1949 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18

The FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18 1949 Final Tournament was held in the Netherlands.

1949 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	18–21 April
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	38 (4.22 per match)
← 1948 1950 →

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

• Austria
• Belgium
• France
• England
• Netherlands (host)
• Ireland
• Scotland

First round

For this round Belgium received a Bye.

18 April 1949 (1949-04-18)

Ireland	(c) 3 – 3	England

Haarlem

18 April 1949 (1949-04-18)

France	3 – 2	Scotland

Den Bosch

18 April 1949 (1949-04-18)

Netherlands	3 – 1	Austria

Utrecht

Supplementary round

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

Scotland received a Bye.

19 April 1949 (1949-04-19)

England	4 – 2	Austria

Zeist

Semi-finals

19 April 1949 (1949-04-19)

France	4 – 0	Belgium

Hilversum

19 April 1949 (1949-04-19)

Netherlands	2 – 0	Ireland

Amsterdam

Fifth-place match

21 April 1949 (1949-04-21)

England	1 – 0	Scotland

Utrecht

Third place match

21 April 1949 (1949-04-21)

Belgium	5 – 0	Ireland

The Hague

Final

21 April 1949 (1949-04-21)

France	4 – 1	Netherlands

Rotterdam

1949 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18
France First title

External links

• Results by RSSSF