A TALENT SHOW
IN AUSTRIA
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CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE
By the end of this month 256 of the most talen
ted European football players will meet in
Austria to participate in the final round of the
European Under-16 Tournament, to be played
from 29th April to 11th May in 31 different
venues.
The opening match, between Austria and the
Republic of Ireland in St. Pölten, will be live on
Austrian television. «In fact, all Austria's matches,
as well as the final in Vienna, will be televised
live, which only emphasizes the good cooper
ation between OFB and the Austrian Television,
ORF, and the positive attitued of ORF to
football», says Fleinz Palme, press officer of
the Austrian Football Association (ORB).
This is the 14th version of the European Un
der -16 Championship but, for the first time,
it is being held in Austria. «Bearing in mind how
often ORB has organized UEFA events in a very
the hat».
Group A Group B
Group C
Group D
Rep. of Ireland Romania
France
England
Austria Ukraine
Croatia
Slovakia
Portugal Greece
Spain
Turkey
Poland Germany
Switzerland
Israel
The final in the past:
Year
Res
Venue I
1982: Italy vs GFR
1-0
Italy
1984: GFR vs Soviet Union
2-0
GFR
1985: Soviet Union vs Greece
4-0
Hungary
1986: Spain vs Italy
2-1
Greece
1987: Italy vs Soviet Union
1-0*
France
1988: Spain vs Portugal
0-0**
Spain
1989: Portugal vs GDR
4-1
Denmark
1990: Czechosl vs Yugoslavia
3-2***
GDR
1991: Spain vs GFR
2-0
Switzerland
1992: GFR vs Spain
2-1
Cyprus
1993: Poland vs Italy
1-0
Turkey
1994: Turkey vs Denmark
1-0
Rep. of Ireland
1995: Portugal vs Spain
2-0
Belgium
professional way, I am very happy that they of
fered to stage this tournament which is an im
portant part of European football, now and for
the future», says Per Omdal, chairman of the
UEFA Youth Committee. «The organization, in
the hands of the General Secretary, Alfred
Ludwig, the Tournament Director, Georg Pangl,
and the Press Officer, Fleinz Palme, seems to
be excellent and they have a big group of en
thusiastic and efficient people in all venues. Further
more, they have achieved a valuable political
support».
That was stressed at the draw in February. The
Austrian Bundeskanzler, Dr. Franz Vranitzky,
took a break from the weekend's skiing and ar
rived by helicopter to be present, and together
with the Lord Mayor of Vienna, Dr Michael
Haupl, he pulled the following groups «out of
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Result changed to 0-3 (default); title not awarded.
Spain won on penalty kicks. After extra - time
The Austrian
Football Associ
ation's official
logo for the Euro
pean Under - 16
Tournament.
