1982 European Under-16 Football Championship

The 1st U-16 European Football Championship was held in Italy from May 5 to 7, 1982 . Italy became the winner with a 1-0 victory over FR Germany . The GDR was eliminated in the second round against the Federal Republic.

qualification

26 nations took part in the qualification, these were divided into a total of 8 groups according to geographical criteria. Group 1 consisted of only two participants, three groups of four participants and the remaining four groups of three participants. All eight group winners made it to the intermediate round, the winners of which reached the final round after the first and second leg.

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Scotland	2	2	0	0	007: 200	+5	04-00
2.	Iceland	2	0	0	2	002: 700	−5	00: 40

Group 2 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Finland	6th	3	3	0	011: 500	+6	09: 30
2.	Sweden	6th	3	3	0	008: 200	+6	09: 30
3.	Denmark	6th	1	3	2	006: 700	−1	05: 70
4th	Norway	6th	0	1	5	003:140	−11	01:11

Group 3 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	6th	5	1	0	022: 100	+21	11: 10
2.	Belgium	6th	2	3	1	004: 500	−1	07: 50
3.	Netherlands	6th	2	2	2	013:100	+3	06: 60
4th	Luxembourg	6th	0	0	6th	001:240	−23	00:12

Group 4 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Czechoslovakia	6th	3	2	1	011: 400	+7	08: 40
2.	GDR	6th	3	2	1	006: 400	+2	08: 40
3.	Austria	6th	0	4th	2	001: 400	−3	04: 80
4th	Poland	6th	1	2	3	002: 800	−6	04: 80

Group 5 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	4th	3	0	1	012: 400	+8	06: 20
2.	Hungary	4th	3	0	1	006: 400	+2	06: 20
3.	Romania	4th	0	0	4th	002:120	−10	00: 80

Group 6 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Yugoslavia	4th	1	1	2	002: 100	+1	03: 50
2.	Greece	4th	2	0	2	002: 200	± 0	04: 40
3.	Bulgaria	4th	1	1	2	001: 200	−1	03: 50

Group 7 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	4th	2	1	1	005: 300	+2	05: 30
2.	Spain	4th	2	0	2	008: 600	+2	04: 40
3.	Portugal	4th	1	1	2	002: 600	−4	03: 50

Group 8 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	4th	4th	0	0	019: 300	+16	08-00
2.	Switzerland	4th	2	0	2	017: 900	+8	04: 40
3.	Malta	4th	0	0	4th	001:250	−24	00: 80

Intermediate round

The eight group winners were divided into four quarter-finals by lot. The four winners, after two legs, qualified for the finals.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Finland	3: 2	Scotland	1: 2	2-0
GDR	3: 4	BR Germany	1: 1	2: 3
France	2: 5	Italy	2: 2	0: 3
Soviet Union	2: 2 (0: 1 i. E.)	Yugoslavia	2-0	0: 2

mode

The four final round participants were divided into two semi-finals by lot. The winners played out the European champions, the losers played for third place.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

• Finland
• Italy
• Yugoslavia
•  BR Germany

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	May 5, 1982, Falconara
	Finland	1 (2)
	Italy	11 (4) 1
					May 7, 1982, Falconara
					Italy	1
					BR Germany	0
					Game for third place
	May 5, 1982, Senigallia				May 7, 1982, Falconara
	BR Germany	2			Finland	10 (2) 1
	Yugoslavia	1			Yugoslavia	0 (4)

¹ win on penalties

Semifinals

	Result
Finland	1: 1 n.V. (2: 4 p.e.)	Italy
BR Germany	2: 1	Yugoslavia

3rd place match

	Result
Finland	0: 0 n.v. (2: 4 in good condition)	Yugoslavia

final

Italy		BR Germany
	May 7, 1982 in Falconara Marittima ( Italy ) Result : 1-0 Spectators: 7500 Referee: Nyffenegger
	Rosin - Galbagini, Carannante, Lucci, Olmi, Righetti, Monti, Giannini, Macina (Freggia), Somonetta (Pampaloni), Zagaria	Nagel - Karp, Drehsen, Zietsch , Schröder - Wöber, Pomp, Klepper ( Kurtenbach ) - Koy, Glaß, Zechel (Wolff)
	1-0 Marco Macina