# 1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1981 Final Tournament was held in West Germany.

## Qualification
### Group 7

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Belgium | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 5 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | –16 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 0–6 | Netherlands |
| Luxembourg | 0–4 | Belgium |
| Netherlands | 1–3 | Belgium |
| Belgium | 3–1 | Luxembourg |
| Netherlands | 5–1 | Luxembourg |
| Belgium | 0–0 | Netherlands |

### Other groups

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Wales | 4–2 | Republic of Ireland | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Iceland | 1–4 | Scotland | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| England | 4–0 | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Finland | 1–2 | Sweden | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Poland | 4–1 | East Germany | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Denmark | 3–2 | Norway | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Portugal | 0–3 | France | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Malta | 1–8 | Italy | 1–5 | 0–3 |
| Spain | 5–2 | Switzerland | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Hungary | 0–1 | Romania | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Austria | 4–2 | Turkey | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Soviet Union | 1–1 (3–4p) | Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Yugoslavia | 0–1 | Bulgaria | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Greece | 4–1 | Cyprus | 1–0 | 3–1 |

## Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* England
* France
* West Germany (host)
* Greece
* Italy
* Poland
* Romania
* Scotland
* Spain
* Sweden
* Wales

## Group stage
### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 2 |
| Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | –4 | 0 |
| 25 May | West Germany | 5–0 | Wales |
| | Belgium | 2–0 | Greece |
| 27 May | West Germany | 3–2 | Belgium |
| | Greece | 0–1 | Wales |
| 29 May | West Germany | 1–0 | Greece |
| | Belgium | 0–3 | Wales |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 3 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 |
| 25 May | Poland | 1–1 | Sweden |
| | Romania | 3–2 | Czechoslovakia |
| 27 May | Poland | 3–1 | Romania |
| | Sweden | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| 29 May | Poland | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| | Sweden | 1–1 | Romania |

### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
| 25 May | Italy | 0–0 | France |
| | Bulgaria | 2–2 | Denmark |
| 27 May | Italy | 1–0 | Bulgaria |
| | France | 2–1 | Denmark |
| 29 May | Italy | 1–2 | Denmark |
| | France | 3–0 | Bulgaria |

### Group D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | –11 | 0 |
| 25 May | Austria | 0–1 | Scotland |
| | Spain | 2–1 | England |
| 27 May | Austria | 0–3 | Spain |
| | Scotland | 1–0 | England |
| 29 May | Austria | 0–7 | England |
| | Scotland | 1–1 | Spain |

## Final

* 1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
* West Germany First title