1982 European Under-18 Football Championship

The 2nd U-18 European Football Championship was held in Finland from May 21-30, 1982 . The winner was Scotland by a 3: 1 victory over Czechoslovakia . Defending champion Germany and Austria were eliminated in the preliminary round of the final tournament. The Switzerland could not qualify. The GDR juniors did not take part in the 2nd edition of this competition.

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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 qualified for the semi-finals. The semi-final winners reached the final, the losers in the semi-finals played for third place.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Federal Republic of Germany (defending champion)	Belgium	Finland (host)	Albania
Austria	Bulgaria	Portugal	Netherlands
Ireland	Poland	Czechoslovakia	Scotland
Soviet Union	Spain	Hungary	Turkey

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFB selection

player	society	Calls	Gates
Raimond Aumann	FC Bayern Munich	3	-
Rainer Wilk	Arminia Bielefeld	-	-
Heiko Ernst	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	-
Jörg Horn	Borussia Dortmund	3	-
Günter Hutwelker	1. FC Cologne	2	-
Mike Kahlhofen	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	-
Peter Rinner	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1	-
Uwe Haas	1. FC Saarbrücken	3	1
Dieter Kitzmann	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3	-
Roland Pohl	VfL Bochum	2	-
Egon Flad	VfB Stuttgart	3	1
Jürgen Rinke	Blue-White 90 Berlin	1	-
Lars-Peter Beike	Hannover 96	2	-
Uwe Bialon	VfB Stuttgart	3	-
Gerd Dais	VfR Mannheim	3	-
Ulf Metschies	VfL Osnabrück	3	-

The originally nominated Herbert Waas (journeyman examination) and Michael Rummenigge (injury) were replaced by Jürgen Rinke and Ulf Metschies shortly before the start of the tournament.

• Trainer: Dietrich Weise

Venues

The games were played in the following cities: Anjalankoski , Hämeenlinna , Hamina , Hanko , Heinola , Helsinki , Hyvinkää , Karjaa , Kotka , Kouvola , Kuusankoski , Lahti , Loviisa , Nummela , Paimio , Parainen , Raisio , Salo and Turku .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	007: 100	+6	06-00
2.	Austria	3	2	0	1	009: 700	+2	04: 20
3.	BR Germany	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	02: 40
4th	Ireland	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00: 60

May 21, 1982 in Turku
BR Germany	-	Ireland	1-0
May 21, 1982 in Salo
Soviet Union	-	Austria	4: 1
May 23, 1982 in Parainen
Austria	-	BR Germany	4: 1
May 23, 1982 in Raisio
Soviet Union	-	Ireland	2-0
May 25, 1982 in Turku
Soviet Union	-	BR Germany	1-0
May 25, 1982 in Paimio
Austria	-	Ireland	4: 2

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Poland	3	2	1	0	002-000	+2	05: 10
2.	Belgium	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	04: 20
3.	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03: 30
4th	Spain	3	0	0	3	002: 600	−4	00: 60

May 21, 1982 in Karjaa
Bulgaria	-	Spain	2: 1
May 21, 1982 in Hanko
Poland	-	Belgium	1-0
May 23, 1982 in Kuusankoski
Poland	-	Spain	1-0
May 23, 1982 in Salo
Belgium	-	Bulgaria	1-0
May 25, 1982 in Karjaa
Belgium	-	Spain	3: 1
May 25, 1982 in Nummela
Bulgaria	-	Poland	0-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	05: 10
2.	Portugal	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	04: 20
3.	Finland	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	03: 30
4th	Hungary	3	0	0	3	003: 700	−4	00: 60

May 21, 1982 in Hyvinkää
Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	2: 1
May 21, 1982 in Kuusankoski
Portugal	-	Hungary	2: 1
May 23, 1982 in Kouvola
Finland	-	Hungary	3: 2
May 23, 1982 in Kuusankoski
Portugal	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 1
May 25, 1982 in Lahti
Portugal	-	Finland	1: 1
May 25, 1982 in Heinola
Czechoslovakia	-	Hungary	2-0

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Scotland	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	05: 10
2.	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	05: 10
3.	Turkey	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01: 50
4th	Albania	3	0	1	2	002: 700	−5	01: 50

May 21, 1982 in Kotka
Scotland	-	Albania	3-0
May 21, 1982 in Anjalankoski
Netherlands	-	Turkey	3: 1
May 23, 1982 in Hanina
Scotland	-	Turkey	2-0
May 23, 1982 in Loviisa
Netherlands	-	Albania	3: 1
May 25, 1982 in Anjalankoski
Scotland	-	Netherlands	1: 1
May 25, 1982 in Kotka
Turkey	-	Albania	1: 1

Final round

Semifinals

May 28, 1982 in Hämeenlinna ( Kaurialan kenttä )
Czechoslovakia	-	Soviet Union	1-0
May 28, 1982 in Lahti ( Lahden stadium )
Scotland	-	Poland	2-0

Game for third place

May 30, 1982 in Helsinki ( Helsinki Olympic Stadium )
Poland	-	Soviet Union	1: 3

final

May 30, 1982 in Helsinki (Helsinki Olympic Stadium)
Scotland	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1

decisions

For the first time, Scotland have won the European Under-18s.

The winning eleven: Rae - Beaumont, Bowman, Dick, McGinnis, McStay, Mackay, Nevinx, Philliben, Rennie, Rice

Philliben, Nevinx, Mackay / Kula scored the goals in the final.

In addition to Scotland, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia qualified for the 1983 Junior World Cup .

Web links

• U-18 European Championship 1982 on rsssf.com (engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kicker from May 21, 1982