The 1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1970–72) had 23 entrants. Czechoslovakia U-23 won the competition.

The 23 national teams were divided into eight groups. 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 1972 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 2 and 8 had the same competing nations Group 1 did not include Wales Group 3 did not include England and Malta Group 4 did not include Northern Ireland and Cyprus Group 5 did not include Belgium and Scotland Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland Group 7 did not include Luxembourg

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Finland 1–1 Czechoslovakia Finland 0–1 Romania Romania 1–1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5–2 Finland Romania 3–1 Finland Czechoslovakia 1–0 Romania qualify as group winners

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Norway 1–0 Hungary France 0–0 Norway Bulgaria 5–0 Norway France 1–1 Hungary Bulgaria 1–0 Hungary Norway 1–1 Bulgaria Norway 4–4 France Hungary 2–0 Bulgaria Hungary 3–0 France Hungary 3–0 Norway Bulgaria 1–0 France France 0–1 Bulgaria qualify as group winners

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Greece 1–0 Switzerland Switzerland 0–2 Greece qualify as group winners

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qualify as group winners

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Portugal 1–1 Denmark Denmark 2–1 Portugal qualify as group winners

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Italy 3–1 Austria Sweden 2–0 Austria Italy 1–0 Sweden Austria 0–2 Sweden Sweden 4–1 Italy Austria 2–1 Italy qualify as group winners

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Netherlands 5–2 Yugoslavia East Germany 3–1 Netherlands Yugoslavia 1–1 Netherlands East Germany 0–1 Yugoslavia Netherlands 2–1 East Germany Yugoslavia 3–1 East Germany qualify as group winners

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Albania 1–1 Poland Turkey 0–2 West Germany Turkey 0–0 Albania Albania 0–2 West Germany West Germany 3–0 Turkey Poland 2–1 Albania West Germany 2–0 Albania Turkey 0–0 Poland Poland 1–1 West Germany Albania 0–0 Turkey West Germany 1–0 Poland Poland 3–0 Turkey qualify as group winners

Knockout stage

Matches

See also UEFA European Under-21 Championship

References

External links RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com