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1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship Teams 23 (from 1 confederation) Champions Czechoslovakia (1st title) Runners-up Soviet Union Matches played 63 Goals scored 162 (2.57 per match)
International football competition
The 1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship , which spanned two years (1970–72) had 23 entrants. Czechoslovakia U-23s won the competition.[citation needed ]
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.[citation needed ]
Qualifying stage [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Finland 1–1 Czechoslovakia
Finland 0–1 Romania
Romania 1–1 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 5–2 Finland
Romania 3–1 Finland
Czechoslovakia 1–0 Romania
Czechoslovakia qualify as group winners
Group 2 [ edit ]
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
Bulgaria qualify as group winners
Group 3 [ edit ]
Qualifying Group 3
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Greece
2
2
0
0
3
0
4
2
Switzerland
2
0
0
2
0
3
0
Greece qualify as group winners
Group 4 [ edit ]
Group 5 [ edit ]
Group 6 [ edit ]
Italy 3–1 Austria
Sweden 2–0 Austria
Italy 1–0 Sweden
Austria 0–2 Sweden
Sweden 4–1 Italy
Austria 2–1 Italy
Sweden qualify as group winners
Group 7 [ edit ]
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
Netherlands qualify as group winners
Group 8 [ edit ]
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
West Germany qualify as group winners
Knockout stage [ edit ]
Matches [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
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