1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship explained

Tourney Name:UEFA European Under-23 Championship
Year:1972
Num Teams:23
Confederations:1
Count:1
Matches:63
Goals:162
Nextseason:1974

The 1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1970–72) had 23 entrants. Czechoslovakia U-23s won the competition.

The 23 national teams were divided into eight groups. 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

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

Group 1

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  • Finland 1–1 Czechoslovakia
  • Finland 0–1 Romania
  • Romania 1–1 Czechoslovakia
  • Czechoslovakia 5–2 Finland
  • Romania 3–1 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 1–0 Romania
qualify as group winners

Group 2

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  • Norway 1–0 Hungary
  • France 0–0 Norway
  • Bulgaria 5–0 Norway
  • France 1–1 Hungary
  • Bulgaria 1–0 Hungary
  • Norway 1–1 Bulgaria
  • Norway 4–4 France
  • Hungary 2–0 Bulgaria
  • Hungary 3–0 France
  • Hungary 3–0 Norway
  • Bulgaria 1–0 France
  • France 0–1 Bulgaria
qualify as group winners

Group 3

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  • Greece 1–0 Switzerland
  • Switzerland 0–2 Greece
qualify as group winners

Group 4

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Group 5

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  • Portugal 1–1 Denmark
  • Denmark 2–1 Portugal
qualify as group winners

Group 6

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  • Italy 3–1 Austria
  • Sweden 2–0 Austria
  • Italy 1–0 Sweden
  • Austria 0–2 Sweden
  • Sweden 4–1 Italy
  • Austria 2–1 Italy
qualify as group winners

Group 7

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  • Netherlands 5–2 Yugoslavia
  • East Germany 3–1 Netherlands
  • Yugoslavia 1–1 Netherlands
  • East Germany 0–1 Yugoslavia
  • Netherlands 2–1 East Germany
  • Yugoslavia 3–1 East Germany
qualify as group winners

Group 8

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  • Albania 1–1 Poland
  • Turkey 0–2 West Germany
  • Turkey 0–0 Albania
  • Albania 0–2 West Germany
  • West Germany 3–0 Turkey
  • Poland 2–1 Albania
  • West Germany 2–0 Albania
  • Turkey 0–0 Poland
  • Poland 1–1 West Germany
  • Albania 0–0 Turkey
  • West Germany 1–0 Poland
  • Poland 3–0 Turkey
qualify as group winners

Knockout stage

Matches

See also

External links

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