1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates13–22 May
Teams16
Final positions
Champions England (5th title)
Runners-up West Germany
Third place Poland
Fourth place Spain
← 1971
1973 →

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1972 Final Tournament was a youth football tournament held in Spain.

Qualification

Round 1

For this round  Belgium,  East Germany,  Wales and  Soviet Union received a Bye.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Switzerland  2–1  Portugal 2–0 0–1
Finland  3–3(a)  Poland 2–2 1–1
Iceland  6–8  Republic of Ireland 4–3 2–5
Bulgaria  4–0  Greece 3–0 1–0
Luxembourg  0–4  Denmark 0–3 0–1
Sweden  3–7  West Germany 1–1 2–6
Yugoslavia  5–1  Turkey 4–0 1–1
Austria  1–2  Czechoslovakia 1–0 0–2

Round 2

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Belgium  (a)3–3   Switzerland 1–0 2–3
East Germany  2–2(p)  Poland 2–0 0–2
Wales  w.o.  Republic of Ireland 2–1 w.o.
Soviet Union  1–0  Bulgaria 1–0 0–0
Denmark  2–9  West Germany 0–4 2–5
Czechoslovakia  1–1(p)  Yugoslavia 0–1 1–0

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Six teams qualified (Q) and ten teams entered without playing qualification matches.

Group stage

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5
 France 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 2 3 –1 3
 Norway 3 0 0 3 1 7 –6 0


13 May Netherlands  1–0  Norway
Poland  2–1  France
15 May France  2–1  Norway
Netherlands  0–0  Poland
17 May Poland  4–0  Norway
France  3–1  Netherlands

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 West Germany 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 4
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 4
 Soviet Union 3 0 0 3 1 8 –7 0


13 May Hungary  4–3  Scotland
West Germany  4–0  Soviet Union
15 May Scotland  1–0  West Germany
Hungary  2–1  Soviet Union
17 May Scotland  2–0  Soviet Union
West Germany  3–2  Hungary

Group C

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 5
 Belgium 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
 Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 7 –6 1


13 May Yugoslavia  1–1  Republic of Ireland
Belgium  0–0  England
15 May Yugoslavia  2–1  Belgium
England  4–0  Republic of Ireland
17 May England  1–0  Yugoslavia
Belgium  2–0  Republic of Ireland

Group D

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 5
 Italy 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 4
 Romania 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 3
 Malta 3 0 0 3 1 14 –13 0


13 May Italy  5–1  Malta
Spain  2–1  Romania
15 May Spain  1–1  Italy
Romania  3–0  Malta
17 May Spain  6–0  Malta
Romania  1–1  Italy

Semifinals

England 1 – 0 Poland
West Germany 2 – 2 Spain
Penalties
5 – 4

Third place match

Poland 0 – 0 Spain
Penalties
6 – 5

Final

England 2 – 0 West Germany
ENGLAND:
Graham Moseley
John Gidman
Alan Lewis
Mick Buckley
Kevin Lock
Kevin Beattle
Paul Bradshaw
Trevor Francis
Steve Cammack
Phil Thomson
Alan Green
WEST GERMANY:
Helmut Roleder
Rainer Blechschmidt
Peter Krobbach
Karl-Heinz Körbel
Georg Bosbach
Wolfgang Kraus
Ronald Worm
Kurt Eigl
Günter Selke
63. Werner Schneider
Dieter Kaster
Bernd Dürnberger


 1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship 

England
Fifth title
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