# 1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1972 Final Tournament was a youth football tournament held in Spain.

## Qualification
### Round 1

For this round Belgium, East Germany, Wales and Soviet Union received a Bye.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Switzerland | 2–1 | Portugal | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Finland | 3–3(a) | Poland | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Iceland | 6–8 | Republic of Ireland | 4–3 | 2–5 |
| Bulgaria | 4–0 | Greece | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Luxembourg | 0–4 | Denmark | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Sweden | 3–7 | West Germany | 1–1 | 2–6 |
| Yugoslavia | 5–1 | Turkey | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Austria | 1–2 | Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 0–2 |

### Round 2

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Belgium | (a)3–3 | Switzerland | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| East Germany | 2–2(p) | Poland | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Wales | w.o. | Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | w.o. |
| Soviet Union | 1–0 | Bulgaria | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Denmark | 2–9 | West Germany | 0–4 | 2–5 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1–1(p) | Yugoslavia | 0–1 | 1–0 |

## Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Six teams qualified (Q) and ten teams entered without playing qualification matches.
* Belgium (Q)
* England
* France
* West Germany (Q)
* Hungary
* Italy
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland (Q)
* Republic of Ireland (Q)
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union (Q)
* Spain (host)
* Yugoslavia (Q)

## Group stage
### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |
| 13 May | Netherlands | 1–0 | Norway |
| | Poland | 2–1 | France |
| 15 May | France | 2–1 | Norway |
| | Netherlands | 0–0 | Poland |
| 17 May | Poland | 4–0 | Norway |
| | France | 3–1 | Netherlands |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
| 13 May | Hungary | 4–3 | Scotland |
| | West Germany | 4–0 | Soviet Union |
| 15 May | Scotland | 1–0 | West Germany |
| | Hungary | 2–1 | Soviet Union |
| 17 May | Scotland | 2–0 | Soviet Union |
| | West Germany | 3–2 | Hungary |

### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 1 |
| 13 May | Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Republic of Ireland |
| | Belgium | 0–0 | England |
| 15 May | Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Belgium |
| | England | 4–0 | Republic of Ireland |
| 17 May | England | 1–0 | Yugoslavia |
| | Belgium | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |

### Group D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
| Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 0 |
| 13 May | Italy | 5–1 | Malta |
| | Spain | 2–1 | Romania |
| 15 May | Spain | 1–1 | Italy |
| | Romania | 3–0 | Malta |
| 17 May | Spain | 6–0 | Malta |
| | Romania | 1–1 | Italy |

## Final

* ENGLAND:
* Graham Moseley
* John Gidman
* Alan Lewis
* Mick Buckley
* Kevin Lock
* Kevin Beattle
* Paul Bradshaw
* Trevor Francis
* Steve Cammack
* Phil Thomson
* Alan Green
* WEST GERMANY:
* Helmut Roleder
* Rainer Blechschmidt
* Peter Krobbach
* Karl-Heinz Körbel
* Georg Bosbach
* Wolfgang Kraus
* Ronald Worm
* Kurt Eigl
* Günter Selke
* 63. Werner Schneider
* Dieter Kaster
* Bernd Dürnberger
* 1972 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
* England Fifth title