The 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 4th staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The qualifying stage spanned two years (1982–84) and had 30 entrants. Albania, Iceland and Wales competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition for the second time running.
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Dates | 28 February – 24 May |
Teams | 30 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | England (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 98 |
Goals scored | 265 (2.7 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mark Hateley (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | Mark Hateley |
The 30 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 4 + two groups of 3). 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 third-place playoff.
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
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Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Scotland | Group 1 winner | 2 (1980, 1982) |
Poland | Group 2 winner | 1 (1982) |
England | Group 3 winner | 3 (1978, 1980, 1982) |
Yugoslavia | Group 4 winner | 2 (1978, 1980) |
Italy | Group 5 winner | 3 (1978, 1980, 1982) |
Albania | Group 6 winner | 0 (Debut) |
Spain | Group 7 winner | 1 (1982) |
France | Group 8 winner | 1 (1982) |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
England | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
France | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
England | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Albania | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
England | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Scotland | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Poland | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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