The UEFA U-21 Championship 1980, which spanned two years (1978-80) had 25 entrants. Cyprus

Cyprus national under-21 football team

The Cyprus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team for Cyprus and like the senior team, is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association....

 and the Netherlands

Netherlands national under-21 football team

The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years....

 competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria

Austria national under-21 football team

The Austria national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Austria and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association....

 did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey

Turkey national under-21 football team

Turkey's national Under-21 football team , also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.-History:...

's first two matches were awarded (3-0) to their opponents. USSR U-21s

USSR national under-21 football team

The Soviet Union national under-21 football team was the Under-21 football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the break up of the Union.Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the USSR Under-21 team was formed...

won the competition.

The 25 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 + one group of 4). 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

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Qualifying Group 1		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		4	4	0	0	11	2	8
2		4	1	0	3	3	4	2
3		4	1	0	3	2	10	2

Denmark 1-2 England Denmark 2-0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1-3 England

England 1-0 Denmark Bulgaria 1-0 Denmark England 5-0 Bulgaria

qualify as group winners

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Qualifying Group 2		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		5	3	2	0	13	5	8
2		6	2	3	1	8	4	7
3		6	1	3	2	5	12	5
4		5	0	2	3	2	7	2

Belgium 4-0 Norway Portugal 0-0 Belgium Scotland 5-1 Norway Portugal 0-3 Scotland Norway 0-0 Portugal Norway 2-2 Scotland

Norway 0-0 Belgium Belgium 2-1 Portugal Portugal 1-2 Norway Belgium 0-1 Scotland Scotland 2-2 Belgium Scotland - Portugal (Not played)

qualify as group winners

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Qualifying Group 3		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		4	2	2	0	4	2	6
2		4	1	2	1	4	2	4
3		4	0	2	2	1	5	2

Spain 0-1 Yugoslavia Cyprus 0-0 Spain Yugoslavia 1-0 Cyprus

Yugoslavia 1-1 Spain Cyprus 1-1 Yugoslavia Spain 3-0 Cyprus

qualify as group winners

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Qualifying Group 4		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		4	2	2	0	8	3	6
2		4	2	1	1	7	8	5
3		4	0	1	3	4	8	1

E. Germany 2-0 Nether. Poland 1-1 E. Germany Netherlands 2-3 Poland

E. Germany 4-1 Poland Poland 2-1 Netherlands Nether. 1-1 E. Germany

qualify as group winners

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Qualifying Group 5		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		4	3	0	1	3	1	6
2		4	2	1	1	3	2	5
3		4	0	1	3	1	4	1

France 2-1 Sweden Sweden 0-1 Czechoslo. Czechoslo. 1-0 France

Sweden 0-0 France Czechoslo. 1-0 Sweden France 1-0 Czechoslo.

qualify as group winners

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Qualifying Group 6		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		4	3	1	0	8	2	7
2		4	2	0	2	5	6	4
3		4	0	1	3	2	7	1

Finland 0-1 Greece Greece 0-3 USSR Greece 3-1 Finland

Finland 0-2 USSR USSR 2-1 Greece USSR 1-1 Finland

qualify as group winners

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Qualifying Group 7		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		4	3	0	1	9	4	6
2		4	2	0	2	7	3	4
3		4	1	0	3	2	11	0

Turkey 2-3* Hungary Hungary 1-0 Romania Romania 2-1* Turkey

Turkey 2-0 Romania Hungary 5-0 Turkey Romania 4-0 Hungary

(* Both matches awarded 3-0 against Turkey)

qualify as group winners

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Qualifying Group 8		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		4	3	1	0	5	0	7
2		4	2	1	1	8	2	5
3		4	0	0	4	1	12	0

Luxem. 0-3 Switzerland Switzerland 0-0 Italy Switzerland 5-1 Luxem.

Italy 1-0 Switzerland Luxembourg 0-3 Italy Italy 1-0 Luxembourg

qualify as group winners

Squads

See 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads

Quarter Finals Czechoslovakia 1-1 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2-1 Czechoslovakia win 3-2 on aggregate Hungary 2-0 East Germany East Germany 3-0 Hungary win 3-2 on aggregate USSR 3-1 Italy Italy 0-0 USSR win 3-1 on aggregate England 2-1 Scotland Scotland 0-0 England win 2-1 on aggregate

Semi Finals England 1-2 East Germany East Germany 1-0 England win 3-1 on aggregate USSR 3-0 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 0-1 USSR win 4-0 on aggregate

Final East Germany 0-0 USSR USSR 1-0 East Germany USSR win 1-0 on aggregate finish as Champions

External links

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