Tournament details | |
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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 |
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.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
The following teams entered the tournament. Four teams qualified for the tournament (Q) and the other teams entered without playing qualification matches.
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Soviet Union | 1 – 0 | Yugoslavia |
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Yugoslavia | 2 – 0 | Spain |
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Soviet Union | 0 – 0 Title Shared | Italy |
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1966 UEFA European Under-18 Championship |
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Italy Second title |
1966 UEFA European Under-18 Championship |
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Soviet Union First title |
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