1966 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1966 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	21–29 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title) Italy (2nd title)
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Spain
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The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1966 Final Tournament was held in Yugoslavia. The Soviet Union and Italy drew their final match and shared the title.

Qualification

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hungary	2–0	Austria	1–0	1–0
Netherlands	5–3	Belgium	4–2	1–1
Soviet Union	(c) 1–1	Romania	1–0	0–1
Czechoslovakia	2–1	Poland	1–0	1–1

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Four teams qualified for the tournament (Q) and the other teams entered without playing qualification matches.

• Bulgaria
• Czechoslovakia (Q)
• East Germany
• England
• France
• West Germany
• Hungary (Q)
• Italy
• Netherlands (Q)
• Portugal
• Scotland
• Soviet Union (Q)
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Yugoslavia (host)

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Scotland	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
West Germany	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	2
Netherlands	3	0	1	2	4	6	–2	1

21 May	Spain	1–1	Scotland
	Netherlands	1–2	West Germany
23 May	Spain	2–1	Netherlands
	Scotland	1–0	West Germany
25 May	Spain	3–1	West Germany
	Scotland	2–2	Netherlands

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	6
Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
Portugal	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
East Germany	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1

21 May	East Germany	1–1	Bulgaria
	Yugoslavia	2–1	Portugal
23 May	Bulgaria	2–0	Portugal
	Yugoslavia	2–1	East Germany
25 May	Portugal	2–0	East Germany
	Yugoslavia	2–0	Bulgaria

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
France	3	1	1	1	4	5	–1	3
England	3	0	1	2	4	6	–2	1

21 May	Czechoslovakia	3–2	England
	France	1–1	Italy
23 May	France	2–1	England
	Italy	3–1	Czechoslovakia
25 May	Czechoslovakia	3–1	France
	Italy	1–1	England

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Hungary	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
Turkey	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1

21 May	Hungary	3–1	Switzerland
	Soviet Union	3–1	Turkey
23 May	Hungary	2–2	Turkey
	Soviet Union	3–1	Switzerland
25 May	Hungary	0–0	Soviet Union
	Turkey	0–0	Switzerland

Semifinals

27 May 1966 (1966-05-27)

Soviet Union	1 – 0	Yugoslavia
Vyacheslav Bektashev 29'	Report

JNA Stadium, Beograd

Referee: Helmut Fritz

27 May 1966 (1966-05-27)

Italy	1 – 0	Spain
Petrini 57'	Report

JNA Stadium, Beograd

Third place match

29 May 1966 (1966-05-29)

Yugoslavia	2 – 0	Spain
Dakić 60' Popivoda 79'

JNA Stadium, Beograd

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Crawford

Final

29 May 1966 (1966-05-29)

Soviet Union	0 – 0 Title Shared	Italy

JNA Stadium, Beograd

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Robert Lacoste

1966 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Italy Second title

1966 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Soviet Union First title

External links

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