1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCzechoslovakia
Dates22–27 July
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place 
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored26 (2.6 per match)
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The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1988 Final Tournament was held in Czechoslovakia. It also served as the European qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams[]

See also: 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Quarterfinals[]

 2 – 0 Denmark
Lars Hermel Goal 15'
Uwe Jähnig Goal 38'
Referee: Joaquin Ramos Marcos (Spain)
Spain 1 – 0 
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Soviet Union 4 – 2 Norway
Vsetin
Referee: Ignace van Swieten (Netherlands)
Portugal 3 – 0 Netherlands
João Pinto Goal 26'
Valido Goal 41'
Folha Goal 74'
Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)

Semifinals[]

Places 5-8[]

Norway 1 – 1 Denmark
Penalties
5 – 4
Vsetin
Referee: Zdenek Havlicek (Czechoslovakia)
 1 – 0 Netherlands
Referee: Klaus Peschel (East Germany)

Places 1-4[]

Spain 0 – 2 Portugal
Valido Goal 46' (g.p.)
João Pinto Goal 52'
Referee: Thorodd Presberg (Norway)
Soviet Union 3 – 0 
Referee: Jose Guedes (Portugal)

Third place match[]

 2 – 0 Spain
Henri Fuchs Goal 56', 73'
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Final[]

Soviet Union 3 – 1
(aet)		 Portugal
Goal 78'
Yuri Nikiforov Goal 102'
Oleg Salenko Goal 117'		 João Pinto Goal 55'
Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)

Qualification to World Youth Championship[]

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

See also[]

External links[]

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