1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.

Draw
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
 * Group 1 did not include Albania
 * Group 2 did not include Netherlands (moved to Group 8) and Republic of Ireland
 * Group 3 did not include Wales and Iceland
 * Group 4 did not include Norway (moved to Group 7)
 * Group 5 did not include Denmark (moved to Group 6) and Luxembourg (moved to Group 8)
 * Group 6 did not include Portugal, Northern Ireland and Israel, but included Denmark (moved from Group 5)
 * Group 7 did not include Malta, but included Norway (moved from Group 4)
 * Group 8 composed of Netherlands (moved from Group 2), Luxembourg (moved from Group 5) and Spain (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)


 * Finland 0-1 Bulgaria
 * Finland 1-2 Austria
 * Bulgaria 1-0 W.Germany
 * W. Germany 4-0 Austria
 * Bulgaria 1-0 Finland
 * Finland 1-2 W. Germany
 * Austria 1-2 Bulgaria
 * Austria 0-0 Finland
 * W. Germany 4-2 Finland
 * Austria 0-1 W. Germany
 * Bulgaria 1-0 Austria
 * W.Germany 4-1 Bulgaria


 * France 3-1 Cyprus
 * Belgium 2-1 Cyprus
 * Cyprus 0-1 Belgium
 * France 1-0 Belgium
 * Belgium 1-2 France
 * Cyprus 2-1 France


 * Czechoslo. 3-0 Turkey
 * Turkey 2-1 Czechoslo.
 * USSR   1-0 Turkey
 * Turkey 0-0 USSR
 * USSR   0-0 Czecho.
 * Czechoslo. 0-0 USSR


 * Romania 4-0 England
 * England 5-0 Switzerland
 * England 3-0 Romania
 * Switzerland 0-1 Hungary
 * Hungary 4-2 Romania
 * Switzerland 0-0 England
 * Hungary 1-2 England
 * Romania 2-1 Hungary
 * Romania 1-1 Switz.
 * Hungary 5-1 Switzerland
 * Switz. 3-0 Romania
 * England 2-0 Hungary


 * Italy 1-0 Yugoslavia
 * Greece 1-3 Italy
 * Yugoslavia 1-1 Greece
 * Yugoslavia 1-0 Italy
 * Italy 1-0 Greece
 * Greece 0-2 Yugoslavia


 * Sweden 2-0 Scotland
 * Denmark 2-1 Sweden
 * Scotland 2-1 Denmark
 * Sweden 0-0 Denmark
 * Scotland 4-0 Sweden
 * Denmark 1-1 Scotland


 * Norway 0-1 Poland
 * E. Germany 0-4 Norway
 * E. Germany 2-3 Poland
 * Norway 1-1 E. Germany
 * Poland 3-1 E. Germany
 * Poland 4-0 Norway


 * Netherlands 0-2 Spain
 * Spain 4-1 Luxembourg
 * Netherlands 1-0 Luxem.
 * Luxembourg 1-5 Spain
 * Luxem. 0-2 Netherlands
 * Spain 2-1 Netherlands

Qualified teams

 * 1 Bold indicates champion for that year