1996 European Under-18 Football Championship

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The 12th U-18 European Football Championship was held between July 23 and 30, 1996 in France and Luxembourg . The French team won by beating defending champions Spain 1-0 . Like Austria and Switzerland, Germany could not qualify.

mode

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. In addition to the semi-finalists, the third group qualify for the 1997 Junior World Cup .

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Amnéville , Besançon , Dijon , Épinal , Florange , Luxembourg and Mulhouse .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance France  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 07th
 2. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  3  1  2  0 005: 400  +1 05
 3. HungaryHungary Hungary  3  1  0  2 005: 400  +1 03
 4th PortugalPortugal Portugal  3  0  1  2 002: 600  −4 01
July 23, 1996 in Dijon
France - Hungary 2: 1
July 23, 1996 in Besançon
Portugal - Belgium 2: 2
July 25, 1996 in Épinal
France - Portugal 1-0
July 25, 1996 in Mulhouse
Belgium - Hungary 2: 1
July 27, 1996 in Besançon
France - Belgium 1: 1
July 27, 1996 in Dijon
Hungary - Portugal 3-0

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SpainSpain Spain  3  1  2  0 003-000  +3 05
 2. EnglandEngland England  3  1  2  0 002: 100  +1 05
 3. IrelandIreland Ireland  3  0  2  1 001: 200  −1 02
 4th ItalyItaly Italy  3  0  2  1 002: 500  −3 02
July 23, 1996 in Amnéville
Spain - England 0-0
July 23, 1996 in Luxembourg
Italy - Ireland 1: 1
July 25, 1996 in Rombas
Italy - England 1: 1
July 25, 1996 in Florange
Spain - Ireland 0-0
July 27, 1996 in Luxembourg
Spain - Italy 3-0
July 27, 1996 in Amnéville
England - Ireland 1-0

Final round

Game for third place

July 30, 1996 in Besançon
EnglandEngland England - BelgiumBelgium Belgium 3: 2 a.d.

final

July 30, 1996 in Besançon
FranceFrance France - SpainSpain Spain 1-0

decisions

France became European U-18 champions for the first time.

The winning eleven: Maqua - Bigné, Gallas , Silvestre , Jaurès - Javary, Leroy - Mouret (Gonzales), Agboh, Henry (Denoyers) - Trézéguet

Henry scored the winning goal.

In addition to France, Belgium , England , Ireland , Spain and Hungary qualified for the 1997 World Junior Cup .

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