1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship

The 1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1974–76) had 23 entrants. Soviet Union U-23 won the competition.

The 21 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 + one group of 2). 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 1976 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

Qualifying Group 1 P W D L F A Pts
1  England 4 3 1 0 9 4 7
2  Portugal 4 1 1 2 5 6 3
3  Czechoslovakia 4 0 2 2 3 7 2
  • England 3-1 Czechoslovakia
  • Portugal 2-3 England
  • Portugal 2-0 Czechoslovakia
  • Czechoslovakia 1-1 England
  • Czechoslovakia 1-1 Portugal
  • England 2-0 Portugal

 England qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 2 P W D L F A Pts
1  Hungary 2 3 1 0 11 2 7
2  Austria 4 1 2 1 6 6 4
3  Luxembourg 4 0 1 3 2 11 1
  • Luxembourg 0-3 Hungary
  • Luxembourg 1-3 Austria
  • Austria 2-2 Hungary
  • Hungary 2-0 Austria
  • Austria 1-1 Luxembourg
  • Hungary 4-0 Luxembourg

 Hungary qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts
1  Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 7 2 6
2  Sweden 4 2 1 1 6 6 5
3  Norway 4 0 1 3 1 6 1
  • Yugoslavia 2-0 Norway
  • Sweden 1-1 Yugoslavia
  • Norway 0-0 Yugoslavia
  • Norway 0-2 Sweden
  • Sweden 2-1 Norway
  • Yugoslavia 4-1 Sweden

 Yugoslavia qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts
1  Scotland 4 4 0 0 11 2 8
2  Romania 4 1 1 2 8 9 3
3  Denmark 4 0 1 3 4 12 1
  • Romania 6-2 Denmark
  • Denmark 1-1 Romania
  • Romania 1-2 Scotland
  • Denmark 0-1 Scotland
  • Scotland 4-1 Denmark
  • Scotland 4-0 Romania

 Scotland qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts
1  Netherlands 4 3 1 0 10 3 7
2  Italy 4 2 1 1 9 6 5
3  Finland 4 0 0 4 2 12 0
  • Netherlands 3-0 Finland
  • Netherlands 3-2 Italy
  • Italy 3-0 Finland
  • Finland 0-3 Netherlands
  • Finland 2-3 Italy
  • Italy 1-1 Netherlands

 Netherlands qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts
1  Soviet Union 2 1 0 1 4 2 2
2  Turkey 2 1 0 1 2 4 2
  • Turkey 2-1 Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union 3-0 Turkey

 Soviet Union qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 7 P W D L F A Pts
1  France 4 2 1 1 6 5 5
2  East Germany 4 1 2 1 4 4 4
3  Belgium 4 1 1 2 4 5 3
  • France 1-0 Belgium
  • East Germany 1-1 France
  • Belgium 0-0 East Germany
  • East Germany 1-2 Belgium
  • France 1-2 East Germany
  • Belgium 2-3 France

 France qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 8 P W D L F A Pts
1  Bulgaria 4 3 0 1 6 3 6
2  Poland 4 2 0 2 7 5 4
3  Greece 4 1 0 3 4 9 2
  • Greece 0-2 Bulgaria
  • Bulgaria 2-1 Greece
  • Poland 2-1 Bulgaria
  • Poland 4-1 Greece
  • Greece 2-1 Poland
  • Bulgaria 1-0 Poland

 Bulgaria qualify as group winners

Knockout Stages

Quarter Finals

2-2:  Netherlands win 4-3 on penalties

  • Hungary 3-0 England
  • England 3-1 Hungary

 Hungary win 4-3 on aggregate

  • France 2-1 Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union 2-1 France

3-3:  Soviet Union win 4-2 on penalties

  • Bulgaria 2-3 Yugoslavia
  • Yugoslavia 2-1 Bulgaria

 Yugoslavia win 5-3 on aggregate

  

Semi Finals

  • Hungary 3-2 Yugoslavia
  • Yugoslavia 1-1 Hungary

 Hungary win 4-3 on aggregate

  • Soviet Union 3-0 Netherlands
  • Netherlands 1-0 Soviet Union

 Soviet Union win 3-1 on aggregate

  

Final

  • Hungary 1-1 Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union 2-1 Hungary

Soviet Union win 3-2 on aggregate

 Soviet Union finish as Champions

See also

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