–25 May
Teams| 16
Final positions
Champions|  England (8th title)
Runners-up|  Poland
Third place|  Italy
Fourth place|  Netherlands

← 1979

1981 →

International football competition

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1980 Final Tournament was held in East Germany. It also served as the European qualification for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

## Qualification

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### Group 1

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France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7
Republic of Ireland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4
Belgium | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 1

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| Republic of Ireland  | 2–1  |  Belgium
| Belgium  | 2–3  |  France
| France  | 2–0  |  Republic of Ireland
| France  | 2–0  |  Belgium
| Belgium  | 0–0  |  Republic of Ireland
| Republic of Ireland  | 1–1  |  France

### Other groups

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Northern Ireland  | 2–0  |  Wales | 2–0  | 0–0
Norway  | 5–2  |  Sweden | 1–1  | 4–1
Iceland  | 1–5  |  Finland | 1–3  | 0–2
Netherlands  | 3–3 (6–5p)  |  Scotland | 2–1  | 1–2
Denmark  | 1–7  |  England | 1–3  | 0–4
Luxembourg  | 2–11  |  West Germany | 1–5  | 1–6
Portugal  | 5–0  |  Malta | 3–0  | 2–0
Spain  | 5–0  |   Switzerland | 3–0  | 2–0
Italy  | 6–2  |  Austria | 5–1  | 1–1
Poland  | 6–0  |  Cyprus | 5–0  | 1–0
Bulgaria  | 3–2  |  Czechoslovakia | 2–1  | 1–1
Greece  | 2–3  |  Hungary | 1–0  | 1–3
Soviet Union  | 0–4  |  Yugoslavia | 0–2  | 0–2
Turkey  | 0–4  |  Romania | 0–1  | 0–3

## Teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

*  Bulgaria
*  East Germany (host)
*  England
*  Finland
*  France
*  West Germany
*  Hungary
*  Italy
*  Netherlands
*  Northern Ireland
*  Norway
*  Poland
*  Portugal
*  Romania
*  Spain
*  Yugoslavia

## Squads

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Main article: 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5
Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4
Norway | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2
Hungary | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1

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16 May  | Italy  | 1–0  |  Spain
| Norway  | 0–0  |  Hungary
18 May  | Spain  | 2–1  |  Norway
| Italy  | 4–2  |  Hungary
20 May  | Spain  | 2–0  |  Hungary
| Italy  | 1–1  |  Norway

### Group B

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5
East Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3
France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2
Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | –8 | 2

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16 May  | Bulgaria  | 1–0  |  East Germany
| Netherlands  | 2–0  |  France
18 May  | Netherlands  | 3–0  |  Bulgaria
| East Germany  | 2–0  |  France
20 May  | France  | 7–1  |  Bulgaria
| East Germany  | 0–0  |  Netherlands

### Group C

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6
Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4
West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 2
Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 0

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16 May  | Romania  | 2–1  |  Finland
| Poland  | 3–2  |  West Germany
18 May  | Poland  | 1–0  |  Romania
| West Germany  | 6–2  |  Finland
20 May  | Romania  | 1–0  |  West Germany
| Poland  | 3–0  |  Finland

### Group D

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4
Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2
Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1

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16 May  | England  | 1–0  |  Northern Ireland
| Yugoslavia  | 1–1  |  Portugal
18 May  | Northern Ireland  | 2–2  |  Yugoslavia
| England  | 1–1  |  Portugal
20 May  | Portugal  | 1–0  |  Northern Ireland
| England  | 2–0  |  Yugoslavia

## Semifinals

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23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)

Poland | 2 – 0|  Italy

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Gera

23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)

England | 1 – 0|  Netherlands

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Halle

## Third place match

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25 May 1980 (1980-05-25)

Italy | 3 – 0|  Netherlands

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Leipzig

## Final

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25 May 1980 (1980-05-25)

England | 2 – 1|  Poland

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Leipzig

Attendance: 8,000

1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

England
Eighth title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

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The six best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on points and goal difference).

*  England
*  West Germany (replaced  Netherlands, declining participation)
*  Italy
*  Poland
*  Romania (won draw against  Portugal)
*  Spain

## External links

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* Results by RSSSF

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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 U-18
Championship|

* 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
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* Scotland 1970
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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
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* Armenia 2019
* ~~Northern Ireland 2020~~
* ~~Romania 2021~~
* Slovakia 2022
* Malta 2023
* Northern Ireland 2024
* Romania 2025
* Wales 2026
* TBD 2027

Qualification|

* 2002
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* 2006 (First, Elite)
* 2007 (First, Elite)
* 2008 (First, Elite)
* 2009 (First, Elite)
* 2010 (First, Elite)
* 2011 (First, Elite)
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* 2015
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