1984 European Under-16 Football Championship

The 2nd U-16 European Football Championship was held in the Federal Republic of Germany from May 3rd to 5th, 1984 . The winner was the host, who reached the final for the second time in a row, with a 2-0 victory over the Soviet Union . The GDR did not qualify for the final round as defending champion Italy. All final round matches took place in Baden-Württemberg .

For the last time the tournament was held over a period of two years. The tournament has been held annually since then.

qualification

Football teams from 27 European countries took part in the qualification, some of which were divided into a total of 8 groups according to geographical criteria. There were 4 groups with four participants, 3 groups with three participants and another group with only 2 participants. All eight group winners made it to the intermediate round, the winners, after the first and second leg, reached the final round.

Qualification groups

Group 1

•  England
•  Iceland
•  Scotland

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	4th	4th	0	0	013: 200	+11	08-00
2.	Scotland	4th	1	1	2	004: 900	−5	03: 50
3.	Iceland	4th	0	1	3	003: 900	−6	01: 70

Group 2

•  BR Germany
•  Sweden
•  GDR
•  Norway

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	6th	6th	0	0	015: 300	+12	12: 00
2.	Sweden	6th	3	1	2	004: 400	± 0	07: 50
3.	GDR	6th	1	2	3	007:100	−3	04: 80
4th	Norway	6th	0	1	5	007:160	−9	01:11

Group 3

•  Finland
•  Poland
•  Soviet Union

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	4th	4th	0	0	013: 300	+10	08-00
2.	Finland	4th	1	0	3	004: 700	−3	02: 60
3.	Poland	4th	1	0	3	004:110	−7	02: 60

Group 4

•  Netherlands
•  Denmark
•  Luxembourg
•  Switzerland

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	6th	4th	2	0	016: 200	+14	10: 20
2.	Denmark	6th	3	2	1	008: 400	+4	08: 40
3.	Switzerland	6th	2	1	3	012: 800	+4	05: 70
4th	Luxembourg	6th	0	1	5	001:230	−22	01:11

Group 5

•  Austria
•  Italy

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	2	2	0	0	003-000	+3	04-00
2.	Austria	2	0	0	2	000: 300	−3	00: 40

Group 6

•  Belgium
•  Spain
•  France
•  Portugal

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	6th	4th	1	1	009: 400	+5	09: 30
2.	Spain	6th	4th	0	2	012: 300	+9	08: 40
3.	Belgium	6th	2	1	3	007:110	−4	05: 70
4th	Portugal	6th	1	0	5	005:150	−10	02:10

Group 7

•  Greece
•  Romania
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Yugoslavia

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Yugoslavia	6th	3	2	1	014: 600	+8	08: 40
2.	Czechoslovakia	6th	4th	0	2	009: 900	± 0	08: 40
3.	Romania	6th	2	1	3	005: 800	−3	05: 70
4th	Greece	6th	1	1	4th	006:110	−5	03: 90

Group 8

•  Bulgaria
•  Hungary
•  Turkey

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bulgaria	4th	2	1	1	007: 300	+4	05: 30
2.	Hungary	4th	2	1	1	005: 200	+3	05: 30
3.	Turkey	4th	1	0	3	002: 900	−7	02: 60

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
Italy	1: 2	Yugoslavia	1: 1	0: 1
England	5: 1	France	4-0	1: 1
Bulgaria	1: 3	Soviet Union	1-0	0: 3
Netherlands	2: 6	BR Germany	0: 4	2: 2

mode

The final round participants were again 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:

•  Federal Republic of Germany (host)
•  England
•  Soviet Union
•  Yugoslavia

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	May 3, 1984, Heilbronn
	BR Germany	5
	Yugoslavia	1
					May 5, 1984, Ulm
					BR Germany	2
					Soviet Union	0
					Game for third place
	May 3, 1984, Ludwigsburg				May 5, 1984, Boeblingen
	Soviet Union	2			Yugoslavia	0
	England	0			England	1

For the first time, the national team of BR Germany became European champions of the U16 / U17 juniors. 

The German team in the final

Germany played in the final with the following line-up:

Bodo Illgner - Thomas Eichin , Dennis Strich , Andreas Hahn , Stefan Hafner - Martin Fritz ( Stefan Reuter ), Peter Knäbel , Günter Drews - Daniel Simmes , Olaf Janßen , Thomas Ostermann ( Dirk Krümpelmann ).

Web link

European U-16 Championship 1984 at RSSSF (English)