1973 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1973 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	31 May – 10 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	England (6th title)
Runners-up	East Germany
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Bulgaria
	← 1972 1974 →

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1973 Final Tournament was held in Italy.

Qualification

Groups 1-4

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malta	1–5	Austria	1–1	0–4
Luxembourg	2–3	Iceland	2–1	0–2
Republic of Ireland	3–1	Sweden	2–1	1–0
Finland	0–1	Norway	0–0	0–1

Group 5

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5
Portugal	4	2	0	2	5	7	–2	4
Spain	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	3


Portugal	2–1	Spain
Spain	3–1	Portugal
Belgium	2–1	Spain
Belgium	3–1	Portugal
Spain	2–2	Belgium
Portugal	1–0	Belgium

Group 6

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


Netherlands	0–0	West Germany
Netherlands	1–2	Poland
West Germany	1–1	Netherlands
Poland	0–1	West Germany
Poland	3–0	Netherlands
West Germany	3–1	Poland

Group 7

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


Wales	1–1	Scotland
Scotland	1–0	Wales
Wales	2–1	France
France	0–3	Scotland
Scotland	2–4	France
France	1–0	Wales

Group 8

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6
Greece	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	5
Yugoslavia	4	0	1	3	2	6	–4	1


Yugoslavia	1–2	Greece
Romania	0–0	Yugoslavia
Greece	2–1	Yugoslavia
Greece	0–1	Romania
Romania	2–2	Greece
Yugoslavia	0–2	Romania

Group 9

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Hungary	4	1	1	2	4	6	–2	3
Turkey	4	0	2	2	5	7	–2	2


Soviet Union	3–2	Turkey
Turkey	1–1	Hungary
Soviet Union	2–0	Hungary
Turkey	1–1	Soviet Union
Hungary	1–2	Soviet Union
Hungary	2–1	Turkey

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Nine teams qualified (Q) and seven teams entered without playing qualification matches.

Austria (Q)
Belgium (Q)
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
East Germany
England
West Germany (Q)
Iceland (Q)
Italy (host)
Norway (Q)
Romania (Q)
Republic of Ireland (Q)
Scotland (Q)
Soviet Union (Q)
Switzerland

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	5	1	+4	6
Romania	3	2	1	4	4	0	4
West Germany	3	1	2	2	3	–1	2
Norway	3	0	3	2	5	–3	0


31 May	Stadio Gianpiero Vitali, Massa	Italy	3–1	Romania
	Stadio Carlo Necchi-Balloni, Forte dei Marmi	West Germany	2–1	Norway
2 June	Stadio Torquato Bresciani, Viareggio	Italy	1–0	Norway
	Stadio dei Marmi, Carrara	Romania	1–0	West Germany
4 June	Stadio Gianpiero Vitali, Massa	Italy	1–0	West Germany
	Stadio dei Marmi, Carrara	Romania	2–1	Norway

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	4	7	–3	0


31 May	Stadio Marcello Melani, Pistoia	Soviet Union	1–0	Republic of Ireland
	Stadio Roberto Strulli, Monsummano Terme	Bulgaria	3–2	Denmark
2 June	Stadio Daniele Mariotti, Montecatini Terme	Soviet Union	1–0	Denmark
	Stadio Marcello Melani, Pistoia	Bulgaria	2–0	Republic of Ireland
4 June	Stadio Roberto Strulli, Monsummano Terme	Republic of Ireland	3–2	Denmark
	Stadio Porta Elisa, Lucca	Bulgaria	1–1	Soviet Union

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	2
Iceland	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1


31 May	Stadio Torquato Bresciani, Viareggio	England	2–0	Iceland
	Stadio dei Marmi, Carrara	Belgium	2–0	Switzerland
2 June	Stadio Carlo Necchi-Balloni, Forte dei Marmi	England	2–0	Switzerland
	Stadio Gianpiero Vitali, Massa	Iceland	1–1	Belgium
4 June	Stadio Torquato Bresciani, Viareggio	England	0–0	Belgium
	Stadio Carlo Necchi-Balloni, Forte dei Marmi	Switzerland	2–1	Iceland

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Scotland	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
Austria	3	0	2	1	2	4	–2	2


31 May	Stadio Daniele Mariotti, Montecatini Terme	Austria	1–1	East Germany
	Stadio Porta Elisa, Lucca	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Scotland,
2 June	Stadio Porta Elisa, Lucca	East Germany	3–1	Scotland
	Stadio Roberto Strulli, Monsummano Terme	Austria	1–1	Czechoslovakia
4 June	Stadio Marcello Melani, Pistoia	East Germany	3–2	Czechoslovakia
	Stadio Daniele Mariotti, Montecatini Terme	Scotland	2–0	Austria

Semifinals

7 June 1973

England	1 – 0	Italy

Stadio Torquato Bresciani, Viareggio

7 June 1973

East Germany	1 – 0	Bulgaria

Stadio Daniele Mariotti, Montecatini Terme

Third place match

10 June 1973

Italy	1 – 0	Bulgaria

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Final

10 June 1973

England	3 – 2 (aet)	East Germany

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

1973 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
England Sixth title

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