1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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.

1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCzechoslovakia
Dates22 July - 27 July
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place East Germany
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored26 (2.6 per match)

Teams
See also: 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

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

Semifinals

Places 5-8
Norway 1 – 1 Denmark
Penalties
5 – 4
Referee: Zdenek Havlicek (Czechoslovakia)
Czechoslovakia 1 – 0 Netherlands
Referee: Klaus Peschel (East Germany)

Places 1-4
Spain 0 – 2 Portugal
Valido  46' (g.p.)
João Pinto  52'
Referee: Thorodd Presberg (Norway)
Soviet Union 3 – 0 East Germany
Referee: Jose Guedes (Portugal)

Third place match
East Germany 2 – 0 Spain
Henri Fuchs  56', 73'
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Final
Soviet Union 3 – 1
(aet)		 Portugal
Andrei Timochenko  78'
Yuri Nikiforov  102'
Oleg Salenko  117'		 João Pinto  55'
Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)
 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship 

Soviet Union
Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

See also
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