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1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | UEFA European Under-18 Championship |
| year | 1998 |
| other_titles | 1998 Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Κ-18 |
| ** | |
| size | 250px |
| country | Cyprus |
| dates | 19–26 July |
| num_teams | 8 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 6 |
| cities | 4 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 14 |
| goals | 45 |
| top_scorer | GER Enrico Kern |
| (4 goals) | |
| prevseason | [1997](1997-uefa-european-under-18-championship) |
| nextseason | [1999](1999-uefa-european-under-18-championship) |
** (4 goals) The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1998 Final Tournament was held in Cyprus. It also served as the European qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. For this tournament, the age limit was moved back from August to January. Players born on or after 1 January 1979 were eligible to participate in this competition.
Qualification
Main article: 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying
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.
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | — | |||
| 1st | — | |||
| [1996](1996-uefa-european-under-18-championship) (third place) | ([1948](1948-fifa-youth-tournament-under-18), [1963](1963-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1964](1964-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1971](1971-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1972](1972-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1973](1973-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1975](1975-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1980](1980-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1993](1993-uefa-european-under-18-championship)) | |||
| [1994](1994-uefa-european-under-18-championship) (runners-up) | ([1965](1965-uefa-european-under-18-championship)2, [1970](1970-uefa-european-under-18-championship)2, [1981](1981-uefa-european-under-18-championship)1, [1986](1986-uefa-european-under-18-football-championship)2) | |||
| 1st | — | |||
| [1997](1997-uefa-european-under-18-championship) (runners-up) | ([1961](1961-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1994](1994-uefa-european-under-18-championship)) | |||
| [1997](1997-uefa-european-under-18-championship) (fourth place) | ([1984](1984-uefa-european-under-18-championship), [1997](1997-uefa-european-under-18-championship)) | |||
| [1997](1997-uefa-european-under-18-championship) (third place) | ([1952](1952-fifa-youth-tournament-under-18), [1954](1954-fifa-youth-tournament-under-18), [1995](1995-uefa-european-under-18-championship)) |
: 1 = as West Germany : 2 = as East Germany
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 7 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials officiated the tournament. ;Referees
- FRA Pascal Garibian
- RUS Valentin Ivanov
- BEL Eric Romain
- ROM Adrian Stoica
- NED Jan Wegereef
- Malta Emanuel Raphael Zammit ;Assistant referees
- ALB Astrit Dervishi
- AZE Ramiz Asadov
- CZE Jiří Vodička
- LAT Adolfs Supe
- CYP Michael Argyrou
- CYP Stavrou Stavros
- CYP Antonis Papanayotou ;Fourth officials
- CYP Michael Karaiskakis
- CYP Yiannakis Kyprianides
Squads
Main article: 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads
Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players, including two goalkeepers.
Group stage
Group A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | **6** | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | **6** | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | **6** | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | –9 | **0** |
Kern Timm Voss Gensler Ernst
Couñago
Kern
Marco Almeida
Group B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | **6** | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | **6** | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | **6** | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | **0** |
Bjelanović Keane McPhail Patridge
Vranješ Lovrek
Mikić
Keane
Third place match
Final
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The six best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Goalscorers
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Enrico Kern
-
Mihael Mikić
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Gerard
-
Robbie Keane
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Marco Almeida
-
Lee Matthews
-
Sebastian Deisler
-
Andreas Gensler
-
Liam George
-
Branko Banović
-
Saša Bjelanović
-
Zvonimir Deranja
-
Krunoslav Lovrek
-
Jurica Vranješ
-
Alan Smith
-
José Barkero
-
Pablo Couñago
-
Fabian Ernst
-
Wolf-Manuel Majunke
-
Christian Timm
-
Andreas Voss
-
Alan Quinn
-
Barry Quinn
-
Stephen McPhail
-
Richie Partridge
-
Vidas Alunderis
-
Valdas Trakys
-
Hugo Carreira
-
Simão
-
Jonathan Woodgate (against Cyprus)
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