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: * * * * * * * * * (received Bye for qualifying stage) * (host) * * * * * *

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

: four semifinalists and the best group runners-up (based on goal difference). For an unknown reason, semifinalists Scotland did not participate. * * * * * *

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 ...

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