1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.

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	Pierre Littbarski (6 goals)
Best player	Rudi Völler
← 1980 1984 →

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)

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

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament^1
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

Knockout stages

	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