The
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain and England ...
1978 Final Tournament was held in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. It also served as the European qualification for the
1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — K ...
.
Qualification
Group 1
Group 4
Other groups
Teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
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Bye for qualifying stage)
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The six best performing teams qualified for the
1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — K ...
: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on goal difference). For an unknown reason, semifinalists Scotland did not participate.
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External links
Results by RSSSF
{{UEFA European Under-19 Championship
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
Under-18
1977–78 in Polish football
May 1978 sports events in Europe
Sports competitions in Kraków
1978 in youth association football
20th century in Kraków