title: 1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
text: # 1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
  
  The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1968 Final Tournament was held in France.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Austria | 2–3 | Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 1–3 |
  | Poland | 3–5 | East Germany | 3–2 | 0–3 |
  | Romania | 2–5 | Hungary | 2–1 | 0–4 |
  | Turkey | 0–1 | Bulgaria | 0–0 | 0–1 |
  | Malta | 1–3 | Italy | 1–2 | 0–1 |
  | Luxembourg | 0–11 | Belgium | 0–4 | 0–7 |
  | West Germany | 2–1 | Spain | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Republic of Ireland | 1–4 | England | 0–0 | 1–4 |
  
  ## Teams
  
  The following teams entered the tournament. Eight teams qualified (Q) and eight teams entered without playing qualification matches.
  
  * Belgium (Q)
  * Bulgaria (Q)
  * Czechoslovakia
  * East Germany (Q)
  * England (Q)
  * France (host)
  * West Germany (Q)
  * Greece
  * Hungary (Q)
  * Italy (Q)
  * Netherlands
  * Portugal
  * Scotland
  * Soviet Union
  * Switzerland
  * Yugoslavia (Q)
  
  ## Group stage
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
  | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
  | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 |
  | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 1 |
  | 7 April | Switzerland | 1–1 | Belgium |
  | | Portugal | 2–0 | Scotland |
  | 9 April | Scotland | 4–0 | Switzerland |
  | | Portugal | 1–0 | Belgium |
  | 11 April | Scotland | 2–0 | Belgium |
  | | Portugal | 1–0 | Switzerland |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
  | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
  | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
  | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
  | 7 April | Soviet Union | 2–2 | Netherlands |
  | | Bulgaria | 0–0 | England |
  | 9 April | Bulgaria | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
  | | England | 1–0 | Netherlands |
  | 11 April | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Netherlands |
  | | England | 1–1 | Soviet Union |
  
  ### Group C
  
  | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
  | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
  | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
  | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
  | 7 April | Czechoslovakia | 2–0 | Yugoslavia |
  | | West Germany | 2–0 | Italy |
  | 9 April | Yugoslavia | 1–0 | West Germany |
  | | Italy | 2–0 | Czechoslovakia |
  | 11 April | Czechoslovakia | 3–1 | West Germany |
  | | Italy | 2–2 | Yugoslavia |
  
  ### Group D
  
  | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
  | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
  | Greece | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
  | East Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 1 |
  | 7 April | East Germany | 1–1 | Greece |
  | | France | 3–0 | Hungary |
  | 9 April | Hungary | 4–1 | East Germany |
  | | France | 0–0 | Greece |
  | 11 April | France | 4–3 | East Germany |
  | | Hungary | 2–1 | Greece |
  
  ## Final
  
  * 1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
  * Czechoslovakia First title
  