# 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1982 Final Tournament was held in Finland. It also served as the European qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition was won by Scotland, their first tournament win at any international level.

## Qualification
### Group 8

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| West Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 8 |
| France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | –16 | 0 |
| France | 0–2 | West Germany |
| Luxembourg | 2–4 | France |
| France | 6–0 | Luxembourg |
| Luxembourg | 0–5 | West Germany |
| West Germany | 1–0 | France |
| West Germany | 3–0 | Luxembourg |

### Other groups

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Wales | 2–2 (3–4p) | Netherlands | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Iceland | 3–4 | Belgium | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Scotland | 3–2 | England | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Poland | 2–1 | Sweden | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Denmark | 0–3 | Czechoslovakia | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Norway | 0–3 | Soviet Union | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Austria | 3–2 | Italy | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Malta | 0–5 | Spain | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| Portugal | 2–1 | Switzerland | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Greece | 1–2 | Hungary | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Romania | 2–4 | Bulgaria | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Albania | 4–2 | Cyprus | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Turkey | 0–0 (3–2p) | Yugoslavia | 0–0 | 0–0 |

## Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:
* Albania
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Finland (host)
* West Germany
* Hungary
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Scotland
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Turkey

## Group stage
### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 |
| West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 2 |
| Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 0 |
| 21 May | West Germany | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
| | Soviet Union | 4–1 | Austria |
| 23 May | Austria | 4–1 | West Germany |
| | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
| 25 May | Soviet Union | 1–0 | West Germany |
| | Austria | 4–2 | Republic of Ireland |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 |
| 21 May | Bulgaria | 2–1 | Spain |
| | Poland | 1–0 | Belgium |
| 23 May | Poland | 1–0 | Spain |
| | Belgium | 1–0 | Bulgaria |
| 25 May | Belgium | 3–1 | Spain |
| | Bulgaria | 0–0 | Poland |

### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 0 |
| 21 May | Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | Finland |
| | Portugal | 2–1 | Hungary |
| 23 May | Finland | 3–2 | Hungary |
| | Portugal | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| 25 May | Portugal | 1–1 | Finland |
| | Czechoslovakia | 2–0 | Hungary |

### Group D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
| Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 |
| 21 May | Scotland | 3–0 | Albania |
| | Netherlands | 3–1 | Turkey |
| 23 May | Scotland | 2–0 | Turkey |
| | Netherlands | 3–1 | Albania |
| 25 May | Scotland | 1–1 | Netherlands |
| | Turkey | 1–1 | Albania |

## Final

* 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
* Scotland First title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on points, goal difference and scored goals).
* Austria
* Czechoslovakia
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Scotland
* Soviet Union