1998 European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA Under-21 Championship
Number of nations
8 (of 46 applicants)
European champion
Spain Spain (2nd title)
venue
Romania Romania
Opening game
May 23, 1998
Endgame
May 31, 1998
Games
12
Gates
22 (⌀: 1.83 per game)
Top scorer
Norway Steffen Iversen Nikos Liberopoulos (3 goals each)
Greece
The 14th U-21 European Football Championship was won by Spain . It was the second victory for the Iberians. Defending champion Italy failed to qualify. Germany came in fifth. The final round took place in Romania from May 23 to 31, 1998 . The Spanish goalkeeper Francesc Arnau was named golden player of the tournament.
qualification
Final round
Quarter finals
Semifinals
3rd place match
final
The winning eleven: Arnau - Lopez, Rekarte, Guerrero, Garcia Calvo, Roger (Guti) - Vales, Felipe, Ito, Benjamin (Angulo) - Valeron (Victor), Ivan Perez
Ivan Perez scored the winning goal.
Placement round
Game for 7th place
Play for 5th place
Germany played with: Simon Jentzsch - Frank Baumann - Christian Fährmann , Mustafa Doğan , Thomas Cichon - Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Danny Schwarz - Lars Ricken - Markus Schroth ( Thomas Brdarić ), Kai Michalke ( Lars Müller )
Brdaric, Frings / Åslund scored the goals.
Best goal scorers
Web links
Junior European Football Championships
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