1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Dates 22 July - 27 July
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  East Germany
Fourth place  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 26 (2.6 per match)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1986
Hungary 1990

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1988 Final Tournament was held in Czechoslovakia. It also served as the European qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Quarterfinals

22 July 1988 (1988-07-22)
East Germany  2 – 0  Denmark

22 July 1988 (1988-07-22)
Spain  1 – 0  Czechoslovakia

22 July 1988 (1988-07-22)
Soviet Union  4 – 2  Norway

22 July 1988 (1988-07-22)
Portugal  3 – 0  Netherlands
João Pinto Goal 26'
Valido Goal 41'
Folha Goal 74'

Semifinals

Places 5-8

24 July 1988 (1988-07-24)
Norway  1 – 1  Denmark
  Penalties  
5 – 4

24 July 1988 (1988-07-24)
Czechoslovakia  1 – 0  Netherlands

Places 1-4

24 July 1988 (1988-07-24)
Spain  0 – 2  Portugal
Valido Goal 46' (g.p.)
João Pinto Goal 52'

24 July 1988 (1988-07-24)
Soviet Union  3 – 0  East Germany

Third Place Match

27 July 1988 (1988-07-27)
East Germany  2 – 0  Spain

Final

27 July 1988 (1988-07-27)
Soviet Union  3 – 1
(aet)
 Portugal
Andrei Timochenko Goal 78'
Yuri Nikiforov Goal 102'
Oleg Salenko Goal 117'
João Pinto Goal 55'


 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship 

Soviet Union
Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

See also

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