European association football tournament for under-21 national teams From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship is a football competition that happens every two years. It is played by the European men's under-21 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Italy and Spain have won the trophy more times than anyone else. They have won five times each. Spain are also the current champions.
Held only three times before it was relabelled by UEFA.
Year | Host | Final | Losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||||
1972 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Czechoslovakia |
2–2 / 3–1 5–3 on aggregate |
![]() Soviet Union |
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8 (23) | ||||
1974 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Hungary |
2–3 / 4–0 6–3 on aggregate |
![]() East Germany |
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8 (21) | ||||
1976 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Soviet Union |
1–1 / 2–1 3–2 on aggregate |
![]() Hungary |
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8 (23) |
Year | Host | Final | Losing semi-finalists (or third place match) |
Number of teams | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||||
1978 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Yugoslavia |
1–0 / 4–4 5–4 on aggregate |
![]() East Germany |
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8 (24) | ||||
1980 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Soviet Union |
0–0 / 1–0 1–0 on aggregate |
![]() East Germany |
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8 (25) | ||||
1982 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() England |
3–1 / 2–3 5–4 on aggregate |
![]() West Germany |
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8 (26) | ||||
1984 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() England |
1–0 / 2–0 3–0 on aggregate |
![]() Spain |
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8 (30) | ||||
1986 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Spain |
1–2 / 2–1 3–3 on aggregate 3–0 (p) |
![]() Italy |
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8 (29) | ||||
1988 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() France |
0–0 / 3–0 3–0 on aggregate |
![]() Greece |
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8 (30) | ||||
1990 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Soviet Union |
4–2 / 3–1 7–3 on aggregate |
![]() Yugoslavia |
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8 (30) | ||||
1992 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Italy |
2–0 / 0–1 2–1 on aggregate |
![]() Sweden |
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8 (32) | ||||
1994 | ![]() |
![]() Italy |
1–0 (aet) |
![]() Portugal |
![]() Spain |
2–1 | ![]() France |
8 (32) | ||
1996 | ![]() |
![]() Italy |
1–1 4–2 (p) |
![]() Spain |
![]() France |
1–0 | ![]() Scotland |
8 (44) | ||
1998 | ![]() |
![]() Spain |
1–0 | ![]() Greece |
![]() Norway |
2–0 | ![]() Netherlands |
8 (46) | ||
2000 | ![]() |
![]() Italy |
2–1 | ![]() Czech Republic |
![]() Spain |
1–0 | ![]() Slovakia |
8 (47) | ||
2002 | ![]() |
![]() Czech Republic |
0–0 3–1 (p) |
![]() France |
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8 (47) | ||||
2004 | ![]() |
![]() Italy |
3–0 | ![]() Serbia and Montenegro |
![]() Portugal |
3–2 (aet) |
![]() Sweden |
8 (48) | ||
2006 | ![]() |
![]() Netherlands |
3–0 | ![]() Ukraine |
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8 (51) | ||||
2007 | ![]() |
![]() Netherlands |
4–1 | ![]() Serbia |
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8 (51) | ||||
2009 | ![]() |
![]() Germany |
4–0 | ![]() England |
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8 (52) | ||||
2011 | ![]() |
![]() Spain |
2–0 | ![]() Switzerland |
![]() Belarus |
1–0 | ![]() Czech Republic |
8 (53) | ||
2013 | ![]() |
![]() Spain |
4–2 | ![]() Italy |
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8 (53) | ||||
2015 | ![]() |
![]() Sweden |
0–0 4–3 (p) |
![]() Portugal |
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8 (53) | ||||
2017 | ![]() |
![]() Germany |
1–0 | ![]() Spain |
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12 (53) | ||||
2019 | ![]() |
![]() Spain |
2–1 | ![]() Germany |
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12 (55) | ||||
2021 | ![]() ![]() |
16 (55) |
Only under-21 championships are included in the table.[1][2]
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists | Total (Top Four) |
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5 (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019) | 3 (1984, 1996, 2017) | 2 | 10 | ||
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5 (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004) | 2 (1986, 2013) | 5 | 12 | ||
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2 (2009, 2017) | 2 (1982, 2019) | 1 | 5 | ||
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2 (1982, 1984) | 1 (2009) | 6 | 9 | ||
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2 (2006, 2007) | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
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2 (1980, 1990) | 1 | 3 | |||
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1 (1988) | 1 (2002) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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1 (2015) | 1 (1992) | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
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1 (2002) | 1 (2000) | 1 | 3 | ||
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1 (1978) | 1 (1990) | 2 | 4 | ||
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2 (1994, 2015) | 1 | 3 | |||
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2 (2004, 2007) | 1 | 3 | |||
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2 (1978, 1980) | 2 | ||||
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2 (1988, 1998) | 2 | ||||
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1 (2011) | 1 | 2 | |||
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1 (2006) | 1 | ||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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2 | 2 | ||||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 22 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 88 |
Teams | 1978 | 1980 | 1982 | 1984 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | ![]() 1994 | ![]() 1996 | ![]() 1998 | ![]() 2000 | ![]() 2002 | ![]() 2004 | ![]() 2006 | ![]() 2007 | ![]() 2009 | ![]() 2011 | ![]() 2013 | ![]() 2015 | ![]() 2017 | ![]() 2019 | ![]() ![]() 2021 | Total |
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× | × | × | QF | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
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• | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 |
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Part of USSR | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 3 |
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SF | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
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Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 3 | ||||||
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QF | QF | • | • | • | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | • | 2nd | 1st | • | • | GS | • | 4th | • | GS | GS | • | q | 12 |
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QF | • | • | • | QF | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | SF | GS | GS | q | 8 |
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SF | SF | 1st | 1st | SF | SF | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | SF | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | q | 15 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
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• | • | QF | QF | QF | 1st | • | • | 4th | 3rd | • | • | 2nd | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | q | 9 |
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2nd | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | • | QF | QF | • | QF | QF | • | • | GS | GS | • | 1st | • | GS | SF | 1st | 2nd | q | 12 |
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• | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | QF | • | 2nd | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
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QF | QF | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 5 |
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× | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | q | 1 |
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Member of OFC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||
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QF | QF | QF | SF | 2nd | QF | SF | 1st | 1st | 1st | • | 1st | SF | 1st | GS | GS | SF | • | 2nd | GS | SF | GS | q | 20 |
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× | • | • | • | • | SF | • | QF | • | • | 4th | GS | • | • | 1st | 1st | • | • | SF | • | • | • | q | 7 |
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Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | 2 |
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• | • | QF | QF | QF | • | • | QF | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | 7 |
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• | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | QF | • | • | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | GS | • | q | 8 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | q | 2 |
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• | 1st | SF | • | • | • | 1st | • | QF | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | q | 6 |
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• | QF | SF | QF | • | QF | • | SF | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
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1st | SF | • | SF | • | • | 2nd | • | × | × | • | • | • | 2nd | SF | 2nd | GS | • | • | GS | GS | GS | • | 11 |
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Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 2 | ||||||||
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Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 1 | ||||||
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• | • | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | • | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | • | • | • | • | GS | 1st | 1st | • | 2nd | 1st | q | 13 |
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• | • | • | • | QF | • | SF | 2nd | • | • | QF | • | • | 4th | • | • | SF | • | • | 1st | GS | • | • | 8 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | q | 3 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
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Part of USSR | × | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||
Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
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