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1956 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	28 March – 2 April
Teams	16
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	László Povázsai (3 goals)
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The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1956 Final Tournament was held in Hungary. During this edition, only group matches were played and no winner was declared. This was done to prevent an excess of competition. Hungary, Italy, Romania and Czechoslovakia were the four group winners.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Austria
•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Czechoslovakia
•  East Germany
•  England
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Greece
•  Hungary (host)
•  Italy
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Saar
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
West Germany	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
England	3	1	0	2	5	7	–2	2

28 March	Hungary	0–0	West Germany
	Bulgaria	2–1	England
30 March	West Germany	1–0	Bulgaria
	Hungary	4–2	England
1 April	Hungary	2–1	Bulgaria
	England	2–1	West Germany

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
France	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
Saar	3	1	1	1	3	5	–2	3
Belgium	3	0	1	2	5	7	–2	1

28 March	Saar	1–0	France
	Italy	2–1	Belgium
30 March	France	3–2	Belgium
	Italy	3–0	Saar
1 April	Saar	2–2	Belgium
	France	1–0	Italy

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Poland	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Yugoslavia	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
Austria	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	2

29 March	Romania	1–1	Yugoslavia
	Poland	3–2	Austria
31 March	Austria	1–0	Yugoslavia
	Romania	1–0	Poland
2 April	Romania	4–1	Austria
	Poland	1–1	Yugoslavia

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
East Germany	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Greece	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1

Czechoslovakia	2 – 0	Greece
Zikán 22' Jiří Sůra 72'

East Germany	1 – 1	Turkey
Tschöp 13'	Report	Altan Meral 78'

Czechoslovakia	1 – 1	East Germany
Obert 28'		Albrecht Strohmeyer 66'

Turkey	2 – 0 Awarded	Greece

Czechoslovakia	1 – 0	Turkey
Zikán 79'	Report

East Germany	1 – 1	Greece
Albrecht Strohmeyer 45'		Fotinos 80' (pen.)

Notes

1. Greece refused to play against Turkey, so Turkey were awarded a 2–0 walkover victory.

External links

• Results by RSSSF

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship
• 1955–56 in European football
• International association football competitions hosted by Hungary
• 1955–56 in Hungarian football
• March 1956 sports events in Europe
• April 1956 sports events in Europe
• 1956 in youth association football