UEFA European Under-21 Championship facts for kids
Founded | 1978 |
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Region | Europe (UEFA) |
Number of teams | 55 (total) 16 (finals) |
Current champions | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() (5 titles each) |
Website | Official website |
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The UEFA European Under-21 Championship is a football competition that happens every two years. It is played by the European men's under-21 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Italy and Spain have won the trophy more times than anyone else. They have won five times each. Spain are also the current champions.
Contents
Results
Under-23 championships
Held only three times before it was relabelled by UEFA.
Year | Host | Final | Losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||||
1972 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Czechoslovakia |
2–2 / 3–1 5–3 on aggregate |
![]() USSR |
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8 (23) | ||||
1974 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Hungary |
2–3 / 4–0 6–3 on aggregate |
![]() East Germany |
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8 (21) | ||||
1976 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() USSR |
1–1 / 2–1 3–2 on aggregate |
![]() Hungary |
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8 (23) |
Under-21 championships
Year | Host | Final | Losing semi-finalists (or third place match) |
Number of teams | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||||
1978 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Yugoslavia |
1–0 / 4–4 5–4 on aggregate |
![]() East Germany |
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8 (24) | ||||
1980 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() USSR |
0–0 / 1–0 1–0 on aggregate |
![]() East Germany |
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8 (25) | ||||
1982 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() England |
3–1 / 2–3 5–4 on aggregate |
![]() West Germany |
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8 (26) | ||||
1984 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() England |
1–0 / 2–0 3–0 on aggregate |
![]() Spain |
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8 (30) | ||||
1986 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Spain |
1–2 / 2–1 3–3 on aggregate 3–0 (p) |
![]() Italy |
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8 (29) | ||||
1988 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() France |
0–0 / 3–0 3–0 on aggregate |
![]() Greece |
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8 (30) | ||||
1990 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() USSR |
4–2 / 3–1 7–3 on aggregate |
![]() Yugoslavia |
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8 (30) | ||||
1992 | Home-and-away basis | ![]() Italy |
2–0 / 0–1 2–1 on aggregate |
![]() Sweden |
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8 (32) | ||||
1994 | ![]() |
![]() Italy |
1–0 (aet) |
![]() Portugal |
![]() Spain |
2–1 | ![]() France |
8 (32) | ||
1996 | ![]() |
![]() Italy |
1–1 4–2 (p) |
![]() Spain |
![]() France |
1–0 | ![]() Scotland |
8 (44) | ||
1998 | ![]() |
![]() Spain |
1–0 | ![]() Greece |
![]() Norway |
2–0 | ![]() Netherlands |
8 (46) | ||
2000 | ![]() |
![]() Italy |
2–1 | ![]() Czech Republic |
![]() Spain |
1–0 | ![]() Slovakia |
8 (47) | ||
2002 | ![]() |
![]() Czech Republic |
0–0 3–1 (p) |
![]() France |
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8 (47) | ||||
2004 | ![]() |
![]() Italy |
3–0 | ![]() Serbia and Montenegro |
![]() Portugal |
3–2 (aet) |
![]() Sweden |
8 (48) | ||
2006 | ![]() |
![]() Netherlands |
3–0 | ![]() Ukraine |
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8 (51) | ||||
2007 | ![]() |
![]() Netherlands |
4–1 | ![]() Serbia |
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8 (51) | ||||
2009 | ![]() |
![]() Germany |
4–0 | ![]() England |
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8 (52) | ||||
2011 | ![]() |
![]() Spain |
2–0 | ![]() Switzerland |
![]() Belarus |
1–0 | ![]() Czech Republic |
8 (53) | ||
2013 | ![]() |
![]() Spain |
4–2 | ![]() Italy |
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8 (53) | ||||
2015 | ![]() |
![]() Sweden |
0–0 4–3 (p) |
![]() Portugal |
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8 (53) | ||||
2017 | ![]() |
![]() Germany |
1–0 | ![]() Spain |
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12 (53) | ||||
2019 | ![]() |
![]() Spain |
2–1 | ![]() Germany |
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12 (55) | ||||
2021 | ![]() ![]() |
16 (55) |
Statistics
Performances by countries
Only under-21 championships are included in the table.
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists | Total (Top Four) |
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5 (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019) | 3 (1984, 1996, 2017) | 2 | 10 | ||
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5 (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004) | 2 (1986, 2013) | 5 | 12 | ||
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2 (2009, 2017) | 2 (1982, 2019) | 1 | 5 | ||
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2 (1982, 1984) | 1 (2009) | 6 | 9 | ||
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2 (2006, 2007) | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
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2 (1980, 1990) | 1 | 3 | |||
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1 (1988) | 1 (2002) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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1 (2015) | 1 (1992) | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
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1 (2002) | 1 (2000) | 1 | 3 | ||
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1 (1978) | 1 (1990) | 2 | 4 | ||
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2 (1994, 2015) | 1 | 3 | |||
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2 (2004, 2007) | 1 | 3 | |||
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2 (1978, 1980) | 2 | ||||
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2 (1988, 1998) | 2 | ||||
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1 (2011) | 1 | 2 | |||
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1 (2006) | 1 | ||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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2 | 2 | ||||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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1 | 1 | ||||
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1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 22 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 88 |
Participating details
Teams | 1978 | 1980 | 1982 | 1984 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | ![]() 1994 |
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Total |
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× | × | × | QF | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
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• | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 |
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Part of USSR | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 3 |
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SF | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
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Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 3 | ||||||
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QF | QF | • | • | • | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | • | 2nd | 1st | • | • | GS | • | 4th | • | GS | GS | • | q | 12 |
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QF | • | • | • | QF | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | SF | GS | GS | q | 8 |
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SF | SF | 1st | 1st | SF | SF | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | SF | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | q | 15 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
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• | • | QF | QF | QF | 1st | • | • | 4th | 3rd | • | • | 2nd | • | SF | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | q | 9 |
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2nd | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | • | QF | QF | • | QF | QF | • | • | GS | GS | • | 1st | • | GS | SF | 1st | 2nd | q | 12 |
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• | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | QF | • | 2nd | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
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QF | QF | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 5 |
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× | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | q | 1 |
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Member of OFC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||
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QF | QF | QF | SF | 2nd | QF | SF | 1st | 1st | 1st | • | 1st | SF | 1st | GS | GS | SF | • | 2nd | GS | SF | GS | q | 20 |
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× | • | • | • | • | SF | • | QF | • | • | 4th | GS | • | • | 1st | 1st | • | • | SF | • | • | • | q | 7 |
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Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | • | 2 |
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• | • | QF | QF | QF | • | • | QF | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | 7 |
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• | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | QF | • | • | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | GS | • | q | 8 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | q | 2 |
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• | 1st | SF | • | • | • | 1st | • | QF | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | q | 6 |
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• | QF | SF | QF | • | QF | • | SF | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
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1st | SF | • | SF | • | • | 2nd | • | × | × | • | • | • | 2nd | SF | 2nd | GS | • | • | GS | GS | GS | • | 11 |
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Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 2 | ||||||||
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Part of Yugoslavia | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 1 | ||||||
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• | • | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | • | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | • | • | • | • | GS | 1st | 1st | • | 2nd | 1st | q | 13 |
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• | • | • | • | QF | • | SF | 2nd | • | • | QF | • | • | 4th | • | • | SF | • | • | 1st | GS | • | • | 8 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | SF | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | q | 3 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
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Part of USSR | × | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||
Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
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- 1 Includes results representing Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
- 2 Includes results representing East Germany and West Germany.
- 3 Includes results representing Soviet Union and CIS
- 4 Includes results representing Czechoslovakia
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