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1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship
Tournament details
Teams23 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored162 (2.57 per match)
1974 →
International football competition

The 1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1970–72) had 23 entrants. Czechoslovakia U-23s 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 1

P W D L F A Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 4 2 2 0 8 4 6
2  Romania 4 2 1 1 5 3 5
3  Finland 4 0 1 3 4 10 1
  • Finland 1–1 Czechoslovakia
  • Finland 0–1 Romania
  • Romania 1–1 Czechoslovakia
  • Czechoslovakia 5–2 Finland
  • Romania 3–1 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 1–0 Romania

 Czechoslovakia qualify as group winners

Group 2

P W D L F A Pts
1  Bulgaria 6 4 1 1 9 3 9
2  Hungary 6 3 1 2 9 3 7
3  Norway 6 1 3 2 6 13 5
4  France 6 0 3 3 5 10 3
  • 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

 Bulgaria qualify as group winners

Group 3

Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts
1  Greece 2 2 0 0 3 0 4
2   Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0 3 0
  • Greece 1–0 Switzerland
  • Switzerland 0–2 Greece

 Greece qualify as group winners

Group 4

P W D L F A Pts
1  Soviet Union 2 1 1 0 3 2 3
2  Spain 2 0 1 1 2 3 1

 Soviet Union qualify as group winners

Spain 1–2 Soviet Union
Report
La Rosaleda, MalagaAttendance: 30,000Referee: René Vigliani (France)
Soviet Union 1–1 Spain
Report
Shakhtar, DonetskAttendance: 40,000Referee: Mario Clematide (Switzerland)

Group 5

P W D L F A Pts
1  Denmark 2 1 1 0 3 2 3
2  Portugal 2 0 1 1 2 3 1
  • Portugal 1–1 Denmark
  • Denmark 2–1 Portugal

 Denmark qualify as group winners

Group 6

P W D L F A Pts
1  Sweden 4 3 0 1 8 2 6
2  Italy 4 2 0 2 6 7 4
3  Austria 4 1 0 3 3 8 2
  • Italy 3–1 Austria
  • Sweden 2–0 Austria
  • Italy 1–0 Sweden
  • Austria 0–2 Sweden
  • Sweden 4–1 Italy
  • Austria 2–1 Italy

 Sweden qualify as group winners

Group 7

P W D L F A Pts
1  Netherlands 4 2 1 1 9 7 5
2  Yugoslavia 4 2 1 1 7 7 5
3  East Germany 4 1 0 3 5 7 2
  • 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

 Netherlands qualify as group winners

Group 8

P W D L F A Pts
1  West Germany 6 5 1 0 11 1 11
2  Poland 6 2 3 1 7 4 7
3  Albania 6 0 3 3 2 7 3
4  Turkey 6 0 3 3 0 8 3
  • 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

 West Germany qualify as group winners

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
 Bulgaria 2 0 2 (2)
 Netherlands 2 0 2 (0)
 Czechoslovakia 2 1 3
 Greece 0 2 2
 Denmark 2 0 2
 Greece 0 5 5
 Soviet Union 2 1 3
 Czechoslovakia 2 3 5
 Soviet Union 3 0 3
 West Germany 1 0 1
 Soviet Union 4 3 7
 Bulgaria 0 3 3
 Sweden 1 1 2
 Czechoslovakia 0 3 3

Matches

Soviet Union 3–1 Germany
Report
Hrazdan, YerevanAttendance: 25,000Referee: Egil Bergstad (Norway)
Germany 0–0 Soviet Union
Report
Bezirkssportanlage Westender Straße, DuisburgAttendance: 24,000Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)
Soviet Union 4–0 Bulgaria
Report
Stadion imeni Kirova, LeningradAttendance: 25,000Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland)
Bulgaria 3–3 Soviet Union
Report
Vasil Levski, SofiaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
Soviet Union 2–2 Czechoslovakia
Report
Tsentralnyi stadion imeni Lenina, MoscowAttendance: 25,000Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
Czechoslovakia 3–1 Soviet Union
Report
Bazaly, OstravaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

See also

References

  1. ФРГ (молодежная) - СССР (молодежная) - 0:0. www.rusteam.permian.ru

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