1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship Teams 23 (from 1 confederation) Champions Czechoslovakia (1st title) Runners-up Soviet Union Matches played 63 Goals scored 162 (2.57 per match)
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.[citation needed ]
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.[citation needed ]
Qualifying stage [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 qualify as group winners
Group 4 [ edit ] Group 5 [ edit ] Group 6 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Matches [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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