1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
1982 Jalkapallon alle 18-vuotiaiden Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut; 1982 U18-Europamästerskapet i fotboll
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	21–30 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Scotland (1st title)
Runners-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Poland
	← 1981 1983 →

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1982 Final Tournament was held in Finland.^[1] It also served as the European qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition was won by Scotland, their first tournament win at any international level.^[2]

Qualification

Group 8

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	4	4	0	11	0	+11	8
France	4	2	2	10	5	+5	4
Luxembourg	4	0	4	2	18	–16	0


France	0–2	West Germany
Luxembourg	2–4	France
France	6–0	Luxembourg
Luxembourg	0–5	West Germany
West Germany	1–0	France
West Germany	3–0	Luxembourg

Other groups

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wales	2–2 (3–4p)	Netherlands	1–1	1–1
Northern Ireland	1–2	Republic of Ireland	1–0	0–2
Iceland	3–4	Belgium	2–2	1–2
Scotland	3–2	England	1–0	2–2
Poland	2–1	Sweden	2–1	0–0
Denmark	0–3	Czechoslovakia	0–0	0–3
Norway	0–3	Soviet Union	0–2	0–1
Austria	3–2	Italy	0–1	3–1
Malta	0–5	Spain	0–0	0–5
Portugal	2–1	Switzerland	1–0	1–1
Greece	1–2	Hungary	1–1	0–1
Romania	2–4	Bulgaria	2–2	0–2
Albania	4–2	Cyprus	4–0	0–2
Turkey	0–0 (3–2p)	Yugoslavia	0–0	0–0

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	7	1	+6	6
Austria	3	2	1	9	7	+2	4
West Germany	3	1	2	2	5	–3	2
Republic of Ireland	3	0	3	2	7	–5	0


21 May	West Germany	1–0	Republic of Ireland
	Soviet Union	4–1	Austria
23 May	Austria	4–1	West Germany
	Soviet Union	2–0	Republic of Ireland
25 May	Soviet Union	1–0	West Germany
	Austria	4–2	Republic of Ireland

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Belgium	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Spain	3	0	0	3	2	6	–4	0


21 May	Bulgaria	2–1	Spain
	Poland	1–0	Belgium
23 May	Poland	1–0	Spain
	Belgium	1–0	Bulgaria
25 May	Belgium	3–1	Spain
	Bulgaria	0–0	Poland

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Finland	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Hungary	3	0	0	3	3	7	–4	0


21 May	Czechoslovakia	2–1	Finland
	Portugal	2–1	Hungary
23 May	Finland	3–2	Hungary
	Portugal	1–1	Czechoslovakia
25 May	Portugal	1–1	Finland
	Czechoslovakia	2–0	Hungary

Group D

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


21 May	Scotland	3–0	Albania
	Netherlands	3–1	Turkey
23 May	Scotland	2–0	Turkey
	Netherlands	3–1	Albania
25 May	Scotland	1–1	Netherlands
	Turkey	1–1	Albania

Semifinals

28 May 1982

Czechoslovakia	1 – 0	Soviet Union

Hämeenlinna

28 May 1982

Scotland	2 – 0	Poland

Lahti

Third place match

30 May 1982

Poland	1 – 3	Soviet Union

Helsinki

Referee: Albert Thomas (Netherlands)

Final