title: 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
text: 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.
  
  Qualification
  
  The qualifying stage for the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship saw Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden win their respective groups. Greece and England finished first in their group but were the two worst first placed group winners. Greece defeated England in a playoff to qualify for the tournament.
  
  Qualified teams
  
  1 Bold indicates champion for that year
  
  Venues
  The final tournament was held in Bucharest, the hosts being only three arenas.
  
  Match officials
  
  Squads
  
  Only players born on or after 1 January 1975 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each nation had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of which had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured seriously enough to prevent his taking part in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.
  
  Results
  
  Bracket
  
  Quarter-finals
  
  5th-8th places
  
  Semi-finals
  
  7th place
  
  5th place
  
  Third place
  
  Final
  
  References
  
  External links 
  Results archive at UEFA.com
  RSSSF Results archive at RSSSF
  
   
  UEFA European Under-21 Championship
  1998
  UEFA
  UEFA
  1996–97 in Romanian football
  1997–98 in Romanian football
  May 1998 sports events in Europe
  1998 in youth association football