Back بطولة أوروبا تحت 21 سنة لكرة القدم 1998 Arabic Campionat d'Europa de Futbol sub-21 de la UEFA 1998 Catalan Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 21 let 1998 Czech U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 1998 German Eurocopa Sub-21 de 1998 Spanish Championnat d'Europe de football espoirs 1998 French אליפות אירופה בכדורגל עד גיל 21 - 1998 HE 1998-as U21-es labdarúgó-Európa-bajnokság Hungarian Kejuaraan U-21 Eropa UEFA 1998 ID Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 1998 Italian
| Campionatul European de Fotbal sub 21 UEFA 1998 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Romania |
| Dates | 23–31 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Greece |
| Third place |  Norway |
| Fourth place |  Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 22 (1.83 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Steffen Iversen[1] Nikos Liberopoulos[1] (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Francesc Arnau |
The 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1996–98), had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total.
The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ended. Bosnia and Herzegovina was another former state of Yugoslavia who competed, for the first time. Spain won the competition for the second time.
The 46 national teams were divided into nine groups (eight groups of 5 + one group of 6). The records of the nine group winners were compared, and the eighth and ninth ranked teams played-off against each other for the eight quarter finals spot. One of the eight quarter-finalist were then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
- ^ a b "1998: Iván Pérez applies finishing touch". UEFA.com. 1 June 1998. Retrieved 19 June 2013.