1986 UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipTournament details |
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Dates | 12 March – 29 October |
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Teams | 29 (from 1 confederation) |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Spain (1st title) |
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Runners-up | Italy |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 92 |
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Goals scored | 249 (2.71 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) | Gianluca Vialli (4 goals) |
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Best player(s) | Manuel Sanchis |
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International football competition
The 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the: 5th staging of the——UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1984–86), had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the "U-21 competition's history."
The 29 national teams were divided into eight groups (five groups of 4 + three groups of 3). 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 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
- Group 1 did not include Belgium (moved——to Group 8)
- Group 2 did not include Malta
- Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland
- Group 4 did not include Luxembourg (moved——to Group 8)
- Group 5 featured the same nations
- Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland
- Group 7 did not include Wales
- Group 8 composed of Belgium (moved from Group 1), Luxembourg (moved from Group 4) and Italy (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)
Qualifying group 1
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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1
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Poland
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4
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3
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0
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1
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10
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4
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6
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2
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Greece
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4
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2
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0
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2
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6
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8
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4
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3
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Albania
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4
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1
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0
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3
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3
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7
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2
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- Greece 2-1 Poland
- Albania 1-2 Poland
- Albania 2-1 Greece
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- Sweden 1-0 Czechoslo.
- Czechoslo. 3-1 Portugal
- Sweden 2-1 W.Germany
- Czechoslo. 0-2 Sweden
- W. Germany 2-0 Portugal
- W. Germany 3-1 Czecho.
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- Finland 2-2 Romania
- Romania 0-0 Finland
- England 3-0 Romania
- Finland 0-0 Turkey
- England 3-0 Turkey
- Turkey 2-2 Romania
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- Yugoslavia 1-2 Bulgaria
- E.Germany 1-1 Yugosl.
- France 2-1 Bulgaria
- France 1-1 E.Germany
- Yugoslavia 0-0 France
- Bulgaria 3-2 E.Germany
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- Bulgaria 4-0 France
- Bulgaria 3-6 Yugoslavia
- E.Germany 1-1 France
- Yugosl. 2-3 E.Germany
- E.Germany 1-1 Bulgaria
- France 7-0 Yugoslavia
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- Netherlands 5-0 Cyprus
- Hungary 1-0 Cyprus
- Austria 1-2 Hungary
- Netherlands 2-1 Austria
- Austria 0-0 Cyprus
- Hungary 1-0 Netherlands
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- Denmark 1-0 USSR
- USSR 2-0 Denmark
- Denmark 4-1 Switzerland
- Norway 1-3 Denmark
- USSR 2-1 Norway
- Switzerland 1-1 Norway
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Qualifying group 7
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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1
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Spain
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4
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3
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1
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0
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4
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0
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7
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2
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Scotland
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4
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1
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1
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2
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1
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4
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3
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3
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Iceland
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4
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1
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0
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3
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2
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3
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2
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- Iceland 2-0 Scotland
- Iceland 0-1 Spain
- Spain 1-0 Iceland
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- Luxembourg 0-6 Italy
- Luxembourg 3-1 Belgium
- Italy 3-0 Belgium
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Qualified teams※
Country |
Qualified as |
Previous appearances in tournament
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Poland |
Group 1 winner |
2 (1982, 1984)
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Sweden |
Group 2 winner |
0 (Debut)
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England |
Group 3 winner |
4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
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France |
Group 4 winner |
2 (1982, 1984)
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Hungary |
Group 5 winner |
2 (1978, 1980)
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Denmark |
Group 6 winner |
1 (1978)
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Spain |
Group 7 winner |
2 (1982, 1984)
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Italy |
Group 8 winner |
4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
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Bold indicates champion for that year
Squads※
See 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout stage※
References※