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)

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
  • Sergio 12'
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Soviet Union 1–1 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: 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 stages

Quarter-finals

  • Bulgaria 2–2 Netherlands
  • Netherlands 0–0 Bulgaria
  • Bulgaria 2–0 Netherlands

2–2:  Bulgaria win playoff match

  • Denmark 2–0 Greece
  • Greece 5–0 Denmark

 Greece win 5–2 on aggregate

  • Soviet Union 3–1 West Germany
  • West Germany 0–0 Soviet Union

 Soviet Union win 3–1 on aggregate

  • Sweden 1–0 Czechoslovakia
  • Czechoslovakia 3–1 Sweden

 Czechoslovakia win 3–2 on aggregate

  

Semi-finals

  • Czechoslovakia 2–0 Greece
  • Greece 2–1 Czechoslovakia

 Czechoslovakia win 3–2 on aggregate

  • Soviet Union 4–0 Bulgaria
  • Bulgaria 3–3 Soviet Union

 Soviet Union win 7–3 on aggregate

  

Final

  • Soviet Union 2–2 Czechoslovakia
  • Czechoslovakia 3–1 Soviet Union

 Czechoslovakia win 5–3 on aggregate

 Czechoslovakia finish as Champions

Matches

Soviet Union 3–1 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Egil Bergstad (Norway)
Germany 0–0 Soviet Union
Report
Bezirkssportanlage Westender Straße, Duisburg
Attendance: 24,000[1]
Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)
Soviet Union 4–0 Bulgaria
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland)
Bulgaria 3–3 Soviet Union
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
Soviet Union 2–2 Czechoslovakia
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
Czechoslovakia 3–1 Soviet Union
 Report
Attendance: 15,000

See also

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