1981 European Under-18 Football Championship

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The 1st U-18 European Football Championship was held from May 25 to June 3, 1981 in the Federal Republic of Germany . While the German team became European champions with a 1-0 win over Poland , Austria was eliminated in the preliminary round, Switzerland and the GDR were unable to qualify for the final round. The German team was also able to win the world title for the first time in October 1981 .

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 reached the semifinals. The winners of the semi-finals contested the final, the losers played for third place.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
BelgiumBelgium Belgium PolandPoland Poland Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria EnglandEngland England
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany (host) Romania 1965Romania Romania DenmarkDenmark Denmark AustriaAustria Austria
GreeceGreece Greece SwedenSweden Sweden FranceFrance France ScotlandScotland Scotland
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ItalyItaly Italy Spain 1977Spain Spain

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFB selection

player society Calls Gates
Rüdiger Vollborn Blue-White 90 Berlin 4th -
Ulf Quaisser SV Waldhof Mannheim 4th -
Klaus Theiss TuS Ergenzingen 5 2
Ingo Aulbach Viktoria Aschaffenburg 4th -
Anton Schmidkunz TSV 1860 Munich 5 -
Ralf Falkenmayer Eintracht Frankfurt 5 2
Thomas Brunner 1. FC Nuremberg 5 -
Michael Zorc Borussia Dortmund 3 -
Thomas Herbst Hertha Zehlendorf 5 2
Ralf Loose (C)Captain of the crew Borussia Dortmund 5 2
Roland Wohlfarth MSV Duisburg 5 1
Rainer Wilk Arminia Bielefeld 1 -
Holger Anthes FSV Frankfurt 4th 2
Joachim Goldstein FC Augsburg 3 -
Herbert Waas TSV 1860 Munich 2 -
Leo Bunk TSV 1860 Munich 2 -

Venues

All games of the European Championship took place in different cities in North Rhine-Westphalia . These were: Aachen , Arnsberg , Bielefeld , Bochum , Bonn , Dortmund , Duisburg , Düren , Düsseldorf , Emmerich , Erkenschwick , Essen , Gelsenkirchen , Grevenbroich , Gütersloh , Hagen , Hamm , Herford , Cologne , Krefeld , Leverkusen , Lüdenscheid , Mönchengladbach , Münster , Oberhausen , Remscheid , Rheine and Siegen .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany  3  3  0  0 009: 200  +7 06-00
 2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales  3  2  0  1 004: 500  −1 04: 20
 3. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  3  1  0  2 004: 600  −2 02: 40
 4th GreeceGreece Greece  3  0  0  3 000: 400  −4 00: 60
May 25, 1981 in Gelsenkirchen
BR Germany - Wales 5-0
May 25, 1981 in Gütersloh
Belgium - Greece 2-0
May 27, 1981 in Dortmund
BR Germany - Belgium 3: 2
May 27, 1981 in Herford
Greece - Wales 0: 1
May 29, 1981 in Bielefeld
BR Germany - Greece 1-0
May 29, 1981 in Rheine
Belgium - Wales 0: 3

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. PolandPoland Poland  3  2  1  0 007: 300  +4 05: 10
 2. SwedenSweden Sweden  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 03: 30
 3. Romania 1965Romania Romania  3  1  1  1 005: 600  −1 03: 30
 4th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  3  0  1  2 004: 700  −3 01: 50
May 25, 1981 in Hagen
Poland - Sweden 1: 1
May 25, 1981 in Hamm
Romania - Czechoslovakia 3: 2
May 27, 1981 in Essen
Poland - Romania 3: 1
May 27, 1981 in Oberhausen
Sweden - Czechoslovakia 1: 1
May 29, 1981 in Erkenschwick
Poland - Czechoslovakia 3: 1
May 29, 1981 in Remscheid
Sweden - Romania 1: 1

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance France  3  2  1  0 007: 300  +4 05: 10
 2. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  1  1  1 005: 500  ± 0 03: 30
 3. ItalyItaly Italy  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 03: 30
 4th Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria  3  0  1  2 002: 600  −4 01: 50
May 25, 1981 in Munster
Italy - France 0-0
May 25, 1981 in Arnsberg
Bulgaria - Denmark 2: 2
May 27, 1981 in Krefeld
Italy - Bulgaria 1-0
May 27, 1981 in Mönchengladbach
France - Denmark 2: 1
May 29, 1981 in Emmerich
Italy - Denmark 1: 2
May 29, 1981 in Grevenbroich
France - Bulgaria 3-0

Group D

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Spain 1977Spain Spain  3  2  1  0 006: 200  +4 05: 10
 2. ScotlandScotland Scotland  3  2  1  0 003: 100  +2 05: 10
 3. EnglandEngland England  3  1  0  2 008: 300  +5 02: 40
 4th AustriaAustria Austria  3  0  0  3 000:110 −11 00: 60
May 25, 1981 in Lüdenscheid
Austria - Scotland 0: 1
May 25, 1981 in Siegen
Spain - England 2: 1
May 27, 1981 in Leverkusen
Austria - Spain 0: 3
May 27, 1981 in Aachen
Scotland - England 1-0
May 29, 1981 in Bonn
Austria - England 0: 7
May 29, 1981 in Düren
Scotland - Spain 1: 1

Final round

Semifinals

June 1, 1981 in Cologne
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany - FranceFrance France 1: 1 n.V., 4: 3 i. E.
June 1, 1981 in Bochum
PolandPoland Poland - Spain 1977Spain Spain 0: 0 a. E.

Game for third place

June 2, 1981 in Duisburg
FranceFrance France - Spain 1977Spain Spain 1: 1 a. E.

final

BR Germany Poland
BR GermanyBR Germany
final
Wednesday, June 3, 1981 in Düsseldorf ( Rheinstadion )
Result: 1: 0 (0: 0)
Spectators: 56,000
Referee: Adolf Mathias AustriaAustriaAustria 
PolandPoland
Rüdiger Vollborn - Klaus Theiss - Ulf Quaisser (68th Joachim Goldstein ), Anton Schmidkunz , Ralf Falkenmayer - Ingo Aulbach , Thomas Brunner , Ralf Loose - Holger Anthes , Thomas Herbst , Roland Wohlfarth Trainer: Dietrich Weise(C)Captain of the crew
 Józef Wandzik - Kazimierz Sokołowski - Modest Boguszewski , Piotr Nazimek , Dariusz Wdowczyk - Henryk Majer , Janusz Stelmach (74th Krzysztof Walczak ), Robert Majewski (62 Brela) - Andrzej Łatka , Dariusz Dziekanowski , Robert Grzanka Coach: Henryk Apostel(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1: 0 Holger Anthes (54th)
yellow cards Sokolowski

literature

Foosball sports magazine . No. 45 . Olympia-Verlag GmbH, 1981, ISSN  0023-1290 .

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