1974 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1974 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	22 May - 31 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Bulgaria (3rd title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Scotland
Fourth place	Greece

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1974 Final Tournament was held in Sweden.

Qualification

Groups 1-10

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Austria	1–4	Bulgaria	0–2	1–2
Germany	1–2	Romania	1–0	0–2
Malta	1–11	Greece	1–4	0–7
Belgium	2–2(a)	Scotland	1–2	1–0
Republic of Ireland	6–6(a)	Iceland	4–3	2–3
Norway	0–4	Denmark	0–2	0–2
Portugal	6–1	Switzerland	5–1	1–0
Hungary	0–4	Yugoslavia	0–1	0–3
East Germany	(a)1–1	France	0–0	1–1
Italy	1–2	Spain	1–1	0–1

Group 11

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wales	4	2	1	1	4	1	+3	5
England	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
Netherlands	4	0	2	2	1	5	–4	2

	Netherlands	0–0	Wales
	Wales	3–0	Netherlands
	England	1–0	Wales
	England	1–1	Netherlands
	Netherlands	0–1	England
	Wales	1–0	England

Group 12

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5
Czechoslovakia	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	4
Soviet Union	4	1	1	2	1	3	–2	3

	Czechoslovakia	0–2	Poland
	Soviet Union	1–0	Czechoslovakia
	Poland	0–2	Czechoslovakia
	Soviet Union	0–0	Poland
	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Soviet Union
	Poland	2–0	Soviet Union

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

• Bulgaria
• Denmark
• East Germany
• Finland (received Bye for qualifying stage)
• Greece
• Iceland
• Luxembourg (received Bye for qualifying stage)
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Scotland
• Spain
• Sweden (host)
• Turkey (received Bye for qualifying stage)
• Wales
• Yugoslavia

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	5
Romania	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	4
Finland	3	1	0	2	1	7	–6	2
Iceland	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

22 May	Scotland	1–1	Iceland
	Romania	1–0	Finland
24 May	Scotland	6–0	Finland
	Romania	1–0	Iceland
26 May	Finland	1–0	Iceland
	Scotland	3–2	Romania

Group B

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

22 May	Turkey	0–0	Yugoslavia
	East Germany	1–0	Poland
24 May	Yugoslavia	1–0	East Germany
	Poland	2–1	Turkey
26 May	East Germany	2–0	Turkey
	Yugoslavia	2–1	Poland

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5
Denmark	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4
Wales	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	3
Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	1	11	–10	0

22 May	Denmark	3–1	Wales
	Bulgaria	2–1	Luxembourg
24 May	Bulgaria	3–2	Denmark
	Wales	5–0	Luxembourg
26 May	Denmark	4–0	Luxembourg
	Wales	0–0	Bulgaria

Group D

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

22 May	Greece	1–0	Spain
	Sweden	1–0	Portugal
24 May	Greece	0–0	Portugal
	Spain	1–1	Sweden
26 May	Spain	1–0	Portugal
	Greece	3–2	Sweden

Semifinals

Bulgaria v Scotland

29 May 1974 (1974-05-29)

Bulgaria	1 – 0	Scotland

Helsingborg

Yugoslavia v Greece

29 May 1974 (1974-05-29)

Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Greece

Landskrona

Third Place Match

Scotland v Greece

31 May 1974 (1974-05-31)

Scotland	1 – 0	Greece

Lund

Final

Bulgaria v Yugoslavia

31 May 1974 (1974-05-31)

Bulgaria	1 – 0	Yugoslavia

Malmö

1974 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Bulgaria Third title

External links

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