Balkan Youth Championship 1968-1981


From 1968 to 1975 an U-23 tournament, from 1976 to 1981 U-21.


Palmares

year ed. venue          winners
1968  1  Saloniki       Bulgaria
1969  2  Romania        Greece
1970  3  Bulgaria       Bulgaria
1971  4  Athinai        Greece
1972  5  Izmir          Yugoslavia
1973  6  Skopje         Bulgaria
1974  7  Romania        Romania
1975  8  Haskovo        Yugoslavia
1976  9  Saloniki       Yugoslavia
1978 10  ---            Albania
1981 11  Volos          Albania


1968

4-7 Sep 1968 in Saloniki

Bulgaria        4-1 Romania
Greece		0-0 Turkey
Greece          2-3 Romania
Bulgaria	4-0 Turkey
Turkey		4-1 Romania	
Greece          4-1 Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria	  3  2 0 1  9- 5 4
2. Greece     	  3  1 1 1  6- 4 3
3. Turkey     	  3  1 1 1  4- 5 3
4. Romania    	  3  1 0 2  5-10 2

1969

22-29 June 1969 in Romania (Sibiu, Bucuresti, possibly other cities)

Greece		4-0 Romania
Greece		1-0 Albania
Greece		0-2 Bulgaria
Greece		3-2 Turkey
Romania		2-1 Albania
Romania		2-1 Bulgaria
Romania		2-1 Turkey
Albania		2-1 Bulgaria
Albania		6-0 Turkey
Bulgaria	1-1 Turkey

1. Greece     	  4  3 0 1  8-4   6 (goal average 2.00)
2. Romania    	  4  3 0 1  6-7   6 (goal average 0.86)
3. Albania    	  4  2 0 2  9-4   4
4. Bulgaria   	  4  1 1 2  5-5   3
5. Turkey     	  4  0 1 3  4-12  1

1970

8?-15 June 1970 in Bulgaria (Sofia, Stanke Dimitrov, possibly other cities)

Romania         1-2 Albania
Bulgaria	0-0 Turkey
Romania         1-1 Greece
Romania         0-0 Bulgaria
Turkey		1-0 Albania
Turkey		0-0 Romania
Turkey		2-2 Greece
Bulgaria        0-0 Albania 
Albania         1-0 Greece  
Bulgaria        2-1 Greece 

1. Bulgaria   	  4  2 1 1  2-1  5 (goal average 2.00)
2. Turkey     	  4  1 3 0  3-2  5 (goal average 1.50, head-to-head 1-0)
3. Albania    	  4  2 1 1  3-2  5 (goal average 1.50, head-to-head 0-1)
4. Romania    	  4  0 3 1  2-3  3
5. Greece     	  4  0 2 2  4-6  2

1971

3?-11? July 1971 in Athinai

Romania         0-0 Bulgaria
Romania         1-0 Yugoslavia
Greece          2-1 Romania
Albania         2-2 Romania
Albania         2-2 Yugoslavia  
Bulgaria        4-2 Albania 
Greece          3-2 Albania     
Greece          1-0 Yugoslavia 
Greece          0-0 Bulgaria   
Bulgaria        7-4 Yugoslavia 

1. Greece      	  4  3 1 0  6- 3 7
2. Bulgaria    	  4  2 2 0 11- 6 6
3. Romania     	  4  1 2 1  4- 4 4 
4. Albania     	  4  0 2 2  8-11 2
5. Yugoslavia  	  4  0 1 3  6-11 1

1972

9-15 Aug 1972 in Izmir

Group 1
Albania         2-0 Romania
Turkey		1-0 Romania
Turkey          2-0 Albania

1. Turkey      	  2  2 0 0  3- 0 4
2. Albania     	  2  1 0 1  2- 2 2  
3. Romania     	  2  0 0 2  0- 3 0

Group 2
Bulgaria        2-0 Greece
Yugoslavia      2-1 Bulgaria
Greece          0-0 Yugoslavia

1. Yugoslavia 	  2  1 1 0  2- 1 3
2. Bulgaria       2  1 0 1  3- 2 2
3. Greece         2  0 1 1  0- 2 1

Third Place Match
Bulgaria        3-1 Albania

Final
Yugoslavia	2-1 Turkey

1973

19-26 June 1973 in Yugoslavia (Skopje, Pristina, Bitola, possibly other cities)

Group 1
Bulgaria	2-0 Turkey
Bulgaria        0-0 Turkey

1. Bulgaria   2 1 1 0 2-0 3
2. Turkey     2 0 1 1 0-2 1
-. Albania    withdrew

Group 2
Yugoslavia	1-0 Greece
Yugoslavia	3-1 Romania
Greece		1-0 Romania

1. Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 4-1 4
2. Greece     2 1 0 1 1-1 2
3. Romania    2 0 0 2 1 4 0

Third place match
Turkey		1-0 Greece

Final
Bulgaria	0-0 Yugoslavia		[aet; 3-2 pen]

1974

23-30 June 1974 in Romania (Bucuresti and Cīmpina, possibly other cities)

Group A
Romania      	2-0 Bulgaria 
Romania      	3-0 Yugoslavia
Bulgaria 	3-2 Yugoslavia

1. Romania        2  2 0 0  5-0  4
2. Bulgaria    	  2  1 0 1  3-4  2
3. Yugoslavia     2  0 0 2  2-6  0

Group B
Albania		2-1 Greece
Albania		1-1 Turkey
Greece		4-0 Turkey

1. Albania        2  1 1 0  3-2  3
2. Greece         2  1 0 1  5-2  2
3. Turkey         2  0 1 1  1-5  1

Third place match
Bulgaria	3-1 Greece

Final
Romania		1-0 Albania

1975

25?-29? June 1975 in Haskovo and Dimitrovgrad

NB: Romania entered U-21 team

Group A
Bulgaria	4-2 Romania
Bulgaria	3-0 Turkey
Romania		3-1 Turkey

1. Bulgaria	  2  2 0 0  7-2  4
2. Romania        2  1 0 1  5-5  2
3. Turkey	  2  0 0 2  1-6  0

Group B
Yugoslavia	5-3 Greece

1. Yugoslavia	  1  1 0 0  5-3  2
2. Greece	  1  0 0 1  3-5  0

Third place match
Romania         2-3 Greece

Final
Yugoslavia	0-0 Bulgaria    [8-7 pen]

1976

25-30 June 1976 in Saloniki

Group A
Yugoslavia      2-0 Albania
Yugoslavia      0-0 Albania 

1. Yugoslavia     2  1 1 0  2-0  3
2. Albania        2  0 1 1  0-2  1
3. Turkey         withdrew

Group B
Romania         1-1 Bulgaria
Greece          2-1 Romania
Bulgaria        0-0 Greece

1. Greece         2  1 1 0  2-1  3
2. Bulgaria       2  0 2 0  1-1  2
3. Romania        2  0 1 1  2-3  1

Third place match
Albania         5-3 Bulgaria    [aet]

Final
Yugoslavia      1-0 Greece

1976-78

Group A
Yugoslavia      1-1 1-2 Albania [Skopje, Jun 22, 1977 and Tiranė, Oct 12, 1977]
Greece          0-1 0-0 Albania [Thessaloniki, Mar 15, 1978 and Tiranė, Apr 12, 1978]
Yugoslavia      3-1 2-0 Greece  [Krusevac, Nov 16, 1977 and Kavala]

1.Albania         4  2 2 0  4-2  6
2.Yugoslavia      4  2 1 1  7-4  5
3.Greece          4  0 1 3  1-6  1

Group B
Bulgaria        1-1 1-1 Romania [Kazanlak, Nov 28, 1976 and Tārgoviste, May 31, 1978]         
Bulgaria	3-1 0-2 Turkey
Turkey		0-2 awd Romania [Samsun, Mar 23, 1977; awarded 0-3]

1.Romania         4  2 2 0  7-2  6
2.Bulgaria        4  1 2 1  5-5  4
3.Turkey          4  0 2 2  3-8  2

Final
Romania         3-1 1-7 Albania [Bucuresti, Dec 6, 1978 and Tiranë, Dec 16, 1978]

1981

24-27 June 1981 in Volos

Group A
Albania		4-1 Romania

1. Albania	  1  1 0 0  4-1  2
2. Romania        1  0 0 1  1-4  0
-. Turkey         withdrew

Group B
Bulgaria	3-3 Greece
Bulgaria	3-1 Yugoslavia
Greece		2-1 Yugoslavia

1. Bulgaria	  2  1 1 0  6-4  3
2. Greece	  2  1 1 0  5-4  3  
3. Yugoslavia	  2  0 0 2  2-5  0

Third place match
Romania		2-0 Greece

Final
Albania		2-1 Bulgaria


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