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1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCzechoslovakia
Dates22–27 July
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place East Germany
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored26 (2.6 per match)
1986
1990

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1988 Final Tournament was held in Czechoslovakia. It also served as the European qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Quarterfinals

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East Germany 2 – 0 Denmark
Lars Hermel 15'
Uwe Jähnig 38'
Referee: Joaquin Ramos Marcos (Spain)

Spain 1 – 0 Czechoslovakia
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Soviet Union 4 – 2 Norway
Referee: Ignace van Swieten (Netherlands)

Portugal 3 – 0 Netherlands
João Pinto 26'
Valido 41'
Folha 74'
Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)

Semifinals

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Places 5-8

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Norway 1 – 1 Denmark
Penalties
5 – 4
Referee: Zdeněk Havlíček (Czechoslovakia)

Czechoslovakia 1 – 0 Netherlands
Referee: Klaus Peschel (East Germany)

Places 1-4

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Spain 0 – 2 Portugal
Valido 46' (g.p.)
João Pinto 52'
Referee: Thorodd Presberg (Norway)

Soviet Union 3 – 0 East Germany
Referee: Jose Guedes (Portugal)

Third place match

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East Germany 2 – 0 Spain
Henri Fuchs 56', 73'
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Final

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Soviet Union 3 – 1
(aet)
 Portugal
Andrei Timochenko 78'
Yuri Nikiforov 102'
Oleg Salenko 117'
João Pinto 55'
Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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The six best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

See also

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