The
UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1998 Final Tournament was held in
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...
. It also served as the European qualification for the
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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Qualification
50 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 49 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: First round, which took place in autumn 1997 and was played in 14 round-robin tournament groups with three or four teams each; and the Second round, which took place in spring 1998, in which pairs of group winners played home and away matches.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
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West Germany
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East Germany
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Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 7 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials officiated the tournament.
;Referees
* Pascal Garibian
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Valentin Ivanov
* Eric Romain
* Adrian Stoica
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Jan Wegereef
Jan Willem Wegereef (born 17 January 1962 in Rijssen) is a former top-level Dutch football (soccer) referee, living in Hellevoetsluis. He refereed one match at the 2002 World Cup and has officiated a total of 12 UEFA Champions League matches (as o ...
* Emanuel Raphael Zammit
;Assistant referees
* Astrit Dervishi
* Ramiz Asadov
* Jiří Vodička
* Adolfs Supe
* Michael Argyrou
* Stavrou Stavros
* Antonis Papanayotou
;Fourth officials
* Michael Karaiskakis
* Yiannakis Kyprianides
Squads
Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players, including two goalkeepers.
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Third place match
Final
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The six best performing teams qualified for the
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
:1.Teams that ...
.
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Goalscorers
See also
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1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying
External links
Overview by UEFA.com
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