1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Cover of the Soviet Union
Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	25 May – 3 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (3rd title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	69 (2.46 per match)
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The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1984 Final Tournament was held in the Soviet Union. It also served as the European qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Group 8

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

	Austria	0–2	Italy
	West Germany	1–1	Austria
	Italy	3–0	West Germany
	West Germany	0–0	Italy
	Italy	0–0	Austria
	Austria	0–1	West Germany

Other Groups

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of Ireland	3–1	Northern Ireland	3–0	0–1
Wales	2–8	Scotland	2–4	0–4
Iceland	0–6	England	0–3	0–3
Norway	0–2	Poland	0–2	0–0
Finland	2–3	Denmark	2–2	0–1
East Germany	5–2	Sweden	3–1	2–1
Malta	0–5	Switzerland	0–2	0–3
Luxembourg	4–2	Netherlands	1–2	0–1 3–0^1
Portugal	4–2	Belgium	4–0	0–2
France	2–3	Spain	1–0	1–3
Czechoslovakia	3–0	Cyprus	3–0	0–0
Greece	(a)3–3	Yugoslavia	1–1	2–2
Hungary	3–0	Romania	1–0	2–0
Turkey	3–3 (4–5p)	Bulgaria	1–2	2–1

¹The match Netherlands - Luxembourg at IJmuiden ended 1–0 but was awarded 0–3 to Luxembourg due to fireworks thrown on the field, injuring the Luxembourg keeper.

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Bulgaria
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Denmark
•  East Germany
•  England
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Luxembourg
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Scotland
•  Soviet Union (host)
•  Spain
•   Switzerland

Squads

Main article: 1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
Scotland	3	1	1	1	4	5	–1	3
Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	7	–1	2
Greece	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2

25 May	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Scotland
	Greece	1–3	Portugal
27 May	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Greece
	Scotland	3–1	Portugal
29 May	Republic of Ireland	3–2	Portugal
	Scotland	1–1	Greece

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	2	+1	2
Denmark	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1

25 May	Bulgaria	2–2	Denmark
	Poland	1–0	Italy
27 May	Bulgaria	0–1	Poland
	Denmark	0–3	Italy
29 May	Bulgaria	1–0	Italy
	Denmark	0–1	Poland

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5
England	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
East Germany	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	3
Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	0	11	–11	0

25 May	England	1–1	East Germany
	Soviet Union	5–0	Luxembourg
27 May	England	1–1	Soviet Union
	East Germany	4–0	Luxembourg
29 May	England	2–0	Luxembourg
	East Germany	0–1	Soviet Union

Group D

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

25 May	Czechoslovakia	0–3	Hungary
	Switzerland	1–2	Spain
27 May	Czechoslovakia	2–1	Switzerland
	Hungary	2–0	Spain
29 May	Czechoslovakia	1–1	Spain
	Hungary	1–0	Switzerland

Semifinals

1 June 1984 (1984-06-01)

Republic of Ireland	1 – 2	Soviet Union

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

1 June 1984 (1984-06-01)

Poland	0 – 2	Hungary

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Third place match

3 June 1984 (1984-06-03)

Poland	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Referee: Manfred Roßner (East Germany)

Final

3 June 1984 (1984-06-03)

Hungary	0 – 0	Soviet Union
Penalties
	3 – 2

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 72.800

Referee: Jose Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Hungary Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on points, goal difference and scored goals). This would mean that both Poland and Scotland should have qualified. As for Poland, officials of the Polish Football Association (PZPN) missed deadline for application to the tournament.^[1] It is not clear why Scotland did not participate.

•  Bulgaria
•  England
•  Hungary
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Soviet Union (host)
•  Spain

References

1. Grzegorz Majchrzak, Tajna historia futbolu: służby, afery i skandale (in Polish). Warsaw: Fronda, 2017, ISBN 978-83-8079-173-2, p. 15

External links

• Results by RSSSF
• 1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship in the Soviet Union. Kopanyi Myach