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