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