Balkan Youth Championship

This article is about the defunct regional football competition contested by youth national teams of Balkan countries. For the club version, see Balkans Cup. For the national teams version, see Balkan Cup.

Balkan Youth Championship (officially Coupe Balkanique de Football des Espoirs) was a competition held in the 1968-1981 period among youth team of Balkan countries: from 1968 to 1975 it was disputed among Under-23 teams, whereas, starting from 1976 until 1981, it was disputed among Under-21 football teams. ^[1]

List of winners

Edition	Year	Venue	Winners
1	1968	Thessaloniki, Greece	Bulgaria
2	1969	Romania	Greece
3	1970	Bulgaria	Bulgaria
4	1971	Athens, Greece	Greece
5	1972	İzmir, Turkey	Yugoslavia
6	1973	Skopje, Yugoslavia	Bulgaria
7	1974	Romania	Romania
8	1975	Haskovo, Bulgaria	Yugoslavia
9	1976	Thessaloniki, Greece	Yugoslavia
10	1978	Double leg final	Albania
11	1981	Volos, Greece	Albania

Titles by nation

Country	Winners	Runners-up
Bulgaria	3	3
Yugoslavia	3	1
Greece	2	2
Albania	2	1
Romania	1	2
Turkey	–	2

References

1. RSSSF. "Balkan Youth Championship 1968-1981" . Retrieved 3 February 2014.