| Tourney Name: | UEFA European Under-18 Championship |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Other Titles: | Championnat d'Europe de football des moins de 18 ans 1996 U-18-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 1996 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | France |
| Country2: | Luxembourg |
| Dates: | 23–30 July |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Prevseason: | 1995 |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1996 Final Tournament was held in France and Luxembourg. It also served as the European qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. Players born on or after 1 August 1977 were eligible to participate in this competition.
See also: 1996 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying.
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July | 2–1 | ||||||
| 2–2 | |||||||
| 25 July | 1–0 | ||||||
| 2–1 | |||||||
| 27 July | 1–1 | ||||||
| 3–0 |
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 2 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July | 0–0 | ||||||
| 1–1 | |||||||
| 25 July | 1–1 | ||||||
| 0–0 | |||||||
| 27 July | 3–0 | ||||||
| 1–0 |
The six best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.