1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Dates	22–27 July
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	East Germany
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	26 (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

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Czechoslovakia (host, but still qualified)
•  Denmark
•  East Germany
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Portugal
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain

Quarterfinals

22 July 1988 (1988-07-22)

East Germany	2 – 0	Denmark
Lars Hermel 15' Uwe Jähnig 38'

Frýdek-Místek

Referee: Joaquin Ramos Marcos (Spain)

22 July 1988 (1988-07-22)

Spain	1 – 0	Czechoslovakia

Opava

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

22 July 1988 (1988-07-22)

Soviet Union	4 – 2	Norway

Vsetín

Referee: Ignace van Swieten (Netherlands)

22 July 1988 (1988-07-22)

Portugal	3 – 0	Netherlands
João Pinto 26' Valido 41' Folha 74'

Kopřivnice

Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)

Semifinals

Places 5-8

24 July 1988 (1988-07-24)

Norway	1 – 1	Denmark
Penalties
	5 – 4

Vsetín

Referee: Zdeněk Havlíček (Czechoslovakia)

24 July 1988 (1988-07-24)

Czechoslovakia	1 – 0	Netherlands

Kopřivnice

Referee: Klaus Peschel (East Germany)

Places 1-4

24 July 1988 (1988-07-24)

Spain	0 – 2	Portugal
		Valido 46' (g.p.) João Pinto 52'

Opava

Referee: Thorodd Presberg (Norway)

24 July 1988 (1988-07-24)

Soviet Union	3 – 0	East Germany

Frýdek-Místek

Referee: Jose Guedes (Portugal)

Third place match

27 July 1988 (1988-07-27)

East Germany	2 – 0	Spain
Henri Fuchs 56', 73'

Frýdek-Místek

Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Final

27 July 1988 (1988-07-27)

Soviet Union	3 – 1 (aet)	Portugal
Andrei Timochenko 78' Yuri Nikiforov 102' Oleg Salenko 117'		João Pinto 55'

Frýdek-Místek

Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

•  Czechoslovakia
•  East Germany
•  Norway
•  Portugal
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain

See also

• 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

External links

• Results by RSSSF