The 1974 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1972–74) had 21 entrants. Hungary U-23 won the competition.
The 21 national teams were divided into eight groups (five groups of 3 + three group of 2). 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.
Qualifying stage
Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 1 did not include Hungary (moved to Group 7) and Malta, but included Czechoslovakia (moved from Group 8) Group 2 did not include Switzerland and Luxembourg Group 3 did not include Belgium and Iceland Group 4 did not include Finland (moved to Group 8) Group 5 did not include England and Wales, but included Denmark (moved from Group 8) and West Germany (who did not participate in World Cup qualification) Group 6 did not include Northern Ireland and Cyprus Group 7 did not include Spain, but included Hungary (moved from Group 1) Group 8 (based on World Cup qualifying Group 9) did not include Republic of Ireland, but included Finland (moved from Group 4)
Qualifying Group 1PWDLFAPts143019362421165534013181 Austria 1–1 Sweden Austria 0–1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4-0 Austria Sweden 0–3 Czechoslovakia Sweden 2–0 Austria Czechoslovakia 1–3 Sweden Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts1220041422002140 Turkey 1–3 Italy Italy 1–0 Turkey
Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts1220041422002140 Norway 1–3 Netherlands Netherlands 1–0 Norway Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts1430110362411256334112393 Albania 1–1 Romania Albania 1–0 East Germany Romania 2–1 Albania Romania 1–2 East Germany East Germany 2–1 Romania East Germany 6–0 Albania Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts1431093724211735340041110 Denmark 0–2 Poland Denmark 0–2 West Germany Poland 4–1 Denmark West Germany 2–3 Poland West Germany 3–0 Denmark Poland 0–0 West Germany Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts1211021322011121 Portugal 0–0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2–1 Portugal Qualifying Group 7PWDLFAPts143016662420263434103472 Yugoslavia 4–0 Hungary Greece 2–0 Yugoslavia Hungary 2–0 Greece Hungary 1–0 Yugoslavia Greece 2–3 Hungary Yugoslavia 2–0 Greece Qualifying Group 8PWDLFAPts143108172411238334103572 Finland 1–3 France Soviet Union 3–1 France Soviet Union 4–0 Finland France 0–1 Soviet Union Finland 0–0 Soviet Union France 1–2 Finland
Knockout stages Quarter-finals Netherlands 2-1 Hungary Hungary 3-1 Netherlands win 4-3 on aggregate
Bulgaria 1-2 Poland Poland 0-0 Bulgaria win 2-1 on aggregate
Soviet Union 6-0 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2-1 Soviet Union win 7-2 on aggregate
Italy 0-1 East Germany East Germany 2-1 Italy win 3-1 on aggregate Semi-finals Soviet Union 2-0 Hungary Hungary 2-0 Soviet Union [aet, pen] 2-2: win 4-3 on penalties
East Germany 0-0 Poland Poland 2-2 East Germany 2-2: win on away goals rule Final East Germany 3-2 Hungary Hungary 4-0 East Germany Hungary win 6-3 on aggregate
finish as Champions
See also UEFA European Under-21 Championship
External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com