Alternative Sport Wiki
m (1 revision)
 
(No difference)

Latest revision as of 02:11, 23 August 2018

The FIFA Youth Tournament is an annual tournament that is held in Europe since its inception in 1948.

History

The FIFA Youth Tournament was created in 1948 with the plan to bring the young players who couldn't play in the senior team to have a chance in a youth version. So the first edition would be created in 1948 with six teams being entered for the first edition with the host nation in Great Britain taking out the title. The French would go on to take the next two editions when they defeated the Netherlands and Austria by big scorelines before Austria defeated the defending champions at home in 1951.

Spain would go on and take out the title at home the following year. The 1953 competition would see the only time that a non-European team would compete in the FIFA Youth Tournament with Argentina enter the competition before being knocked out in the quarter-final stage in which Hungary would take out the title after they defeated the defending champions in Spain. The final competition under the FIFA banner would see the competition go into groups with the top team qualifying through to the knockout stage. Spain would take the title for the second time after they defeated Turkey in the final.

Results

FIFA Junior Tournament (1948-1954)

Year Host Final
Winner Score Runner-up
1948 Flag of United Kingdom Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 4–2 Flag of Italy Italy
1949 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands Flag of France France 5–0 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
1950 Flag of Austria Austria Flag of France France 3–1 Flag of Austria Austria
1951 Flag of France France Flag of Austria Austria 5–2 Flag of France France
1952 Flag of Spain Spain Flag of Spain (1945 - 1977) Spain 1–0 Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium
1953 Flag of Belgium Belgium Flag of Hungary 1949-1956 Hungary 3–0 Flag of Spain (1945 - 1977) Spain
1954 Flag of Germany West Germany 'Flag of Spain (1945 - 1977) Spain 4–2 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey

UEFA Youth Tournament (1955-)

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1955 Flag of Italy Italy Only group matches were played and no winner was declared.
1956 Flag of Hungary Hungary Only group matches were played and no winner was declared.
1957 Flag of Spain Spain Flag of the Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
2–1 Flag of Spain (1945 - 1977)
Spain
Flag of Austria Austria
Flag of Italy Italy
0–0 Third place
was shared
1958 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Flag of France
France
2–0 Flag of the United Kingdom
Great Britain
File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg
Romania
3–1 Flag of the Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia

External links

Template:UEFA Youth Tournament Template:UEFA competitions