1980 UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipTournament details |
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Dates | 12 February β 21 May |
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Teams | 25 (from 1 confederation) |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Soviet Union (1st title) |
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Runners-up | East Germany |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 67 |
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Goals scored | 154 (2.3 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) | Ramaz Shengelia (3 goals) |
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Best player(s) | Anatoliy Demyanenko |
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International football competition
The 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1978β80) had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the: competition for theββfirst time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Dueββto 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded (3-0)ββto 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 stageβ»
Drawβ»
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:
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- Denmark 1-2 England
- Denmark 2-0 Bulgaria
- Bulgaria 1-3 England
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- England 1-0 Denmark
- Bulgaria 1-0 Denmark
- England 5-0 Bulgaria
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- Belgium 4-0 Norway
- Portugal 0-0 Belgium
- Scotland 5-1 Norway
- Portugal 0-3 Scotland
- Norway 0-0 Portugal
- Norway 2-2 Scotland
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- Norway 0-0 Belgium
- Belgium 2-1 Portugal
- Portugal 1-2 Norway
- Belgium 0-1 Scotland
- Scotland 2-2 Belgium
- Scotland - Portugal
(Not played)
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Qualifying Group 3
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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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Yugoslavia
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4
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2
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2
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0
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4
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2
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6
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2
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Spain
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4
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1
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2
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1
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4
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2
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4
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3
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Cyprus
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4
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0
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2
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2
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1
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5
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2
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- Spain 0-1 Yugoslavia
- Cyprus 0-0 Spain
- Yugoslavia 1-0 Cyprus
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- Yugoslavia 1-1 Spain
- Cyprus 1-1 Yugoslavia
- Spain 3-0 Cyprus
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- E. Germany 2-0 Nether.
- Poland 1-1 E. Germany
- Netherlands 2-3 Poland
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- E. Germany 4-1 Poland
- Poland 2-1 Netherlands
- Nether. 1-1 E. Germany
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- France 2-1 Sweden
- Sweden 0-1 Czechoslo.
- Czechoslo. 1-0 France
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- Sweden 0-0 France
- Czechoslo. 1-0 Sweden
- France 1-0 Czechoslo.
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- Finland 0-1 Greece
- Greece 0-3 USSR
- Greece 3-1 Finland
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- Finland 0-2 USSR
- USSR 2-1 Greece
- USSR 1-1 Finland
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- Luxem. 0-3 Switzerland
- Switzerland 0-0 Italy
- Switzerland 5-1 Luxem.
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- Italy 1-0 Switzerland
- Luxembourg 0-3 Italy
- Italy 1-0 Luxembourg
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Qualified teamsβ»
Bold indicates champion for that year
Squadsβ»
See 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout stagesβ»
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
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Under-23 | |
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Under-21 | Without host | |
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With host | |
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Qualification | |
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Finals | |
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Squads | |
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