1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship Campeonato Europeo Sub-16 de la UEFA 1988 Host country Spain Dates 11–21 May Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) Champions Spain (2nd title) Runners-up Portugal Third place East Germany Fourth place West Germany Matches played 28 Goals scored 50 (1.79 per match)
International football competition
The 1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the sixth edition of UEFA 's European Under-16 Football Championship . Spain hosted the championship, during 11–21 May 1988. 16 teams entered the competition, and Spain won their second title.
Qualifying [ edit ] Participants [ edit ] Results [ edit ] First stage [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] Group B [ edit ] Group C [ edit ] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Spain 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Hungary 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4 France 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 Turkey 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Group D [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] Third place match [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ East Germany is qualified on penalty shootout (the first in any UEFA tournament group stage) and Sweden is eliminated.
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