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.
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 Pts1 6501155102 650175103 61143934 60154101
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 Pts143017462 42024443 4103472
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 Pts1 41301052 41214243 4112253
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 Pts1 641112592 630312963 621391254 61235124
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 Pts1 43015262 42114253 4013271 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 Pts1 42117452 41214443 4112363 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 Pts1 440011382 41125633 40134111 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 Pts1 440013382 42024443 40042120 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 tournament1 Group 1 winner 0 (Debut) Group 2 winner 0 (Debut) Group 3 winner 1 (1980) Group 4 winner 2 (1978, 1980) Group 5 winner 2 (1978, 1980) Group 6 winner 1 (1980) Group 7 winner 0 (Debut) Group 8 winner 0 (Debut) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Knockout stages
References
External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com