The 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 4th staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1982–84) and had 30 entrants. Albania, Iceland and Wales competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition for the second time running.
The 30 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 4 + two groups of 3). 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 third-place playoff.
Qualifying stage Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Groups 1, 2 and 4 included the same nations Group 3 did not include Luxembourg (moved to Group 8) Group 5 did not include Sweden (moved to Group 8) Group 6 did not include Northern Ireland Group 7 did not include Malta and Republic of Ireland Group 8 composed of Sweden (moved from Group 5), Luxembourg (moved from Group 3) and France (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
Qualifying Group 1PWDLFAPts16420116102631213147362228664601510161 Belgium 0–0 Switzerland Scotland 2–0 East Germany Switzerland 3–4 Scotland Belgium 1–2 Scotland East Germany 2–1 Belgium Scotland 2–1 Switzerland Belgium 4–2 East Germany Switzerland 5–6 East Germany East Germany 2–1 Switzerland Scotland 0–0 Belgium Switzerland 0–2 Belgium East Germany 1–1 Scotland
Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts16321938262318673613258546123384 Soviet Union 1–1 Poland Finland 0–0 Poland Finland 1–1 Portugal Portugal 1–0 Poland Soviet Union 2–2 Finland Poland 4–0 Finland Soviet Union 1–1 Portugal Poland 2–1 Soviet Union Finland 0–1 Soviet Union Portugal 0–2 Finland Poland 2–0 Portugal Portugal 0–2 Soviet Union Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts16501134102632164836114783461146163 Denmark 1–4 England Greece 1–0 England England 2–1 Greece Denmark 1–1 Greece England 1–0 Hungary Hungary 1–1 Greece Denmark 2–1 Hungary England 4–1 Denmark Hungary 0–2 England Hungary 5–1 Denmark Greece 1–0 Denmark Greece 1–0 Hungary Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts1632112582632163836222566460246152 Wales 0–0 Norway Norway 2–2 Yugoslavia Bulgaria 2–0 Norway Bulgaria 0–2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2–0 Wales Wales 0–1 Bulgaria Norway 0–2 Bulgaria Norway 2–3 Wales Yugoslavia 6–2 Norway Bulgaria 1–1 Wales Wales 1–0 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 0–0 Bulgaria Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts165019310264111579362138125460064140 Cyprus 1–2 Romania Italy 2–0 Romania Czechoslovakia 2–1 Italy Cyprus 0–1 Italy Czechoslo. 2–0 Cyprus Cyprus 1–4 Czechoslovakia Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia Romania 1–4 Czechoslovakia Romania 0–1 Italy Romania 3–2 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 2–2 Romania Italy 2–0 Cyprus Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts164209310263301349361146113460244142 Austria 1–2 Albania Turkey 0–1 Albania Austria 1–1 Turkey Albania 1–1 West Germany Turkey 0–1 West Germany Austria 1–1 West Germany Albania 1–0 Turkey Albania 3–0 Austria West Germany 2–1 Austria West Germany 7–0 Turkey Turkey 5–0 Austria West Germany 1–1 Albania Qualifying Group 7PWDLFAPts142112552412173434031233 Iceland 1–1 Netherlands Spain 1–0 Iceland Netherlands 5–0 Spain Iceland 0–0 Spain Netherlands 1–1 Iceland Spain 1–0 Netherlands Qualifying Group 8PWDLFAPts143101027242111045340041150 Luxembourg 0–4 Sweden France 1–0 Sweden Luxembourg 0–5 France Sweden 4–1 Luxembourg Sweden 2–2 France France 2–0 Luxembourg
Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 Group 1 winner 2 (1980, 1982) Group 2 winner 1 (1982) Group 3 winner 3 (1978, 1980, 1982) Group 4 winner 2 (1978, 1980) Group 5 winner 3 (1978, 1980, 1982) Group 6 winner 0 (Debut) Group 7 winner 1 (1982) Group 8 winner 1 (1982) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Squads See 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout stages
References
External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com