The UEFA U-21 Championship 1982, which spanned two years (1980-82), had 26 entrants. West Germany

Germany national under-21 football team

The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and is controlled by the German Football Association , the governing body of football in Germany....

 competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s

England national under-21 football team

England's national Under-21 football team, also known as England Under-21s or England U21, is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team....

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 finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.

Qualifying Stage

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• 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

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• 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

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• France 3-1 Cyprus
• Belgium 2-1 Cyprus
• Cyprus 0-1 Belgium

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• France 1-0 Belgium
• Belgium 1-2 France
• Cyprus 2-1 France

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• Czechoslo. 3-0 Turkey
• Turkey 2-1 Czechoslo.
• USSR 1-0 Turkey

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• Turkey 0-0 USSR
• USSR 0-0 Czecho.
• Czechoslo. 0-0 USSR

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!colspan="2"|Qualifying Group 4
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• Romania 4-0 England
• England 5-0 Switzerland
• England 3-0 Romania
• Switzerland 0-1 Hungary
• Hungary 4-2 Romania
• Switzerland 0-0 England

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• Hungary 1-2 England
• Romania 2-1 Hungary
• Romania 1-1 Switz.
• Hungary 5-1 Switzerland
• Switz. 3-0 Romania
• England 2-0 Hungary

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• Italy 1-0 Yugoslavia
• Greece 1-3 Italy
• Yugoslavia 1-1 Greece

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• Yugoslavia 1-0 Italy
• Italy 1-0 Greece
• Greece 0-2 Yugoslavia

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!colspan="2"|Qualifying Group 6
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• Sweden 2-0 Scotland
• Denmark 2-1 Sweden
• Scotland 2-1 Denmark

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• Sweden 0-0 Denmark
• Scotland 4-0 Sweden
• Denmark 1-1 Scotland

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!colspan="2"|Qualifying Group 7
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• Norway 0-1 Poland
• E. Germany 0-4 Norway
• E. Germany 2-3 Poland

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• Norway 1-1 E. Germany
• Poland 3-1 E. Germany
• Poland 4-0 Norway

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!colspan="2"|Qualifying Group 8
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• Netherlands 0-2 Spain
• Spain 4-1 Luxembourg
• Netherlands 1-0 Luxem.

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• Luxembourg 1-5 Spain
• Luxem. 0-2 Netherlands
• Spain 2-1 Netherlands

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Squads

See 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads

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Quarter Finals

• Italy 0-1 Scotland
• Scotland 0-0 Italy

win 1-0 on aggregate

• Spain 1-0 West Germany
• West Germany 2-0 Spain

win 2-1 on aggregate

• France 0-0 USSR
• USSR 4-2 France

win 4-2 on aggregate

• Poland 1-2 England
• England 2-2 Poland

win 4-3 on aggregate
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Semi Finals

• Scotland 0-1 England
• England 1-1 Scotland

win 2-1 on aggregate

• USSR 3-4 West Germany
• West Germany 5-0 USSR

win 9-3 on aggregate
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Final

• England 3-1 West Germany
• West Germany 3-2 England

England win 5-4 on aggregate



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External links

• Results Archive at uefa.com
• RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com