Northern Ireland at the International Youth Tournament (1948-1980)

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The FIFA International Youth Tournament ran annually from 1948-1954, though always played in Europe and featuring predominantly European teams. UEFA took over the running of the tournament in 1955, though the "International Youth Tournament" moniker stuck, at least from the British perspective. The tournament was replaced in 1981 by the UEFA Under-18 (later Under-19) Championships. Northern Ireland's best result was in 1963 when a team featuring Pat Jennings, Dave Clements and several other future stars lost out to England in the final at Wembley.

Northern Ireland Performances:

Year	Host	Performance
1948	England	6th place
1949	Netherlands	4th place
1951	France	4th place
1953	Belgium	15th place
1954	West Germany	18th place
1955	Italy	1st round (group stage)
1963	England	2nd place
1964	Netherlands	1st round (group stage)
1975	Switzerland	1st round (group stage)
1976	Hungary	1st round (group stage)
1977	Belgium	1st round (group stage)
1978	Poland	Did not qualify
1979	Austria	Did not qualify
1980	East Germany	1st round (group stage)

Northern Ireland Results:

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result				Stage
England 1948
15/04/48	Belgium	Crystal Palace	L	1	8		1st Round
16/04/48	Wales	Watford	W	4	1		Supp. Round
17/04/48	Eire	Tottenham	L	2	3		Fifth Place Play-Off
Netherlands 1949
18/04/49	England	Haarlem	D	3	3	*	1st Round
19/04/49	Netherlands	Amsterdam	L	0	2		Semi-Final
21/04/49	Belgium	Den Haag	L	0	5		3rd Place Play-Off
France 1951
22/03/51	Netherlands	Monaco	W	2	0		1st Round
24/03/51	Yugoslavia	Nice	L	1	2	#	Semi-Final
26/03/51	Belgium	Nice	L	0	1		3rd Place Play-Off
Belgium 1953
31/03/53	Yugoslavia	Brugge	L	1	5		1st Round
02/04/53	Belgium	Aaist	L	3	4		Quarter-Finals (9-16)
04/04/53	Saar	Brussels	L	5	6		Semi-Final (13-16)
05/04/53	Austria	Brussels	L	1	2		15th Place Play-Off
West Germany 1954
10/04/54	England	Brühl	L	0	5		1st Round: Group 4
12/04/54	West Germany	Bonn	L	1	6		1st Round: Group 4
13/04/54	Hungary	Recklinghausen	L	2	7		1st Round: Group 4
15/04/54	Saar	Beuel	L	1	2		1st Round: Group 4
18/04/54	Switzerland	Bad Godesberg	L	0	2		17th Place Play-Off
Italy 1955
07/04/55	Poland	Pisa	D	1	1		1st Round: Group C
09/04/55	Bulgaria	Siena	L	1	5		1st Round: Group C
11/04/55	Spain	Livorno	L	0	3		1st Round: Group C
England 1963
01/03/63	Eire	Dublin	D	1	1		Qualifier
06/03/63	Eire	Belfast	W	3	2		Qualifier
13/04/63	Belgium	Eastbourne	W	2	1		1st Round: Group D
15/04/63	Czechoslovakia	Woking	W	1	0		1st Round: Group D
17/04/63	Sweden	Bromley	D	3	3		1st Round: Group D
19/04/63	Bulgaria	Southampton	D	3	3	*	Semi-Final
23/04/63	England	London	L	0	4		Final
Netherlands 1964
28/03/64	Romania	Emmen	W	1	0		1st Round: Group 7
30/03/64	Austria	Groningen	L	1	3		1st Round: Group 7
Switzerland 1975
08/10/74	Iceland	Reykjavik	W	2	1		Qualifier
22/10/74	Iceland	Belfast	W	3	1		Qualifier
09/05/75	Switzerland	Emmenbrücke	D	1	1		1st Round: Group B
11/05/75	Eire	Zug	W	2	0		1st Round: Group B
13/05/75	England	Kriens	L	0	3		1st Round: Group B
Hungary 1976
27/05/1976	Scotland			w/o			Qualifier
28/05/76	Denmark	Köszeg	L	3	5		1st Round: Group D
30/05/76	Netherlands	Körmend	L	0	3		1st Round: Group D
01/06/76	USSR	Sárvár	L	0	2		1st Round: Group D
Belgium 1977
26/10/76	Denmark	Aalborg	L	0	1		Qualifier
05/04/77	Denmark	Belfast	W	2	0		Qualifier
19/05/77	USSR	Mons	L	0	1		1st Round: Group C
21/05/77	Malta	La Louvière	W	2	0		1st Round: Group C
23/05/77	Austria	Charleroi	W	1	0		1st Round: Group C
Poland 1978
08/03/78	Belgium	Beringen	L	1	4		Qualifier
22/03/78	Belgium	Belfast	L	1	5		Qualifier
Austria 1979
17/01/79	Eire	Belfast	L	1	2		Qualifier
14/02/79	Belgium	Brussels	D	0	0		Qualifier
14/03/79	Eire	Dublin	L	2	4		Qualifier
04/04/79	Belgium	Belfast	W	1	0		Qualifier
East Germany 1980
13/02/80	Wales	Bangor	W	2	0		Qualifier
19/03/80	Wales	Newport	D	0	0		Qualifier
16/05/80	England	Arnstadt	L	0	1		1st Round: Group D
18/05/80	Yugoslavia	Geithain	D	2	2		1st Round: Group D
20/05/80	Portugal	Oschatz	L	0	1		1st Round: Group D

1964 Tournament Programme

* Northern Ireland progress after coin toss.
# after extra time

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