1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = UEFA European Under-18 Championship
| year = 1968
| other_titles =
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| size = 250px
| caption =
| country = France
| dates = 7–15 April
| num_teams = 16
| confederations =
| venues =
| cities =
| champion_other ={{fbu|18|CSK}}
| count =1
| second_other ={{fbu|18|FRA|1830}}
| third_other ={{fbu|18|POR}}
| fourth_other ={{fbu|18|BUL|1967}}
| matches =
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| prevseason = 1967
| nextseason = 1969
| updated =
}}
The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1968 Final Tournament was held in France.
Qualification
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|18|AUT}}||2–3|{{fbu|18|YUG}}||1–0|1–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|18|POL|1928}}||3–5|{{fbu|18|GDR}}||3–2|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|18|ROM|1965}}||2–5|{{fbu|18|HUN}}||2–1|0–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|18|TUR}}||0–1|{{fbu|18|BUL|1967}}||0–0|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|18|MLT}}||1–3|{{fbu|18|ITA}}||1–2|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|18|LUX}}||0–11|{{fbu|18|BEL}}||0–4|0–7}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|18|FRG}}||2–1|{{fbu|18|ESP|1945}}||1–0|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|18|IRL}}||1–4|{{fbu|18|ENG}}||0–0|1–4}}
|}
Teams
The following teams entered the tournament. Eight teams qualified (Q) and eight teams entered without playing qualification matches.
- {{fbu|18|BEL}} (Q)
- {{fbu|18|BUL|1967}} (Q)
- {{fbu|18|CSK}}
- {{fbu|18|GDR}} (Q)
- {{fbu|18|ENG}} (Q)
- {{fbu|18|FRA|1830}} (host)
- {{fbu|18|FRG}} (Q)
- {{fbu|18|GRE|old}}
- {{fbu|18|HUN}} (Q)
- {{fbu|18|ITA}} (Q)
- {{fbu|18|NED}}
- {{fbu|18|POR}}
- {{fbu|18|SCO}}
- {{fbu|18|URS}}
- {{fbu|18|SUI}}
- {{fbu|18|YUG}} (Q)
Group stage
=Group A=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=165|Teams !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts | |||||||
| align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|POR}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|SCO}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|BEL}} |3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|SUI}} |3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 1 |
| cellspacing=1 width=70%
!width=25%| !width=30%| !width=15%| !width=30%| |
| 7 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|SUI}} |align=center|1–1 |{{fbu|18|BEL}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|POR}}
|align=center|2–0 |{{fbu|18|SCO}} |
| 9 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|SCO}} |align=center|4–0 |{{fbu|18|SUI}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|POR}}
|align=center|1–0 |{{fbu|18|BEL}} |
| 11 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|SCO}} |align=center|2–0 |{{fbu|18|BEL}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|POR}}
|align=center|1–0 |{{fbu|18|SUI}} |
=Group B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=165|Teams !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts | |||||||
| align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|BUL|1967}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|ENG}} |3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|URS}} |3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|NED}} |3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
| cellspacing=1 width=70%
!width=25%| !width=30%| !width=15%| !width=30%| |
| 7 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|URS}} |align=center|2–2 |{{fbu|18|NED}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|BUL|1967}}
|align=center|0–0 |{{fbu|18|ENG}} |
| 9 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|BUL|1967}} |align=center|1–0 |{{fbu|18|URS}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|ENG}}
|align=center|1–0 |{{fbu|18|NED}} |
| 11 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|BUL|1967}} |align=center|3–1 |{{fbu|18|NED}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|ENG}}
|align=center|1–1 |{{fbu|18|URS}} |
=Group C=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=165|Teams !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts | |||||||
| align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|CSK}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|ITA}} |3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|YUG}} |3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|FRG}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
| cellspacing=1 width=70%
!width=25%| !width=30%| !width=15%| !width=30%| |
| 7 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|CSK}} |align=center|2–0 |{{fbu|18|YUG}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|FRG}}
|align=center|2–0 |{{fbu|18|ITA}} |
| 9 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|YUG}} |align=center|1–0 |{{fbu|18|FRG}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|ITA}}
|align=center|2–0 |{{fbu|18|CSK}} |
| 11 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|CSK}} |align=center|3–1 |{{fbu|18|FRG}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|ITA}}
|align=center|2–2 |{{fbu|18|YUG}} |
=Group D=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=165|Teams !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts | |||||||
| align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|FRA|1830}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|HUN}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|GRE|old}} |3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
| align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|18|GDR}} |3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 1 |
| cellspacing=1 width=70%
!width=25%| !width=30%| !width=15%| !width=30%| |
| 7 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|GDR}} |align=center|1–1 |{{fbu|18|GRE|old}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|FRA|1830}}
|align=center|3–0 |{{fbu|18|HUN}} |
| 9 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|HUN}} |align=center|4–1 |{{fbu|18|GDR}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|FRA|1830}}
|align=center|0–0 |{{fbu|18|GRE|old}} |
| 11 April
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|FRA|1830}} |align=center|4–3 |{{fbu|18|GDR}} |
| |align=right|{{fbu-rt|18|HUN}}
|align=center|2–1 |{{fbu|18|GRE|old}} |
Semifinals
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1968|4|13|df=y}}
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|18|CSK}}
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|18|POR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Cannes
| attendance =
| referee =
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{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1968|4|13|df=y}}
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|18|FRA|1830}}
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|18|BUL|1967}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Nice
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
Third place match
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1968|4|15|df=y}}
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|18|POR}}
| score = 4 – 2
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|18|BUL|1967}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Cannes
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
Final
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1968|4|15|df=y}}
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|18|CSK}}
| score = 2 – 1
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|18|FRA|1830}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Cannes
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
{{Winners|fbu|18|1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|Czechoslovakia|First}}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec-u18-68.html Results by RSSSF]
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