U-18 European Football Championship 1999

The 15th European Under-18 Football Championship was held in Sweden from July 18 to 26, 1999 . The winner was Portugal with a 1: 0 victory over Italy . Defending champion Ireland finished third, Germany , like Austria and Switzerland, could not qualify for the finals.

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.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

France  Georgia  Greece  Ireland (defending champion)

Italy  Portugal  Sweden (host)  Spain

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Åtvidaberg , Finspång , Linköping , Motala and Norrköping .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
2.	Greece	3	0	3	0	002: 200	± 0	03
3.	France	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02
4th	Sweden	3	0	2	1	002: 400	−2	02

July 18, 1999 in Finspång
Portugal	-	Greece	0-0
July 18, 1999 in Linköping
Sweden	-	France	0-0
July 20, 1999 in Norrköping
France	-	Greece	1: 1
July 20, 1999 in Motala
Sweden	-	Portugal	1: 3
July 22, 1999 in Motala
France	-	Portugal	0: 1
July 22, 1999 in Åtvidaberg
Greece	-	Sweden	1: 1

Group B

Ireland is second in the group due to the better direct comparison.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	07th
2.	Ireland	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
3.	Spain	3	1	1	1	007: 500	+2	04th
4th	Georgia	3	0	1	2	004: 900	−5	01

July 19, 1999 in Motala
Italy	-	Georgia	2-0
July 19, 1999 in Åtvidaberg
Spain	-	Ireland	0: 1
July 21, 1999 in Finspång
Ireland	-	Georgia	3: 3
July 21, 1999 in Linköping
Spain	-	Italy	3: 3
July 23, 1999 in Åtvidaberg
Georgia	-	Spain	1: 4
July 23, 1999 in Norrköping
Ireland	-	Italy	0: 2

Final round

Game for third place

July 25, 1999 in Norrköping
Greece	-	Ireland	0: 1

final

July 26, 1999 in Norrköping
Portugal	-	Italy	1-0

decisions

Portugal became European U-18 champions for the second time.

Web links

• U-18 European Championship 1999 on rsssf.com