1998 European Under-18 Football Championship

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The 14th U-18 European Football Championship was held in Cyprus from 19 to 26 July 1998 . Ireland won the tournament with a 4-3 win on penalties over Germany . Defending champion France , 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. In addition to the semi-finalists, the third group qualify for the 1999 Junior World Cup .

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Agia Napa , Derynia , Larnaka and Paralimni .

Preliminary round

Group A

All games took place in Larnaka.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GermanyGermany Germany  3  2  0  1 011: 400  +7 06th
 2. PortugalPortugal Portugal  3  2  0  1 005: 200  +3 06th
 3. SpainSpain Spain  3  2  0  1 005: 600  −1 06th
 4th Lithuania 1989Lithuania Lithuania  3  0  0  3 002:110  −9 00
July 19, 1998
Lithuania - Germany 1: 7
Spain - Portugal 2: 1
July 21, 1998
Portugal - Lithuania 2-0
Germany - Spain 4: 1
July 23, 1998
Portugal - Germany 2-0
Spain - Lithuania 2: 1

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. IrelandIreland Ireland  3  2  0  1 008: 300  +5 06th
 2. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  3  2  0  1 008: 500  +3 06th
 3. EnglandEngland England  3  2  0  1 003: 400  −1 06th
 4th Cyprus 1960Cyprus Cyprus  3  0  0  3 001: 800  −7 00
July 19, 1998, Ayia Napa
Ireland - Croatia 5: 2
July 19, 1998, Paralimni
England - Cyprus 2: 1
July 21, 1998, Paralimni
Croatia - Cyprus 3-0
July 21, 1998, Derynia
England - Ireland 1-0
July 23, 1998, Derynia
Croatia - England 3-0
July 23, 1998, Ayia Napa
Ireland - Cyprus 3-0

Final round

Game for third place

July 26, 1998, Larnaka
PortugalPortugal Portugal - CroatiaCroatia Croatia 0: 0 a.d., 4: 5 i. E.

final

July 26, 1998, Larnaka
IrelandIreland Ireland - GermanyGermany Germany 1: 1 n.V., 4: 3 i. E.

decisions

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

The winning eleven: O'Reilly - Heary, Doyle, Dunne, Gavin - McPhail (Donnolly), Barry Quinn, Crosslay (Alan Quinn) - George, Keane , Partridge (Casey)

Germany played with: Hildebrand - Ernst - Rapp , Lechner - Timm , Voss , Deisler ( Schäper ), Schramm, Kehl - Gensler, Kern (Majunke)

Alan Quinn / Gensler scored the goals in the final. Casey, Donnolly, Barry Quinn, George / Timm, Majunke, Schramm scored the goals on penalties.

In addition to Ireland, Germany , England , Croatia , Portugal and Spain qualified for the 1999 World Junior Cup .

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