QUALIFYING
Group 1
20.10.1977 Solna Sweden 1-0 Hungary
20.10.1977 Trelleborg Sweden 2-4 Czechoslovakia
30.10.1977 Balassagyarmat Hungary 4-0 Sweden
08.11.1977 Praha Czechoslovakia 1-1 Hungary
22.03.1978 Praha Czechoslovakia 3-2 Sweden
29.03.1978 Salgotarjan Hungary 1-0 Czechoslovakia
1.HUNGARY 4 2 1 1 6- 2 5
2.Czechoslovakia 4 2 1 1 8- 6 5
3.Sweden 4 1 0 3 5-11 2
Group 2
23.11.1977 Holbaek Denmark 0-2 Scotland
07.12.1977 Ayr Scotland 1-0 Denmark
1.SCOTLAND 2 2 0 0 3- 0 4
2.Denmark 2 0 0 2 0- 3 0
Group 3
04.10.1977 Reykjavik Iceland 1-1 Wales
03.11.1977 Bridgend Wales 0-1 Iceland
1.ICELAND 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3
2.Wales 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1
Group 4
12.10.1977 Tampere Finland 2-2 Rep.of Ireland
19.10.1977 Turku Finland 1-1 Netherlands
30.11.1977 Doetinchem Netherlands 3-1 Rep.of Ireland
22.02.1978 Dublin Rep.of Ireland 0-0 Netherlands
14.03.1978 Ede Netherlands 3-1 Finland
17.03.1978 Dublin Rep.of Ireland 0-0 Finland
1.NETHERLANDS 4 2 2 0 7- 3 6
2.Finland 4 0 1 3 4- 6 1
3.Rep.of Ireland 4 0 3 1 3- 5 1
Group 5
08.03.1978 Beringen Belgium 4-1 N Ireland
22.03.1978 Belfast N Ireland 1-5 Belgium
1.BELGIUM 2 2 0 0 9- 2 4
2.N Ireland 2 0 0 2 2- 9 0
Group 6
08.02.1978 Crystal Palace England 3-1 France
01.03.1978 Gagny France 0-0 England
1.ENGLAND 2 1 1 0 3- 1 3
2.France 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1
Group 7
12.03.1978 Vaduz Liechtenstein 0-6 Italy
22.03.1978 Falconara Italy 7-1 Liechtenstein
1.ITALY 2 2 0 0 13- 1 4
2.Liechtenstein 2 0 0 2 1-13 0
Group 8
15.11.1977 Esch/Alzette Luxembourg 1-4 Portugal
04.01.1978 Evora Portugal 2-0 Luxembourg
1.PORTUGAL 2 2 0 0 6- 1 4
2.Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 1- 6 0
Group 9
07.12.1977 Freiburg im Brisgau West Germany 2-0 Switzerland
15.03.1978 Schaffhausen Switzerland 0-2 West Germany
1.WEST GERMANY 2 2 0 0 4- 0 4
2.Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0
Group 10
04.03.1978 Gzira Malta 0-2 Spain
05.04.1978 Madrid Spain 0-0 Malta
1.SPAIN 2 1 1 0 2- 0 3
2.Malta 2 0 1 1 0- 2 1
Group 11
27.03.1978 Heraklion Greece 1-1 East Germany
02.04.1978 Babelsberg East Germany 1-1 Greece [3-2 pen]
1.GREECE 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2
2.East Germany 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2
Group 12
19.03.1978 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Turkey
01.04.1978 Izmir Turkey 3-0 Bulgaria
1.TURKEY 2 1 0 1 4- 2 2
2.Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 2- 4 2
Group 13
19.03.1978 Pozarevac Yugoslavia 2-0 Romania
02.04.1978 Kilcea Romania 0-2 Yugoslavia
1.YUGOSLAVIA 2 2 0 0 4- 0 4
2.Romania 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0
Group 14
30.10.1977 Garsten Austria 0-2 Soviet Union
29.03.1978 Kishinev Soviet Union 0-0 Austria
1.SOVIET UNION 2 1 1 0 2- 0 3
2.Austria 2 0 1 1 0- 2 1
Byes: Poland (hosts) and Norway
FINAL TOURNAMENT
May 5 to 14 in Poland
Group A
05.05.1978 Kety Italy 0-0 Portugal
05.05.1978 Bielsko Biala Scotland 1-0 West Germany
07.05.1978 Cieszyn Scotland 1-0 Portugal
07.05.1978 Bielsko Biala West Germany 5-3 Italy
09.05.1978 Kety Scotland 0-0 Italy
09.05.1978 Cieszyn Portugal 1-0 West Germany
1.SCOTLAND 3 2 1 0 2- 0 5
2.Portugal 3 1 1 1 1- 1 3
3.West Germany 3 1 0 2 5- 5 2
4.Italy 3 0 2 1 3- 5 2
Group B
05.05.1978 Czestochowa Soviet Union 4-0 Greece
05.05.1978 Czestochowa Netherlands 1-0 Norway
07.05.1978 Czestochowa Netherlands 2-2 Greece
07.05.1978 Lubliniec Soviet Union 4-0 Norway
09.05.1978 Czestochowa Soviet Union 2-0 Netherlands
09.05.1978 Czestochowa Norway 2-1 Greece
1.SOVIET UNION 3 3 0 0 10- 0 6
2.Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3- 4 3
3.Norway 3 1 0 2 2- 6 2
4.Greece 3 0 1 2 3- 8 1
Group C
05.05.1978 Gorlice Hungary 3-1 Iceland
05.05.1978 Nowy Sacz Yugoslavia 2-1 Belgium [abandonned: 3-0 Forfeit]
07.05.1978 Nowy Sacz Hungary 0-0 Yugoslavia
07.05.1978 Nowy Sacz Iceland 3-0 Belgium [Forfeit]
09.05.1978 Gorlice Yugoslavia 4-1 Iceland
09.05.1978 Nowy Sacz Hungary 3-0 Belgium [Forfeit]
1.YUGOSLAVIA 2 1 1 0 4- 1 3
2.Hungary 2 1 1 0 3- 1 3
3.Iceland 2 0 0 2 2- 7 0
Belgium withdrew (Food poisoning)
Group D
05.05.1978 Wodzislaw England 1-1 Turkey
05.05.1978 Chorzow Spain 2-1 Poland
07.05.1978 Bukowno England 1-0 Spain
07.05.1978 Bedzin Poland 2-1 Turkey
09.05.1978 Chorzow Poland 2-0 England
09.05.1978 Jaworzno Spain 1-1 Turkey
1.POLAND 3 2 0 1 5- 3 4
2.Spain 3 1 1 1 3- 3 3
3.England 3 1 1 1 2- 3 3
4.Turkey 3 0 2 1 3- 4 2
Semifinals
12.05.1978 Kraków Yugoslavia 2-2 Scotland [4-2 on pen]
12.05.1978 Kraków Soviet Union 2-0 Poland
Third Place Play-off
14.05.1978 Kraków Poland 3-1 Scotland
Final [Wisla Stadium]
14.05.1978 Kraków Soviet Union 3-0 Yugoslavia
Note: the first seven teams (the semifinalists, Hungary, Spain
and Portugal) qualified for the 1979 World Championship U-20
in Japan - the Soviet Union possibly as holders of the 1977 Cup.
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