1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.^[2][3]

1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Tournament details
Dates	28 February – 24 May
Teams	30 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	England (2nd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	265 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mark Hateley (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Mark Hateley^[1]
← 1982 1986 →

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 1 P W D L F A Pts 1   Scotland 6 4 2 0 11 6 10 2   East Germany 6 3 1 2 13 14 7 3   Belgium 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 4    Switzerland 6 0 1 5 10 16 1

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 2 P W D L F A Pts 1   Poland 6 3 2 1 9 3 8 2   Soviet Union 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 3   Finland 6 1 3 2 5 8 5 4   Portugal 6 1 2 3 3 8 4

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 3 P W D L F A Pts 1   England 6 5 0 1 13 4 10 2   Greece 6 3 2 1 6 4 8 3   Hungary 6 1 1 4 7 8 3 4   Denmark 6 1 1 4 6 16 3

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 4 P W D L F A Pts 1   Yugoslavia 6 3 2 1 12 5 8 2   Bulgaria 6 3 2 1 6 3 8 3   Wales 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 4   Norway 6 0 2 4 6 15 2

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 5 P W D L F A Pts 1   Italy 6 5 0 1 9 3 10 2   Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 15 7 9 3   Romania 6 2 1 3 8 12 5 4   Cyprus 6 0 0 6 4 14 0

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 6 P W D L F A Pts 1   Albania 6 4 2 0 9 3 10 2   West Germany 6 3 3 0 13 4 9 3   Turkey 6 1 1 4 6 11 3 4   Austria 6 0 2 4 4 14 2

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 7 P W D L F A Pts 1   Spain 4 2 1 1 2 5 5 2   Netherlands 4 1 2 1 7 3 4 3   Iceland 4 0 3 1 2 3 3

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 8 P W D L F A Pts 1   France 4 3 1 0 10 2 7 2   Sweden 4 2 1 1 10 4 5 3   Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1 15 0

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 tournament^1
Scotland	Group 1 winner	2 (1980, 1982)
Poland	Group 2 winner	1 (1982)
England	Group 3 winner	3 (1978, 1980, 1982)
Yugoslavia	Group 4 winner	2 (1978, 1980)
Italy	Group 5 winner	3 (1978, 1980, 1982)
Albania	Group 6 winner	0 (Debut)
Spain	Group 7 winner	1 (1982)
France	Group 8 winner	1 (1982)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

See 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	England	6	1	7
	France	1	0	1
							England	3	0	3
							Italy	1	1	2
	Albania	0	0	0
	Italy	1	1	2
													England	1	2	3
													Spain	0	0	0
	Scotland	2	1	3
	Yugoslavia	1	3	4
							Yugoslavia	0	0	0
							Spain	1	2	3
	Poland	2	1	3
	Spain	2	4	6

References

1. "1984: Mark Hateley". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1984. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
2. "Rewind to 1984: When England's Under-21s last won the European Championships | Football Rewind to". ESPN.co.uk. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
3. "Gary Stevens reflects on the European glory days of 1984 England Under-21s". Guardian. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

External links

• at uefa.com
• RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com