1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship

UEFA European Under 23 Championship 1976 23 (from 1 confederation) Soviet Union Soviet Union U-23 1 Hungary Hungary U-23 YUG Yugoslavia U-23 NED Netherlands U-23 58 173 1974 1978 (Under-21) The 1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1974–76) had 23 entrants. Soviet Union U-23 won the competition. The 23 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: Group 1 did not include Cyprus Group 2 did not include Wales Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland Group 4 did not include Spain Group 5 did not include Poland (moved to Group 8) Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland and Switzerland Group 7 did not include Iceland Group 8 did not include West Germany and Malta, but included Poland (moved from Group 5) Qualifying Group 1PWDLFAPts121 ENG4310947221 POR4112563321 TCH4022372 England 3–1 Czechoslovakia Portugal 2–3 England Portugal 2–0 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1–1 England Czechoslovakia 1–1 Portugal England 2–0 Portugal 21 ENG qualify as group winners Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts121 HUN43101127221 AUT4121664321 LUX40132111 Luxembourg 0–3 Hungary Luxembourg 1–3 Austria Austria 2–2 Hungary Hungary 2–0 Austria Austria 1–1 Luxembourg Hungary 4–0 Luxembourg 21 HUN qualify as group winners Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts121 YUG4220726221 SWE4211665321 NOR4013161 Yugoslavia 2–0 Norway Sweden 1–1 Yugoslavia Norway 0–0 Yugoslavia Norway 0–2 Sweden Sweden 2–1 Norway Yugoslavia 4–1 Sweden 21 YUG qualify as group winners Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts121 SCO44001128221 ROU 19654112893321 DEN40134121 Romania 6–2 Denmark Denmark 1–1 Romania Romania 1–2 Scotland Denmark 0–1 Scotland Scotland 4–1 Denmark Scotland 4–0 Romania 21 SCO qualify as group winners Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts121 NED43101037221 ITA4211965321 FIN40042120 Netherlands 3–0 Finland Netherlands 3–2 Italy Italy 3–0 Finland Finland 0–3 Netherlands Finland 2–3 Italy Italy 1–1 Netherlands 21 NED qualify as group winners Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts121 URS2101422221 TUR2101242 Turkey 2–1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 3–0 Turkey 21 URS qualify as group winners Qualifying Group 7PWDLFAPts121 FRA 19744211655221 GDR4121444321 BEL4112453 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 21 FRA 1974 qualify as group winners Qualifying Group 8PWDLFAPts121 BUL 19714301636221 POL 19284202754321 GRE4103492 Greece 0–2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2–1 Greece Poland 2–1 Bulgaria Poland 4–1 Greece Greece 2–1 Poland Bulgaria 1–0 Poland 21 BUL 1971 qualify as group winners Knockout stages Quarter-finals Netherlands 2–0 Scotland Scotland 2–0 Netherlands 2–2: 21 NED win 4–3 on penalties Hungary 3–0 England England 3–1 Hungary 21 HUN win 4–3 on aggregate France 2–1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 2–1 France 3–3: 21 URS win 4–2 on penalties Bulgaria 2–3 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2–1 Bulgaria 21 YUG win 5–3 on aggregate Semi-finals Hungary 3–2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1–1 Hungary 21 HUN win 4–3 on aggregate Soviet Union 3–0 Netherlands Netherlands 1–0 Soviet Union 21 URS win 3–1 on aggregate Final Hungary 1–1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 2–1 Hungary Soviet Union win 3–2 on aggregate 21 URS finish as Champions See also UEFA European Under-21 Championship External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com 1976 Under-23 Championship Under-23 Championship Under-23 Championship Category:February 1976 sports events in Europe Category:March 1976 sports events in Europe Category:April 1976 sports events in Europe Category:May 1976 sports events in Europe Category:June 1976 sports events in Europe