1986_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship Knowpia

1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates	12 March – 29 October
Teams	29 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	249 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gianluca Vialli (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Manuel Sanchis
	← 1984 1988 →

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

Draw 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	L	F	A	Pts
1	Poland	4	3	1	10	4	6
2	Greece	4	2	2	6	8	4
3	Albania	4	1	3	3	7	2

Poland 5-1 Greece
Poland 2-0 Albania
Greece 2-0 Albania

Greece 2-1 Poland
Albania 1-2 Poland
Albania 2-1 Greece

Qualifying group 2		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Sweden	6	4	1	1	7	3	9
2	West Germany	6	3	1	2	9	6	7
3	Czechoslovakia	6	2	1	3	6	8	5
4	Portugal	6	1	1	4	4	9	3

Sweden 1-1 Portugal
Portugal 0-1 Czechoslo.
W. Germany 1-0 Sweden
Portugal 0-1 Sweden
Portugal 2-1 W.Germany
Czechoslovakia 1-1 W. Germany

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.

Qualifying group 3		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	6	3	2	1	9	3	8
2	Finland	6	1	4	1	6	6	6
3	Romania	6	1	4	1	5	7	6
4	Turkey	6	0	4	2	3	7	4

England 2-0 Finland
Turkey 1-1 Finland
Turkey 0-0 England
Romania 1-0 Turkey
Romania 0-0 England
Finland 3-1 England

Finland 2-2 Romania
Romania 0-0 Finland
England 3-0 Romania
Finland 0-0 Turkey
England 3-0 Turkey
Turkey 2-2 Romania

Qualifying group 4		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	France	6	2	3	1	11	7	7
2	Bulgaria	6	3	1	2	14	12	7
3	East Germany	6	1	4	1	9	9	6
4	Yugoslavia	6	1	2	3	10	16	4

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

Qualifying group 5		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Hungary	6	5	0	1	9	3	10
2	Netherlands	6	4	1	1	11	3	9
3	Austria	6	0	3	3	3	7	3
4	Cyprus	6	0	2	4	3	13	2

Cyprus 1-1 Austria
Hungary 2-0 Austria
Netherlands 1-0 Hungary
Austria 0-0 Netherlands
Cyprus 1-3 Hungary
Cyprus 1-3 Netherlands

Netherlands 5-0 Cyprus
Hungary 1-0 Cyprus
Austria 1-2 Hungary
Netherlands 2-1 Austria
Austria 0-0 Cyprus
Hungary 1-0 Netherlands

Qualifying group 6		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Denmark	6	3	2	1	11	7	8
2	Norway	6	2	2	2	10	9	6
3	Soviet Union	6	3	0	3	8	8	6
4	Switzerland	6	1	2	3	7	12	4

Norway 3-0 Switzerland
Denmark 2-2 Norway
Norway 2-1 USSR
Switzerland 1-1 Denmark
Switzerland 4-2 USSR
USSR 1-0 Switzerland

Denmark 1-0 USSR
USSR 2-0 Denmark
Denmark 4-1 Switzerland
Norway 1-3 Denmark
USSR 2-1 Norway
Switzerland 1-1 Norway

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

Scotland 1-0 Iceland
Scotland 0-2 Spain
Spain 0-0 Scotland

Iceland 2-0 Scotland
Iceland 0-1 Spain
Spain 1-0 Iceland

Qualifying group 8		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Italy	4	3	1	0	15	2	7
2	Belgium	4	1	1	2	7	8	3
3	Luxembourg	4	1	0	3	5	17	2

Belgium 5-1 Luxembourg
Belgium 1-1 Italy
Italy 5-1 Luxembourg

Luxembourg 0-6 Italy
Luxembourg 3-1 Belgium
Italy 3-0 Belgium

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

Squads edit

See 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout stage edit

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals

Poland	1	0	1

Hungary	0	5	5
				Hungary	3	1	4

				Spain	1	4	5
France	1	1	2

Spain	3	3	6
								Spain	1	2	3 (3)

								Italy	2	1	3 (0)
Denmark	0	1	1

England	1	1	2
				England	0	1	1

				Italy	2	1	3
Sweden	1	1	2

Italy	1	2	3

References edit

^ "1986: Manuel Sanchís". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 1986. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

[1] "1986: Manuel Sanchís". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 1986. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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