1994 European Under-18 Football Championship

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The 10th U-18 European Football Championship was held in Spain from July 24 to 31, 1994 . The winner was Portugal by a 4: 1 victory on penalties to Germany . Defending champions England , like Austria and Switzerland, could not qualify.

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The eight qualified teams are divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team plays each other once. The two group winners reach the final, while the runners-up play for third place. The third group play for the fifth European starting place at the junior soccer world championship 1995 .

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Almendralejo , Badajoz , Cáceres , Don Benito , Jerez and Mérida .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. PortugalPortugal Portugal  3  3  0  0 006: 100  +5 09
 2. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  1  1  1 004: 400  ± 0 04th
 3. FranceFrance France  3  1  0  2 006: 700  −1 03
 4th SwedenSweden Sweden  3  0  1  2 002: 600  −4 01
July 24, 1994 in Caceres
Portugal - France 3: 1
July 24, 1994 in Badajoz
Netherlands - Sweden 1: 1
July 26, 1994 in Don Benito
Netherlands - France 3: 2
July 26, 1994 in Caceres
Portugal - Sweden 2-0
July 28, 1994 in Don Benito
France - Sweden 3: 1
July 28, 1994 in Merida
Portugal - Netherlands 1-0

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GermanyGermany Germany  3  2  0  1 007: 300  +4 06th
 2. SpainSpain Spain  3  2  0  1 009: 600  +3 06th
 3. RussiaRussia Russia  3  2  0  1 007: 700  ± 0 06th
 4th Belarus 1991Belarus Belarus  3  0  0  3 002: 700  −5 00
July 24, 1994 in Almendralejo
Spain - Russia 4: 2
July 24, 1994 in Jerez
Germany - Belarus 3-0
July 26, 1994 in Jerez
Russia - Germany 2: 1
July 26, 1994 in Almendralejo
Spain - Belarus 4: 1
July 28, 1994 in Badajoz
Russia - Belarus 3: 2
July 28, 1994 in Caceres
Germany - Spain 3: 1

World Cup qualification

July 31, 1994 in Badajoz
RussiaRussia Russia - FranceFrance France 2-0

Final round

Game for third place

July 31, 1994 in Merida
SpainSpain Spain - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5: 2

final

July 31, 1994 in Merida
PortugalPortugal Portugal - GermanyGermany Germany 1: 1 n.V., 4: 1 i. E.

decisions

Portugal are European U-18 champions for the first time.

The winning eleven: Silva Sampao - Madureira, Viana, Cruz (Magalhaes), Mendonca, D'Aqua (Lopes), Boia Lopes, Teixeira, Ferreira, Soares, Deus

Germany played with: Simon Jentzsch - Sebastian Hahn - Mustafa Doğan , Marcell Fensch - Marcus Wedau , Carsten Hinz, Frank Gerster , Michael Bochtler - Lars Ricken - Marco Küntzel (81st André Schuster ), Kai Michalke (75th Roland Regenbogen)

Frank Gerster had put the DFB Juniors in the lead in the 34th minute, while Viana scored the equalizer for the Portuguese who won the penalty shoot-out in the 64th minute.

In addition to Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia and Spain qualified for the 1995 World Junior Cup .

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