1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship

1976 UEFA European Under 23 Championship

Tournament details
Teams	23 (from 1 confederation)
Defending champions	Hungary U23's
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union U23's (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary U23's
Semifinalists	Yugoslavia U23's Netherlands U23's
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	173 (2.98 per match)
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The 1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1974–76) had 23 entrants. Soviet Union U-23 won the competition.

The 23 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 + one group of 2). 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.

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

• Group 1 did not include Cyprus
• Group 2 did not include Wales
• Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland
• Group 4 did not include Spain
• Group 5 did not include Poland (moved to Group 8)
• Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland and Switzerland
• Group 7 did not include Iceland
• Group 8 did not include West Germany and Malta, but included Poland (moved from Group 5)

Qualifying Group 1 P W D L F A Pts 1  England 4 3 1 0 9 4 7 2  Portugal 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 3  Czechoslovakia 4 0 2 2 3 7 2

England 3-1 Czechoslovakia Portugal 2-3 England Portugal 2-0 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1-1 England Czechoslovakia 1-1 Portugal England 2-0 Portugal  England qualify as group winners

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

Luxembourg 0-3 Hungary Luxembourg 1-3 Austria Austria 2-2 Hungary Hungary 2-0 Austria Austria 1-1 Luxembourg Hungary 4-0 Luxembourg  Hungary qualify as group winners

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

Yugoslavia 2-0 Norway Sweden 1-1 Yugoslavia Norway 0-0 Yugoslavia Norway 0-2 Sweden Sweden 2-1 Norway Yugoslavia 4-1 Sweden  Yugoslavia qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts 1  Scotland 4 4 0 0 11 2 8 2  Romania 4 1 1 2 8 9 3 3  Denmark 4 0 1 3 4 12 1

Romania 6-2 Denmark Denmark 1-1 Romania Romania 1-2 Scotland Denmark 0-1 Scotland Scotland 4-1 Denmark Scotland 4-0 Romania  Scotland qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts 1  Netherlands 4 3 1 0 10 3 7 2  Italy 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 3  Finland 4 0 0 4 2 12 0

Netherlands 3-0 Finland Netherlands 3-2 Italy Italy 3-0 Finland Finland 0-3 Netherlands Finland 2-3 Italy Italy 1-1 Netherlands  Netherlands qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts 1  Soviet Union 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 2  Turkey 2 1 0 1 2 4 2

Turkey 2-1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 3-0 Turkey  Soviet Union qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 7 P W D L F A Pts 1  France 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 2  East Germany 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 3  Belgium 4 1 1 2 4 5 3

France 1-0 Belgium East Germany 1-1 France Belgium 0-0 East Germany East Germany 1-2 Belgium France 1-2 East Germany Belgium 2-3 France  France qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 8 P W D L F A Pts 1  Bulgaria 4 3 0 1 6 3 6 2  Poland 4 2 0 2 7 5 4 3  Greece 4 1 0 3 4 9 2

Greece 0-2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2-1 Greece Poland 2-1 Bulgaria Poland 4-1 Greece Greece 2-1 Poland Bulgaria 1-0 Poland  Bulgaria qualify as group winners

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