# 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1980 Final Tournament was held in East Germany. It also served as the European qualification for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

## Qualification
### Group 1

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| Republic of Ireland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 |
| Belgium | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Belgium | 2–3 | France |
| France | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
| France | 2–0 | Belgium |
| Belgium | 0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | France |

### Other groups

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Northern Ireland | 2–0 | Wales | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Norway | 5–2 | Sweden | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Iceland | 1–5 | Finland | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Netherlands | 3–3 (6–5p) | Scotland | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Denmark | 1–7 | England | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Luxembourg | 2–11 | West Germany | 1–5 | 1–6 |
| Portugal | 5–0 | Malta | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Spain | 5–0 | Switzerland | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Italy | 6–2 | Austria | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Poland | 6–0 | Cyprus | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Bulgaria | 3–2 | Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Greece | 2–3 | Hungary | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Soviet Union | 0–4 | Yugoslavia | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Turkey | 0–4 | Romania | 0–1 | 0–3 |

## Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:
* Bulgaria
* East Germany (host)
* England
* Finland
* France
* West Germany
* Hungary
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Spain
* Yugoslavia

## Group stage
### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
| 16 May | Italy | 1–0 | Spain |
| | Norway | 0–0 | Hungary |
| 18 May | Spain | 2–1 | Norway |
| | Italy | 4–2 | Hungary |
| 20 May | Spain | 2–0 | Hungary |
| | Italy | 1–1 | Norway |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5 |
| East Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | –8 | 2 |
| 16 May | Bulgaria | 1–0 | East Germany |
| | Netherlands | 2–0 | France |
| 18 May | Netherlands | 3–0 | Bulgaria |
| | East Germany | 2–0 | France |
| 20 May | France | 7–1 | Bulgaria |
| | East Germany | 0–0 | Netherlands |

### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 2 |
| Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 0 |
| 16 May | Romania | 2–1 | Finland |
| | Poland | 3–2 | West Germany |
| 18 May | Poland | 1–0 | Romania |
| | West Germany | 6–2 | Finland |
| 20 May | Romania | 1–0 | West Germany |
| | Poland | 3–0 | Finland |

### Group D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 |
| 16 May | England | 1–0 | Northern Ireland |
| | Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Portugal |
| 18 May | Northern Ireland | 2–2 | Yugoslavia |
| | England | 1–1 | Portugal |
| 20 May | Portugal | 1–0 | Northern Ireland |
| | England | 2–0 | Yugoslavia |

## Final

* 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
* England Eighth title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on points and goal difference).
* England
* West Germany (replaced Netherlands, declining participation)
* Italy
* Poland
* Romania (won draw against Portugal)
* Spain