1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship
International football competition
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The 1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1970–72) had 23 entrants. Czechoslovakia U-23 won the competition.[citation needed]
Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Soviet Union| Tournament details | |
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| Teams | 23 (from 1 confederation) |
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| Champions | Czechoslovakia (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Soviet Union |
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| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 162 (2.57 per match) |
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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
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 2 and 8 had the same competing nations
- Group 1 did not include Wales
- Group 3 did not include England and Malta
- Group 4 did not include Northern Ireland and Cyprus
- Group 5 did not include Belgium and Scotland
- Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland
- Group 7 did not include Luxembourg
Group 1
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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| 1 | Czechoslovakia |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 |  Romania |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 |  Finland |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
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Group 2
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Group 3
| Qualifying Group 3 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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| 1 |  Greece |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Switzerland |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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Group 4
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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| 1 | Soviet Union |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 |  Spain |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| Soviet Union | 1–1 | Spain |
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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| 1 |  Netherlands |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 3 |  East Germany |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
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Group 8
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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| 1 |  West Germany |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 |  Poland |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 |  Albania |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 |  Turkey |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
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Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
 Bulgaria (p)
| 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands
| 2 | 0 | 2 (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Greece
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Denmark
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Greece
| 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| West Germany
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union
| 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Sweden
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Matches
| Bulgaria | 3–3 | Soviet Union |
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| Soviet Union | 2–2 | Czechoslovakia |
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| Czechoslovakia | 3–1 | Soviet Union |
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