Dates 23 February – 24 May Runners-up West Germany Goals scored 41 (2.93 per match) | Champions England (1st title) Matches played 14 | |
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
The 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 3rd staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1980–82) and had 26 entrants. West Germany competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s 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 3rd-place playoff.
Squads
See 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
References
1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA