1948 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18

Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	15–17 April
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	44 (4 per match)
1949 →

The 1948 FIFA Youth Tournament, was the first edition of what would later be called the UEFA European Under-19 Championship an annually international men's football tournament organised by FIFA. It was held in England from 15 to 17 April 1948 with five different venues holding the matches. Eight teams competed in a knockout competition with England defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in the final.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•   Austria
•   Belgium
•   England (host)
•   Ireland ( FAI)
•   Italy
•   Netherlands
•   Ireland ( IFA)
•   Wales

First round

15 April 1948 (1948-04-15)

England	4–0	Wales

Loftus Road, London

15 April 1948 (1948-04-15)

Belgium	8–1	Ireland

Selhurst Park, London

15 April 1948 (1948-04-15)

Netherlands	2–0	Republic of Ireland

Vicarage Road, Watford

15 April 1948 (1948-04-15)

Italy	2–0	Austria

Boleyn Ground, London

Supplementary round

In this round the losing teams from the first round participated.

16 April 1948 (1948-04-16)

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Austria

Selhurst Park, London

16 April 1948 (1948-04-16)

Ireland	4–1	Wales

Vicarage Road, Watford

Semi-finals

16 April 1948 (1948-04-16)

England	3–1	Belgium

Boleyn Ground, London

16 April 1948 (1948-04-16)

Netherlands	2–1	Italy

Loftus Road, London

Fifth-place match

17 April 1948 (1948-04-17)

Republic of Ireland	3–2	Ireland

Tottenham Hotspur

Third place match

17 April 1948 (1948-04-17)

Belgium	3–1	Italy

Tottenham Hotspur

Final

17 April 1948 (1948-04-17)

England	3–2	Netherlands

Tottenham Hotspur

1948 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18
England First title

External links

• Results by RSSSF