1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1998 1998 Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Κ-18el 250px Cyprus 19–26 July 8 1 6 4 18 IRL 1 18 GER 18 CRO 18 POR 14 45 GER Enrico Kern(4 goals) 1997 1999 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 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 qualificationAppearance Last appearance Previous best performance 18 CYP * Hosts 1st — 99 Debut 18 CRO 1 Second round winners 1st — 99 Debut 18 ENG 1 Second round winners 1996 (third place) 01 Champions (1948, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1993) 18 GER 1 Second round winners 1994 (runners-up) 01 Champions (19652, 19702, 19811, 19862) 18 LTU 1 Second round winners 1st — 99 Debut 18 POR 1 Second round winners 1997 (runners-up) 01 Champions (1961, 1994) 18 IRL 1 Second round winners 1997 (fourth place) 04 Fourth place (1984, 1997) 18 ESP 1 Second round winners 1997 (third place) 01 Champions (1952, 1954, 1995) 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 1974 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 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players, including two goalkeepers. Group stage Group A TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts18 GER3201114+7618 POR320152+3618 ESP320156–16 18 LTU 19883003211–90 1998 7 19 y 18 LTU 1988 1–7 Report 18 GER Trakys 53 Majunke 8Kern 65 90Timm 66Voss 71Gensler 75Ernst 80 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 200 Adrian Stoica (Romania) 1998 7 19 y 18 ESP 2–1 Report 18 POR Gerard 49Couñago 71 Carreira 64 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 50 Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) 1998 7 21 y 18 POR 2–0 Report 18 LTU 1988 Marco Almeida 29 83 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca 60 Valentin Ivanov (Russia) 1998 7 21 y 18 GER 4–1 Report 18 ESP Deisler 4 27Kern 16 19 Barkero 20 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 600 Pascal Garibian (France) 1998 7 23 y 18 POR 2–0 Report 18 GER Simão 30Marco Almeida 43 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 200 Eric Romain (Belgium) 1998 7 23 y 18 ESP 2–1 Report 18 LTU 1988 Gerard 88 89 Alunderis 54 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 200 Emanuel Raphael Zammit (Malta) Group B TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts18 IRL320183+5618 CRO320185+3618 ENG320134–16 18 CYP300318–70 1998 7 19 y 18 CRO 2–5 Report 18 IRL Deranja 25Bjelanović 39 George 2 90Keane 10McPhail 45Patridge 66 Municipal Stadium, Ayia Napa 500 Eric Romain (Belgium) 1998 7 19 y 18 ENG 2–1 Report 18 CYP Matthews Woodgate 19 o.g. Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni 4,000 Valentin Ivanov (Russia) 1998 7 21 y 18 CRO 3–0 Report 18 CYP Mikić 37Vranješ 41Lovrek 90 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni 250 Emanuel Raphael Zammit (Malta) 1998 7 21 y 18 ENG 1–0 Report 18 IRL Smith 85 Anagennisi Football Ground, Deryneia 4,000 Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) 1998 7 23 y 18 CRO 3–0 Report 18 ENG Banović 38 pen.Mikić 79 90 Anagennisi Football Ground, Deryneia 2,500 Adrian Stoica (Romania) 1998 7 23 y 18 IRL 3–0 Report 18 CYP B. Quinn 19Keane 45 78 Municipal Stadium, Ayia Napa 1,500 Pascal Garibian (France) Third place match 1998 7 26 y 18 POR 0–0 4–5 yes Report 18 CRO GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 400 Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Final 1998 7 26 y 19:30 18 IRL 1–1 4–3 yes Report 18 GER A. Quinn 70 Gensler 90 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 2,500 Eric Romain (Belgium) Qualification to World Youth Championship The six best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. 18 CRO 18 ENG 18 GER 18 POR 18 IRL 18 ESP Goalscorers 45 14 18 GER Enrico Kern 18 CRO Mihael Mikić 18 ESP Gerard 18 IRL Robbie Keane 18 POR Marco Almeida 18 ENG Lee Matthews 18 GER Sebastian Deisler 18 GER Andreas Gensler 18 IRL Liam George 18 CRO Branko Banović 18 CRO Saša Bjelanović 18 CRO Zvonimir Deranja 18 CRO Krunoslav Lovrek 18 CRO Jurica Vranješ 18 ENG Alan Smith 18 ESP José Barkero 18 ESP Pablo Couñago 18 GER Fabian Ernst 18 GER Wolf-Manuel Majunke 18 GER Christian Timm 18 GER Andreas Voss 18 IRL Alan Quinn 18 IRL Barry Quinn 18 IRL Stephen McPhail 18 IRL Richie Partridge 18 LTU Vidas Alunderis 18 LTU Valdas Trakys 18 POR Hugo Carreira 18 POR Simão 18 ENG Jonathan Woodgate (against Cyprus) See also 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying External links Overview by UEFA.com Results by RSSSF 1998 Under-18 Championship Under-18 Championship Under-18 Championship Category:1998–99 in Cypriot football 1998 Category:July 1998 sports events in Europe