1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	19–28 May 1977
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runners-up	Bulgaria
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	West Germany

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1977 Final Tournament was held in Belgium. The team from Belgium defeated the team from Bulgaria in the Championship match to win the Championship.

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

26 May 1977

Belgium	1 – 1	Soviet Union

Penalties
	4 – 2

Antwerp

26 May 1977

Bulgaria	3 – 1	West Germany

Charleroi

Third place match

28 May 1977

Soviet Union	7 – 2	West Germany

Brussels

Final

28 May 1977

Belgium	2 – 1	Bulgaria

Brussels

1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Belgium First title

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