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), 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]
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| Dates | 28 February – 24 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 37 (2.64 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mark Hateley (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Mark Hateley[1] |
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)
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Qualified teams
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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 Scotland | Group 1 winner | 2 (1980, 1982) |
 Poland | Group 2 winner | 1 (1982) |
| England | Group 3 winner | 3 (1978, 1980, 1982) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | Group 4 winner | 2 (1978, 1980) |
 Italy | Group 5 winner | 3 (1978, 1980, 1982) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
Knockout stages
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| England |
6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
- "1984: Mark Hateley". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1984. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- "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.
- "Gary Stevens reflects on the European glory days of 1984 England Under-21s". Guardian. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
External links
- Results Archive at uefa.com
- RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com
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