1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates	12 March – 29 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	41 (2.93 per match)
Best player	Manuel Sanchis^[1]

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 (association football), 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

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

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

See 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout Stage

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals

Poland	1	0	1
Hungary	0	5	5
Hungary	0	5	5	Hungary	3	1	4
				Hungary	3	1	4
				Spain	1	4	5
France	1	1	2	Spain	1	4	5
France	1	1	2
Spain	3	3	6
Spain	3	3	6					Spain	1	2	3 (3)
								Spain	1	2	3 (3)
								Italy	2	1	3 (0)
Denmark	0	1	1					Italy	2	1	3 (0)
Denmark	0	1	1
England	1	1	2
England	1	1	2	England	0	1	1
				England	0	1	1
				Italy	2	1	3
Sweden	1	1	2	Italy	2	1	3
Sweden	1	1	2
Italy	1	2	3

References

↑ "1986: Manuel Sanchís". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 1986. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

External links

Results Archive at uefa.com
RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com

National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23 Championship

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21 Championship

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992

With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/14/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.