1993 European Under-16 Football Championship

The 11th U-16 Football Championship was in the period from 26. April bis 8. May 1993 in Turkey discharged. It was the first UEFA tournament in Turkey. The winner was Poland with a 1: 0 victory over Italy . Defending champion Germany could not qualify. For the first time a quarter-final was played.

mode

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners and runners-up reached the quarter-finals. From there on, the knockout system continued.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Belgium  England  France  Greece  Ireland  Iceland  Italy  Northern Ireland

Poland  Portugal  Russia  Switzerland  Spain  Czechoslovakia  Turkey (host)  Hungary

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Bursa , Inegöl , Istanbul and Yalova .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Poland	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	05: 10
2.	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04: 20
3.	Iceland	3	1	0	2	006: 500	+1	02: 40
4th	Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	003: 800	−5	01: 50

April 26, 1993, Inegöl
Iceland	-	Northern Ireland	6: 2
April 26, 1993, Istanbul
Poland	-	Switzerland	1: 1
April 28, 1993, Inegöl
Poland	-	Iceland	2-0
April 28, 1993, Yalova
Northern Ireland	-	Switzerland	1: 1
April 30, 1993, Bursa
Poland	-	Northern Ireland	1-0
April 30, 1993, Yalova
Switzerland	-	Iceland	1-0

Group B

All games took place in Istanbul .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hungary	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	04: 20
2.	Spain	3	2	0	1	003: 200	+1	04: 20
3.	Turkey	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
4th	Greece	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01: 50

April 26, 1993
Hungary	-	Greece	2-0
Spain	-	Turkey	1-0
April 28, 1993
Spain	-	Greece	1-0
Turkey	-	Hungary	1-0
April 30, 1993
Hungary	-	Spain	2: 1
Turkey	-	Greece	2: 2

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	05: 10
2.	Belgium	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04: 20
3.	England	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	03: 30
4th	Ireland	3	0	0	3	002: 500	−3	00: 60

April 26, 1993, Bursa
England	-	Belgium	1: 1
April 26, 1993, Yalova
Czechoslovakia	-	Ireland	2: 1
April 28, 1993, Istanbul
Czechoslovakia	-	Belgium	0-0
April 28, 1993, Bursa
England	-	Ireland	1-0
April 30, 1993, Inegöl
Belgium	-	Ireland	2: 1
April 30, 1993, Istanbul
Czechoslovakia	-	England	2-0

Group D

All games took place in Istanbul .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	05: 10
2.	France	3	1	2	0	005: 300	+2	04: 20
3.	Russia	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02: 40
4th	Portugal	3	0	1	2	003: 600	−3	01: 50

April 26, 1993
France	-	Russia	1: 1
Italy	-	Portugal	2: 1
April 28, 1993
Italy	-	Russia	2: 1
France	-	Portugal	3: 1
April 30, 1993
Russia	-	Portugal	1: 1
Italy	-	France	1: 1

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	May 3, 1993, Bursa
	Poland	10 (2) 1
					May 5, 1993, Istanbul
	Belgium	0 (0)
					Poland	2
	May 3, 1993, Istanbul
					France	1
	France	3
									May 8, 1993, Istanbul ( Inönü Stadium )
	Hungary	0
									Poland	1
	May 3, 1993, Inegöl
									Italy	0
	Czechoslovakia	3
					May 5, 1993, Istanbul
	Switzerland	0
					Italy	10 (5) 1			Game for third place
	May 3, 1993, Istanbul
					Czechoslovakia	0 (4)
	Italy	10 (6) 1							Czechoslovakia	2
	Spain	0 (5)							France	1
									May 7, 1993, Istanbul ( Ali Sami Yen Stadium )

¹ win on penalties

The U-16 national team of Poland thus became European football champions of the U16 / U17 juniors for the first time. 

The winning eleven: Bladzewski - Mariusz Kukiełka , Drajer - Magiera, Kowalczyck (Janouski), Szulik - Rajtar, Terlecki, Andrujczack, Wyczalkouski, Koistounuski (Bielak)

Szulik scored the winning goal.