1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	19 May - 28 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runners-up	Bulgaria
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Germany

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1977 Final Tournament was held in Belgium.

Qualification

Groups 1-12

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
England	2–1	Wales	1–0	1–1
Iceland	2–1	Norway	1–0	1–1
Republic of Ireland	w.o.	Scotland
Denmark	1–2	Northern Ireland	1–0	0–2
France	4–2	Luxembourg	1–1	3–1
Germany	15–1	Liechtenstein	10–0	5–1
Portugal	1–1 (3–4p)	Austria	0–1	1–0
Czechoslovakia	1–2	Italy	0–2	1–0
Poland	0–1	Bulgaria	0–0	0–1
Romania	4–4(a)	Yugoslavia	4–2	0–2
Soviet Union	(a)2–2	Turkey	1–0	1–2
Hungary	1–4	Greece	1–0	0–4

Group 13

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Spain	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	4
Switzerland	4	0	1	3	2	8	–6	1

	Netherlands	1–0	Switzerland
	Switzerland	0–0	Spain
	Spain	1–2	Netherlands
	Netherlands	0–0	Spain
	Spain	4–1	Switzerland
	Switzerland	1–3	Netherlands

Group 14

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4	6
East Germany	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5
Finland	4	0	0	2	5	12	–7	1

	Finland	2–2	East Germany
	Finland	2–3	Sweden
	Sweden	3–2	East Germany
	East Germany	3–1	Finland
	Sweden	4–0	Finland
	East Germany	2–0	Sweden

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

• Austria
• Belgium (host)
• Bulgaria
• England
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Iceland
• Italy
• Malta (did not have to qualify)
• Netherlands
• Northern Ireland
• Republic of Ireland
• Soviet Union
• Sweden
• Yugoslavia

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	4
England	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
Iceland	3	0	2	1	1	3	–2	2
Greece	3	0	2	1	2	8	–6	2

19 May	England	1–0	Belgium
	Iceland	1–1	Greece
21 May	England	0–0	Iceland
	Belgium	7–1	Greece
23 May	England	0–0	Greece
	Belgium	2–0	Iceland

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
France	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	4	–2	3
Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2

19 May	Republic of Ireland	1–0	France
	Germany	2–1	Yugoslavia
21 May	Yugoslavia	3–0	Republic of Ireland
	France	0–0	Germany
23 May	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Germany
	France	1–0	Yugoslavia

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	6
Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
Austria	3	0	1	2	0	5	–5	1
Malta	3	0	1	2	0	8	–8	1

19 May	Austria	0–0	Malta
	Soviet Union	1–0	Northern Ireland
21 May	Soviet Union	4–0	Austria
	Northern Ireland	2–0	Malta
23 May	Northern Ireland	1–0	Austria
	Soviet Union	6–0	Malta

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	5	–1	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Netherlands	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

19 May	Sweden	2–1	Netherlands
	Italy	2–1	Bulgaria
21 May	Netherlands	0–0	Italy
	Bulgaria	4–1	Sweden
23 May	Bulgaria	1–0	Netherlands
	Sweden	1–0	Italy

Semifinals

Belgium v Soviet Union

26 May 1977 (1977-05-26)

Belgium	1 – 1	Soviet Union
	Penalties
	4 – 2

Antwerp

Bulgaria v Germany

26 May 1977 (1977-05-26)

Bulgaria	3 – 1	Germany

Charleroi

Third Place Match

Soviet Union v Germany

28 May 1977 (1977-05-28)

Soviet Union	7 – 2	Germany

Brussels

Final

Belgium v Bulgaria

28 May 1977 (1977-05-28)

Belgium	2 – 1	Bulgaria

Brussels

1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Belgium First title

External links

• Results by RSSSF