1982 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

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The UEFA U-21 Championship 1982, which spanned two years (1980-82), 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 finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.

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[edit] Qualifying Stage

Qualifying Group 1 P W D L F A Pts
1 West Germany 6 5 0 1 15 5 10
2 Bulgaria 6 5 0 1 7 5 10
3 Austria 6 1 1 4 3 9 3
4 Finland 6 0 1 5 4 10 1
  • 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

West Germany qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 2 P W D L F A Pts
1 France 4 3 0 1 7 4 6
2 Belgium 4 2 0 2 4 4 4
3 Cyprus 4 1 0 3 4 7 2
  • France 3-1 Cyprus
  • Belgium 2-1 Cyprus
  • Cyprus 0-1 Belgium
  • France 1-0 Belgium
  • Belgium 1-2 France
  • Cyprus 2-1 France

France qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts
1 USSR 4 1 3 0 1 0 5
2 Czechoslovakia 4 1 2 1 4 2 4
3 Turkey 4 1 1 2 2 5 3
  • Czechoslo. 3-0 Turkey
  • Turkey 2-1 Czechoslo.
  • USSR 1-0 Turkey
  • Turkey 0-0 USSR
  • USSR 0-0 Czecho.
  • Czechoslo. 0-0 USSR

USSR qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts
1 England 6 4 1 1 12 5 9
2 Hungary 6 3 0 3 12 9 6
3 Romania 6 2 1 3 9 12 5
4   Switzerland 6 1 2 3 5 12 4
  • 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

England qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts
1 Italy 4 3 0 1 5 2 6
2 Yugoslavia 4 2 1 1 4 2 5
3 Greece 4 0 1 3 2 7 1
  • Italy 1-0 Yugoslavia
  • Greece 1-3 Italy
  • Yugoslavia 1-1 Greece
  • Yugoslavia 1-0 Italy
  • Italy 1-0 Greece
  • Greece 0-2 Yugoslavia

Italy qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts
1 Scotland 4 2 1 1 7 4 5
2 Denmark 4 1 2 1 4 4 4
3 Sweden 4 1 1 2 3 6 3
  • Sweden 2-0 Scotland
  • Denmark 2-1 Sweden
  • Scotland 2-1 Denmark
  • Sweden 0-0 Denmark
  • Scotland 4-0 Sweden
  • Denmark 1-1 Scotland

Scotland qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 7 P W D L F A Pts
1 Poland 4 4 0 0 11 3 8
2 Norway 4 1 1 2 5 6 3
3 East Germany 4 0 1 3 4 11 1
  • 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

Poland qualify as group winners
Qualifying Group 8 P W D L F A Pts
1 Spain 4 4 0 0 13 3 8
2 Netherlands 4 2 0 2 4 4 4
3 Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 2 12 0
  • Netherlands 0-2 Spain
  • Spain 4-1 Luxembourg
  • Netherlands 1-0 Luxem.
  • Luxembourg 1-5 Spain
  • Luxem. 0-2 Netherlands
  • Spain 2-1 Netherlands

Spain qualify as group winners

[edit] Knockout Stages

Quarter Finals

  • Italy 0-1 Scotland
  • Scotland 0-0 Italy

Scotland win 1-0 on aggregate

  • Spain 1-0 West Germany
  • West Germany 2-0 Spain

West Germany win 2-1 on aggregate

  • France 0-0 USSR
  • USSR 4-2 France

USSR win 4-2 on aggregate

  • Poland 1-2 England
  • England 2-2 Poland

England win 4-3 on aggregate

  

Semi Finals

  • Scotland 0-1 England
  • England 1-1 Scotland

England win 2-1 on aggregate

  • USSR 3-4 Germany
  • Germany 5-0 USSR

West Germany win 9-3 on aggregate

  

Final

  • England 3-1 West Germany
  • West Germany 3-2 England

England win 5-4 on aggregate

England finish as Champions

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