1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Tournament details
Dates	23 February – 24 May
Teams	27 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runners-up	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	74
Goals scored	194 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pierre Littbarski (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Rudi Völler[1]
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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.

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)

Qualifying Group 1

Standing	Country	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

Qualifying Group 2

Standing	Country	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

Qualifying Group 3

Standing	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Soviet Union	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

Qualifying Group 4

Standing	Country	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

Qualifying Group 5

Standing	Country	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

Qualifying Group 6

Standing	Country	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

Qualifying Group 7

Standing	Country	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

Qualifying Group 8

Standing	Country	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

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament1
West Germany	Group 1 winner	0 (Debut)
France	Group 2 winner	0 (Debut)
Soviet Union	Group 3 winner	1 (1980)
England	Group 4 winner	2 (1978, 1980)
Italy	Group 5 winner	2 (1978, 1980)
Scotland	Group 6 winner	1 (1980)
Poland	Group 7 winner	0 (Debut)
Spain	Group 8 winner	0 (Debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Italy	0	0	0
	Scotland	1	0	1
							Scotland	0	1	1
							England	1	1	2
	Poland	1	2	3
	England	2	2	4
													England	3	2	5
													West Germany	1	3	4
	France	0	2	2
	Soviet Union	0	4	4
							Soviet Union	3	0	3
							West Germany	4	5	9
	Spain	1	0	1
	West Germany	0	2	2

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