# 1973 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1973 Final Tournament was held in Italy.

## Qualification
### Groups 1-4

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Malta | 1–5 | Austria | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Luxembourg | 2–3 | Iceland | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Republic of Ireland | 3–1 | Sweden | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Finland | 0–1 | Norway | 0–0 | 0–1 |

### Group 5

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Belgium | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
| Portugal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 4 |
| Spain | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Portugal | 2–1 | Spain |
| Spain | 3–1 | Portugal |
| Belgium | 2–1 | Spain |
| Belgium | 3–1 | Portugal |
| Spain | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Portugal | 1–0 | Belgium |

### Group 6

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| West Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Poland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 0–0 | West Germany |
| Netherlands | 1–2 | Poland |
| West Germany | 1–1 | Netherlands |
| Poland | 0–1 | West Germany |
| Poland | 3–0 | Netherlands |
| West Germany | 3–1 | Poland |

### Group 7

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Scotland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
| France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 |
| Wales | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
| Wales | 1–1 | Scotland |
| Scotland | 1–0 | Wales |
| Wales | 2–1 | France |
| France | 0–3 | Scotland |
| Scotland | 2–4 | France |
| France | 1–0 | Wales |

### Group 8

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Romania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Greece | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | 1–2 | Greece |
| Romania | 0–0 | Yugoslavia |
| Greece | 2–1 | Yugoslavia |
| Greece | 0–1 | Romania |
| Romania | 2–2 | Greece |
| Yugoslavia | 0–2 | Romania |

### Group 9

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 |
| Turkey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 2 |
| Soviet Union | 3–2 | Turkey |
| Turkey | 1–1 | Hungary |
| Soviet Union | 2–0 | Hungary |
| Turkey | 1–1 | Soviet Union |
| Hungary | 1–2 | Soviet Union |
| Hungary | 2–1 | Turkey |

## Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Nine teams qualified (Q) and seven teams entered without playing qualification matches.
* Austria (Q)
* Belgium (Q)
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* East Germany
* England
* West Germany (Q)
* Iceland (Q)
* Italy (host)
* Norway (Q)
* Romania (Q)
* Republic of Ireland (Q)
* Scotland (Q)
* Soviet Union (Q)
* Switzerland

## Group stage
### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 0 |
| 31 May | Stadio Gianpiero Vitali, Massa | Italy | 3–1 | Romania |
| | Stadio Carlo Necchi-Balloni, Forte dei Marmi | West Germany | 2–1 | Norway |
| 2 June | Stadio Torquato Bresciani, Viareggio | Italy | 1–0 | Norway |
| | Stadio dei Marmi, Carrara | Romania | 1–0 | West Germany |
| 4 June | Stadio Gianpiero Vitali, Massa | Italy | 1–0 | West Germany |
| | Stadio dei Marmi, Carrara | Romania | 2–1 | Norway |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 |
| Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 0 |
| 31 May | Stadio Marcello Melani, Pistoia | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
| | Stadio Roberto Strulli, Monsummano Terme | Bulgaria | 3–2 | Denmark |
| 2 June | Stadio Daniele Mariotti, Montecatini Terme | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Denmark |
| | Stadio Marcello Melani, Pistoia | Bulgaria | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
| 4 June | Stadio Roberto Strulli, Monsummano Terme | Republic of Ireland | 3–2 | Denmark |
| | Stadio Porta Elisa, Lucca | Bulgaria | 1–1 | Soviet Union |

### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 2 |
| Iceland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 1 |
| 31 May | Stadio Torquato Bresciani, Viareggio | England | 2–0 | Iceland |
| | Stadio dei Marmi, Carrara | Belgium | 2–0 | Switzerland |
| 2 June | Stadio Carlo Necchi-Balloni, Forte dei Marmi | England | 2–0 | Switzerland |
| | Stadio Gianpiero Vitali, Massa | Iceland | 1–1 | Belgium |
| 4 June | Stadio Torquato Bresciani, Viareggio | England | 0–0 | Belgium |
| | Stadio Carlo Necchi-Balloni, Forte dei Marmi | Switzerland | 2–1 | Iceland |

### Group D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 2 |
| 31 May | Stadio Daniele Mariotti, Montecatini Terme | Austria | 1–1 | East Germany |
| | Stadio Porta Elisa, Lucca | Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | Scotland, |
| 2 June | Stadio Porta Elisa, Lucca | East Germany | 3–1 | Scotland |
| | Stadio Roberto Strulli, Monsummano Terme | Austria | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| 4 June | Stadio Marcello Melani, Pistoia | East Germany | 3–2 | Czechoslovakia |
| | Stadio Daniele Mariotti, Montecatini Terme | Scotland | 2–0 | Austria |

## Final

* 1973 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
* England Sixth title