1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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The 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 3rd staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1980–82) and had 26 entrants. West Germany competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition.

The 26 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 3 + two groups of 4). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no 3rd-place playoff.

Qualifying stage

Draw
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
Group 1 did not include Albania
Group 2 did not include Netherlands (moved to Group 8) and Republic of Ireland
Group 3 did not include Wales and Iceland
Group 4 did not include Norway (moved to Group 7)
Group 5 did not include Denmark (moved to Group 6) and Luxembourg (moved to Group 8)
Group 6 did not include Portugal, Northern Ireland and Israel, but included Denmark (moved from Group 5)
Group 7 did not include Malta, but included Norway (moved from Group 4)
Group 8 composed of Netherlands (moved from Group 2), Luxembourg (moved from Group 5) and Spain (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)

Finland 0-1 Bulgaria
Finland 1-2 Austria
Bulgaria 1-0 W.Germany
W. Germany 4-0 Austria
Bulgaria 1-0 Finland
Finland 1-2 W. Germany
Austria 1-2 Bulgaria
Austria 0-0 Finland
W. Germany 4-2 Finland
Austria 0-1 W. Germany
Bulgaria 1-0 Austria
W.Germany 4-1 Bulgaria

France 3-1 Cyprus
Belgium 2-1 Cyprus
Cyprus 0-1 Belgium
France 1-0 Belgium
Belgium 1-2 France
Cyprus 2-1 France

Czechoslo. 3-0 Turkey
Turkey 2-1 Czechoslo.
USSR 1-0 Turkey
Turkey 0-0 USSR
USSR 0-0 Czecho.
Czechoslo. 0-0 USSR

Romania 4-0 England
England 5-0 Switzerland
England 3-0 Romania
Switzerland 0-1 Hungary
Hungary 4-2 Romania
Switzerland 0-0 England
Hungary 1-2 England
Romania 2-1 Hungary
Romania 1-1 Switz.
Hungary 5-1 Switzerland
Switz. 3-0 Romania
England 2-0 Hungary

Italy 1-0 Yugoslavia
Greece 1-3 Italy
Yugoslavia 1-1 Greece
Yugoslavia 1-0 Italy
Italy 1-0 Greece
Greece 0-2 Yugoslavia

Sweden 2-0 Scotland
Denmark 2-1 Sweden
Scotland 2-1 Denmark
Sweden 0-0 Denmark
Scotland 4-0 Sweden
Denmark 1-1 Scotland

Norway 0-1 Poland
E. Germany 0-4 Norway
E. Germany 2-3 Poland
Norway 1-1 E. Germany
Poland 3-1 E. Germany
Poland 4-0 Norway

Netherlands 0-2 Spain
Spain 4-1 Luxembourg
Netherlands 1-0 Luxem.
Luxembourg 1-5 Spain
Luxem. 0-2 Netherlands
Spain 2-1 Netherlands

Qualified teams

1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Knockout stages

References

External links
Results Archive at uefa.com
RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com

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