1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
The 16 U-16 Football Championship was held in the period from April 26 to May 8, 1998 in Scotland. It was the first UEFA tournament in Scotland. Ireland winner was a 2-1 victory over Italy. Defending champion Spain was third. Germany, Austria and Switzerland could not qualify. In contrast, Liechtenstein could qualify for the first time, but dropped out after the first round dot and scoreless from.
Qualification
The qualifying was attended by 49 nations, these were divided into 15 groups. 12 groups consisted of 3 participants, the remaining three groups of 4 participants. It could be the 15 group winners qualify for the European Championship, Scotland was as host already qualified,
Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
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Group 13:
Group 14:
- Instead of Northern Ireland, however, participated in the Republic of Ireland.
Group 15:
Mode
The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups played each team once against each other. The group winners and runners reached the quarter- finals. From there on it was knocked out in the system on.
Participant
At the tournament the following teams participated:
- Denmark Denmark
- Finland Finland
- Greece Greece
- Ireland Ireland
- Iceland Iceland
- Israel Israel
- Italy Italy
- Croatia Croatia
- Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
- Norway Norway
- Portugal
- Russia Russia
- Scotland Scotland ( host )
- Sweden Sweden
- Spain (holders )
- Ukraine Ukraine
Venues
It was played in the cities of Cumbernauld, Dingwall, Glasgow, Inverness, Livingston, Motherwell, Paisley, Perth, Stirling
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round
The U-16 national team of Ireland Ireland was on 8 May 1998 for the first time European football champions of U-16/U-17 juniors.
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