The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1998 Final Tournament was held in Cyprus. It also served as the European qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Qualification
50 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 49 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: First round, which took place in autumn 1997 and was played in 14 round-robin tournament groups with three or four teams each; and the Second round, which took place in spring 1998, in which pairs of group winners played home and away matches.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
1 = as West Germany
2 = as East Germany
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 7 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials officiated the tournament.
Referees
Pascal Garibian
Valentin Ivanov
Eric Romain
Adrian Stoica
Jan Wegereef
Emanuel Raphael Zammit
Assistant referees
Astrit Dervishi
Ramiz Asadov
Jiří Vodička
Adolfs Supe
Michael Argyrou
Stavrou Stavros
Antonis Papanayotou
Fourth officials
Michael Karaiskakis
Yiannakis Kyprianides
Squads
Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players, including two goalkeepers.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Third place match
Final
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The six best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.