The 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1978–80) had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded (3–0) to their opponents. USSR U-21s won the competition.
The 25 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 + one group 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
Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 1 did not include Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland Group 2 did not include Austria Group 3 did not include Romania (moved to Group 7) Group 4 did not include Switzerland (moved to Group 8) and Iceland Group 5 did not include Luxembourg (moved to Group 8) Group 6 did not include Hungary (moved to Group 7) Group 7 did not include West Germany, Wales and Malta, but included Romania (moved from Group 3) and Hungary (moved from Group 6) Group 8 composed of Switzerland (moved from Group 4), Luxembourg (moved from Group 5) and Italy (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
Qualifying Group 1PWDLFAPts14400112824103342341032102 Denmark 1–2 England Denmark 2–0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1–3 England England 1–0 Denmark Bulgaria 1–0 Denmark England 5–0 Bulgaria Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts1532013582623184736132512545023272 Belgium 4–0 Norway Portugal 0–0 Belgium Scotland 5–1 Norway Portugal 0–3 Scotland Norway 0–0 Portugal Norway 2–2 Scotland Norway 0–0 Belgium Belgium 2–1 Portugal Portugal 1–2 Norway Belgium 0–1 Scotland Scotland 2–2 Belgium Scotland – Portugal(Not played)
Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts142204262412142434022152 Spain 0–1 Yugoslavia Cyprus 0–0 Spain Yugoslavia 1–0 Cyprus Yugoslavia 1–1 Spain Cyprus 1–1 Yugoslavia Spain 3–0 Cyprus Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts142208362421178534013481 E. Germany 2–0 Nether. Poland 1–1 E. Germany Netherlands 2–3 Poland E. Germany 4–1 Poland Poland 2–1 Netherlands Nether. 1–1 E. Germany Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts143013162421132534013141 France 2–1 Sweden Sweden 0–1 Czechoslo. Czechoslo. 1–0 France Sweden 0–0 France Czechoslo. 1–0 Sweden France 1–0 Czechoslo. Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts143108272420256434013271 Finland 0–1 Greece Greece 0–3 USSR Greece 3–1 Finland Finland 0–2 USSR USSR 2–1 Greece USSR 1–1 Finland Qualifying Group 7PWDLFAPts1430194624202734341032110 Turkey 2–3* Hungary Hungary 1–0 Romania Romania 2–1* Turkey Turkey 2–0 Romania Hungary 5–0 Turkey Romania 4–0 Hungary (* Both matches awarded 3–0 against Turkey) Qualifying Group 8PWDLFAPts1431050724211825340041120 Luxem. 0–3 Switzerland Switzerland 0–0 Italy Switzerland 5–1 Luxem. Italy 1–0 Switzerland Luxembourg 0–3 Italy Italy 1–0 Luxembourg
Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 Group 1 winner 1 (1978) Group 2 winner 0 (Debut) Group 3 winner 1 (1978) Group 4 winner 1 (1978) Group 5 winner 1 (1978) Group 6 winner 0 (Debut) Group 7 winner 1 (1978) Group 8 winner 1 (1978) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Squads See 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout stages
References
External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com