1953 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18

The FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18 1953 Final Tournament was held in Belgium. Argentina was the first non-European team that entered.

1953 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18
Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	31 March - 6 April
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

First round

31 March 1953

England	2 – 0	Belgium

31 March 1953

West Germany	3 – 2	Argentina

31 March 1953

Hungary	4 – 0	Switzerland

31 March 1953

Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Netherlands

31 March 1953

Luxembourg	4 – 3	Austria

31 March 1953

Spain	5 – 0	Saar

31 March 1953

Turkey	1 – 0	France

31 March 1953

Yugoslavia	5 – 1	Northern Ireland

Quarterfinals

Places 9-16

2 April 1953

France	2 – 1	Austria

2 April 1953

Netherlands	2 – 1	Switzerland

2 April 1953

Belgium	4 – 3	Northern Ireland

2 April 1953

Argentina	7 – 0	Saar

Places 1-8

2 April 1953

Hungary	4 – 0	Republic of Ireland

2 April 1953

Spain	5 – 1	West Germany

2 April 1953

Turkey	3 – 0	Luxembourg

2 April 1953

Yugoslavia	(c) 1 – 1 (aet)	England

Semifinals

Places 13-16

4 April 1953

Switzerland	3 – 1	Austria

4 April 1953

Saar	6 – 5	Northern Ireland

Places 9-12

4 April 1953

Netherlands	3 – 0	France

4 April 1953

Argentina	4 – 1	Belgium

Termonde

Places 5-8

4 April 1953

England	3 – 1	West Germany

4 April 1953

Republic of Ireland	3 – 2	Luxembourg

Places 1-4

4 April 1953

Hungary	2 – 0	Turkey

4 April 1953

Yugoslavia	3 – 1	Spain

Final Matches

Fifteenth Place Match

5 April 1953

Northern Ireland	2 – 1	Austria

Thirteenth Place Match

5 April 1953

Switzerland	2 – 2 Saar refused to play Extra Time	Saar

Eleventh Place Match

5 April 1953

Belgium	4 – 3	France

Ninth Place Match

5 April 1953

Argentina	3 – 1	Netherlands

Seventh Place Match

5 April 1953

Luxembourg	3 – 2	West Germany

Fifth Place Match

5 April 1953

England	2 – 0	Republic of Ireland

Third place match

6 April 1953

Turkey	3 – 2	Spain

Final

6 April 1953

Hungary	2 – 0	Yugoslavia

1953 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18
Hungary First title

External links

Results by RSSSF

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001
FIFA Youth Tournament	England 1948 Netherlands 1949 Austria 1950 France 1951 Spain 1952 Belgium 1953 West Germany 1954
UEFA Youth Tournament	Italy 1955 Hungary 1956 Spain 1957 Luxembourg 1958 Bulgaria 1959 Austria 1960 Portugal 1961 Romania 1962 England 1963 Netherlands 1964 West Germany 1965 Yugoslavia 1966 Turkey 1967 France 1968 East Germany 1969 Scotland 1970 Czechoslovakia 1971 Spain 1972 Italy 1973 Sweden 1974 Switzerland 1975 Hungary 1976 Belgium 1977 Poland 1978 Austria 1979 East Germany 1980
UEFA U-18 Championships	West Germany 1981 Finland 1982 England 1983 Soviet Union 1984 Yugoslavia 1986 Czechoslovakia 1988 Hungary 1990 Germany 1992 England 1993 Spain 1994 Greece 1995 France 1996 Iceland 1997 Cyprus 1998 Sweden 1999 Germany 2000 Finland 2001
Qualification	1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Squads	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-19 era, 2002–present
UEFA U-19 Championships	Norway 2002 Liechtenstein 2003 Switzerland 2004 Northern Ireland 2005 Poland 2006 Austria 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Ukraine 2009 France 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Lithuania 2013 Hungary 2014 Greece 2015 Germany 2016 Georgia 2017 Finland 2018 Armenia 2019 ~~Northern Ireland 2020~~ Romania 2021 Slovakia 2022
Qualification	2002 2003 (First, Second) 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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