1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|
Dates | 12 March – 29 October |
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Teams | 29 (from 1 confederation) |
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Champions | Spain (1st title) |
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Runners-up | Italy |
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Matches played | 92 |
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Goals scored | 249 (2.71 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) | Gianluca Vialli (4 goals) |
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Best player(s) | Manuel Sanchis[1] |
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International football competition
The 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 5th staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1984–86), had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the U-21 competition's history.
The 29 national teams were divided into eight groups (five groups of 4 + three 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 3rd-place playoff.
Qualifying stage[edit]
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
- Group 1 did not include Belgium (moved to Group 8)
- Group 2 did not include Malta
- Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland
- Group 4 did not include Luxembourg (moved to Group 8)
- Group 5 featured the same nations
- Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland
- Group 7 did not include Wales
- Group 8 composed of Belgium (moved from Group 1), Luxembourg (moved from Group 4) and Italy (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)
Qualifying group 1 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | 1 | Poland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | Greece | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Albania | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | - Greece 2-1 Poland
- Albania 1-2 Poland
- Albania 2-1 Greece
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| | - Sweden 1-0 Czechoslo.
- Czechoslo. 3-1 Portugal
- Sweden 2-1 W.Germany
- Czechoslo. 0-2 Sweden
- W. Germany 2-0 Portugal
- W. Germany 3-1 Czecho.
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| | - Finland 2-2 Romania
- Romania 0-0 Finland
- England 3-0 Romania
- Finland 0-0 Turkey
- England 3-0 Turkey
- Turkey 2-2 Romania
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| - Yugoslavia 1-2 Bulgaria
- E.Germany 1-1 Yugosl.
- France 2-1 Bulgaria
- France 1-1 E.Germany
- Yugoslavia 0-0 France
- Bulgaria 3-2 E.Germany
| - Bulgaria 4-0 France
- Bulgaria 3-6 Yugoslavia
- E.Germany 1-1 France
- Yugosl. 2-3 E.Germany
- E.Germany 1-1 Bulgaria
- France 7-0 Yugoslavia
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| | - Netherlands 5-0 Cyprus
- Hungary 1-0 Cyprus
- Austria 1-2 Hungary
- Netherlands 2-1 Austria
- Austria 0-0 Cyprus
- Hungary 1-0 Netherlands
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| | - Denmark 1-0 USSR
- USSR 2-0 Denmark
- Denmark 4-1 Switzerland
- Norway 1-3 Denmark
- USSR 2-1 Norway
- Switzerland 1-1 Norway
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Qualifying group 7 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | 1 | Spain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Scotland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Iceland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | - Iceland 2-0 Scotland
- Iceland 0-1 Spain
- Spain 1-0 Iceland
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| | | - Luxembourg 0-6 Italy
- Luxembourg 3-1 Belgium
- Italy 3-0 Belgium
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Qualified teams[edit]
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
Poland | Group 1 winner | 2 (1982, 1984) |
Sweden | Group 2 winner | 0 (Debut) |
England | Group 3 winner | 4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) |
France | Group 4 winner | 2 (1982, 1984) |
Hungary | Group 5 winner | 2 (1978, 1980) |
Denmark | Group 6 winner | 1 (1978) |
Spain | Group 7 winner | 2 (1982, 1984) |
Italy | Group 8 winner | 4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
See 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout stage[edit]
References[edit]