The 1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1974–76) had 23 entrants. Soviet Union U-23 won the competition.
The 23 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 + one 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 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 1 did not include Cyprus Group 2 did not include Wales Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland Group 4 did not include Spain Group 5 did not include Poland (moved to Group 8) Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland and Switzerland Group 7 did not include Iceland Group 8 did not include West Germany and Malta, but included Poland (moved from Group 5)
Qualifying Group 1PWDLFAPts143109472411256334022372 England 3–1 Czechoslovakia Portugal 2–3 England Portugal 2–0 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1–1 England Czechoslovakia 1–1 Portugal England 2–0 Portugal Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts14310112724121664340132111 Luxembourg 0–3 Hungary Luxembourg 1–3 Austria Austria 2–2 Hungary Hungary 2–0 Austria Austria 1–1 Luxembourg Hungary 4–0 Luxembourg Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts142207262421166534013161 Yugoslavia 2–0 Norway Sweden 1–1 Yugoslavia Norway 0–0 Yugoslavia Norway 0–2 Sweden Sweden 2–1 Norway Yugoslavia 4–1 Sweden Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts14400112824112893340134121 Romania 6–2 Denmark Denmark 1–1 Romania Romania 1–2 Scotland Denmark 0–1 Scotland Scotland 4–1 Denmark Scotland 4–0 Romania Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts14310103724211965340042120 Netherlands 3–0 Finland Netherlands 3–2 Italy Italy 3–0 Finland Finland 0–3 Netherlands Finland 2–3 Italy Italy 1–1 Netherlands Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts1210142222101242 Turkey 2–1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 3–0 Turkey Qualifying Group 7PWDLFAPts142116552412144434112453 France 1–0 Belgium East Germany 1–1 France Belgium 0–0 East Germany East Germany 1–2 Belgium France 1–2 East Germany Belgium 2–3 France Qualifying Group 8PWDLFAPts143016362420275434103492 Greece 0–2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2–1 Greece Poland 2–1 Bulgaria Poland 4–1 Greece Greece 2–1 Poland Bulgaria 1–0 Poland
Knockout stages Quarter-finals Netherlands 2–0 Scotland Scotland 2–0 Netherlands 2–2: win 4–3 on penalties
Hungary 3–0 England England 3–1 Hungary win 4–3 on aggregate
France 2–1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 2–1 France 3–3: win 4–2 on penalties
Bulgaria 2–3 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2–1 Bulgaria win 5–3 on aggregate Semi-finals Hungary 3–2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1–1 Hungary win 4–3 on aggregate
Soviet Union 3–0 Netherlands Netherlands 1–0 Soviet Union win 3–1 on aggregate Final Hungary 1–1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 2–1 Hungary Soviet Union win 3–2 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