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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = UEFA European Under-21 Championship
| image                = 
| imagesize            = 
| founded              = 1978
| region               = [[Europe]] ([[UEFA]])
| number of teams      = 55 (total)<br />16 (finals)
| current champions    = {{nowrap|{{fbu|21|Spain}} (5th title)}}
| most successful team = {{nowrap|{{fbu|21|Italy}}<br>{{fbu|21|Spain}}<br>(5 titles each)}}
| broadcasters         =
| website              =[https://www.uefa.com/under21/ Official website]
| current              = [[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]
}}

The '''UEFA European Under-21 Championship''' is a [[Association football|football]] competition that happens every two years. It is played by the [[Europe]]an men's under-21 national teams of the member associations of [[UEFA]].

[[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]] have won the trophy more times than anyone else. They have won five times each. Spain are also the [[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|current champions]].

==Results==
===Under-23 championships===
Held only three times before it was relabelled by UEFA.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center; width: 100%;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width="5%"|Year
!rowspan=2 width="10%"|Host
!width="1%" rowspan=5 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width="1%" rowspan=5 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3 rowspan=2|Losing semi-finalists
!rowspan=2 width="4%"|Number of teams
|-
!Winner
!Score
!Runner-up
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship|1972]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|'''{{fbu-big|21|TCH}}'''
|'''2–2''' / '''3–1'''<br />'''5–3''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|USSR|1955}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Bulgaria|1971}} and {{fbu|21|Greece|1970}}
|8 (23)
|-
|[[1974 UEFA European Under-23 Championship|1974]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|'''{{fbu-big|21|HUN}}'''
|'''2–3''' / '''4–0'''<br />'''6–3''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|GDR}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Poland|1928}} and {{fbu|21|Soviet Union|1955}}
|8 (21)
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship|1976]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|'''{{fbu-big|21|USSR|1955}}'''
|'''1–1''' / '''2–1'''<br />'''3–2''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|HUN}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Netherlands}} and {{fbu|21|Yugoslavia}}
|8 (23)
|}

===Under-21 championships===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center; width: 100%;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width="5%"|Year
!rowspan=2 width="10%"|Host
!width="1%" rowspan=25 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width="1%" rowspan=25 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3 rowspan=2|Losing semi-finalists<br/>(or third place match)
!rowspan=2 width="4%"|Number of teams
|-
!Winner
!Score
!Runner-up
|-
|[[1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1978]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|{{fbu-big|21|Yugoslavia}}
|'''1–0''' / '''4–4'''<br />'''5–4''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|East Germany}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Bulgaria|1971}} and {{fbu|21|England}}
|8 (24)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1980]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|{{fbu-big|21|Soviet Union}}
|'''0–0''' / '''1–0'''<br />'''1–0''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|East Germany}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|England}} and {{fbu|21|Yugoslavia}}
|8 (25)
|-
|[[1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1982]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|{{fbu-big|21|England}}
|'''3–1''' / '''2–3'''<br />'''5–4''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|West Germany}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Scotland}} and {{fbu|21|Soviet Union}}
|8 (26)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1984]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|{{fbu-big|21|England}}
|'''1–0''' / '''2–0'''<br />'''3–0''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Italy}} and {{fbu|21|Yugoslavia}}
|8 (30)
|-
|[[1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1986]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|'''1–2''' / '''2–1'''<br />'''3–3''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]<br/>3–0 {{pen.}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Italy}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|England}} and {{fbu|21|Hungary}}
|8 (29)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1988]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|{{fbu-big|21|France}}
|'''0–0''' / '''3–0'''<br />'''3–0''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|Greece}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|England}} and {{fbu|21|Netherlands}}
|8 (30)
|-
|[[1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1990]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|{{fbu-big|21|Soviet Union}}
|'''4–2''' / '''3–1'''<br />'''7–3''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|Yugoslavia}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Italy}} and {{fbu|21|Sweden}}
|8 (30)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1992]]
|''Home-and-away basis''
|{{fbu-big|21|Italy}}
|'''2–0''' / '''0–1'''<br />'''2–1''' on [[Aggregate score#Total points series (aggregate)|aggregate]]
|{{fbu-big|21|Sweden}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Denmark}} and {{fbu|21|Scotland}}
|8 (32)
|-
|[[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994]]
|{{flag|France}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Italy}}
|'''1–0'''<br>{{aet}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Portugal}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|'''2–1'''
|{{fbu-big|21|France}}
|8 (32)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996]]
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Italy}}
|'''1–1'''<br>'''4–2''' {{pen.}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|{{fbu-big|21|France}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Scotland}}
|8 (44)
|-
|[[1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1998]]
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Greece}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Norway}}
|'''2–0'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Netherlands}}
|8 (46)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2000]]
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Italy}}
|'''2–1'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Czech Republic}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Slovakia}}
|8 (47)
|-
|[[2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2002]]
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Czech Republic}}
|'''0–0'''<br/>'''3–1''' {{pen.}}
|{{fbu-big|21|France}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Italy}} and {{fbu|21|Switzerland}}
|8 (47)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2004]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Italy}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Serbia and Montenegro}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Portugal}}
|'''3–2'''<br>{{aet}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Sweden}}
|8 (48)
|-
|[[2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2006]]
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Netherlands}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Ukraine}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|France}} and {{fbu|21|Serbia and Montenegro}}
|8 (51)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2007]]
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Netherlands}}
|'''4–1'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Serbia|2004}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Belgium}} and {{fbu|21|England}}
|8 (51)
|-
|[[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2009]]
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Germany}}
|'''4–0'''
|{{fbu-big|21|England}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Italy}} and {{fbu|21|Sweden}}
|8 (52)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2011]]
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|'''[[2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final|2–0]]'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Switzerland}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Belarus|1995}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Czech Republic}}
|8 (53)
|-
|[[2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2013]]
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|'''[[2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final|4–2]]'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Italy}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Netherlands}} and {{fbu|21|Norway}}
|8 (53)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2015]]
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Sweden}}
||'''[[2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final|0–0<br/>4–3]]''' {{pen.}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Portugal}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|Denmark}} and {{fbu|21|Germany}}
|8 (53)
|-
|[[2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2017]]
|{{flag|Poland}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Germany}}
|'''[[2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final|1–0]]'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|England}} and {{fbu|21|Italy}}
|12 (53)
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2019]]
|{{flag|Italy}}
|{{fbu-big|21|Spain}}
|'''[[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final|2–1]]'''
|{{fbu-big|21|Germany}}
|colspan=3|{{fbu|21|France}} and {{fbu|21|Romania}}
|12 (55)
|-
|[[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2021]]
|{{flag|Hungary}}<br>{{flag|Slovenia}}
|
|
|
|colspan=3|
|16 (55)
|}

==Statistics==
===Performances by countries===
Only under-21 championships are included in the table.<ref>{{cite web |title=Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/europe-u21.html |website=rsssf.com |access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U21 EURO – Champions |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/winner/u21-h-em/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=2 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=200|Winners
!width=200|Runners-up
!width=120|Third-place
!width=120|Fourth-place
!width=120|Semi-finalists
!width=120|Total (Top Four)
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|ESP}}
|bgcolor=gold|5 ([[1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1986]], [[1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1998]], [[2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2011]], [[2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2013]], [[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2019]])
|3 ([[1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1984]], [[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996]], [[2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2017]])
|2
|
|
|align=center|10
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|ITA}}
|bgcolor=gold|5 ([[1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1992]], [[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994]], [[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996]], [[2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2000]], [[2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2004]])
|2 ([[1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1986]], [[2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2013]])
|
|
|5
|align=center|12
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|GER}}{{efn|Includes West Germany}}
|bgcolor=gold|2 ([[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2009]], [[2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2017]])
|2 ([[1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1982]], [[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2019]])
|
|
|1
|align=center|5
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|ENG}}
|bgcolor=gold|2 ([[1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1982]], [[1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1984]])
|1 ([[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2009]])
|
|
|6
|align=center|9
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|NED}}
|bgcolor=gold|2 ([[2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2006]], [[2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2007]])
|
|
|1
|2
|align=center|5
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|USSR}}
|bgcolor=gold|2 ([[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1980]], [[1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1990]])
|
|
|
|1
|align=center|3
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|FRA}}
|bgcolor=gold|1 ([[1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1988]])
|1 ([[2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2002]])
|1
|1
|2
|align=center|6
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|SWE}}
|bgcolor=gold|1 ([[2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2015]])
|1 ([[1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1992]])
|
|1
|2
|align=center|5
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|CZE}}
|bgcolor=gold|1 ([[2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2002]])
|1 ([[2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2000]])
|
|1
|
|align=center|3
|-
|bgcolor=gold|{{fbu|21|YUG}}
|bgcolor=gold|1 ([[1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1978]])
|1 ([[1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1990]])
|
|
|2
|align=center|4
|-
|{{fbu|21|POR}}
|
|2 ([[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994]], [[2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2015]])
|1
|
|
|align=center|3
|-
|{{fbu|21|SRB}}
|
|2 ([[2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2004]], [[2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2007]])
|
|
|1
|align=center|3
|-
|{{fbu|21|East Germany}}
|
|2 ([[1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1978]], [[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1980]])
|
|
|
|align=center|2
|-
|{{fbu|21|GRE}}
|
|2 ([[1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1988]], [[1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1998]])
|
|
|
|align=center|2
|-
|{{fbu|21|SWI}}
|
|1 ([[2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2011]])
|
|
|1
|align=center|2
|-
|{{fbu|21|UKR}}
|
|1 ([[2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2006]])
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fbu|21|NOR}}
|
| 
|1
|
|1
|align=center|2
|-
|{{fbu|21|BLR}}
|
| 
|1
|
|
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fbu|21|SCO}}
|
| 
|
|1
|2
|align=center|3
|-
|{{fbu|21|SVK}}
|
| 
|
|1
|
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fbu|21|DEN}}
|
| 
|
|
|2
| align="center" |2
|-
|{{fbu|21|BEL}}
|
| 
|
|
|1
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fbu|21|BUL}}
|
| 
|
|
|1
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fbu|21|HUN}}
|
| 
|
|
|1
|align=center|1
|-
|{{fbu|21|ROU}}
|
| 
|
|
|1
|align=center|1
|-
!colspan=1| Total ||22||22||6||6||32||88
|}
{{notelist}}

===Participating details===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;"
! style="width:170px;"|Teams
! [[1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1978]] || [[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1980]] || [[1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1982]] || [[1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1984]] || [[1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1986]] || [[1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1988]] || [[1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1990]] || [[1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1992]] || {{flagdeco|FRA}}<br/>[[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994]] || {{flagdeco|ESP}}<br/>[[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996]] || {{flagdeco|ROU}}<br/>[[1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1998]] || {{flagdeco|SVK}}<br/>[[2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2000]] || {{flagdeco|SUI}}<br/>[[2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2002]] || {{flagdeco|GER}}<br/>[[2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2004]] || {{flagdeco|POR}}<br/>[[2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2006]] || {{flagdeco|NED}}<br/>[[2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2007]] || {{flagdeco|SWE}}<br/>[[2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2009]] || {{flagdeco|DEN}}<br/>[[2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2011]] || {{flagdeco|ISR}}<br/>[[2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2013]] || {{flagdeco|CZE}}<br/>[[2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2015]] || {{flagdeco|POL}}<br/>[[2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2017]] || {{flagdeco|ITA}}<br/>[[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2019]] || {{flagdeco|HUN}}{{flagdeco|SVN}}<br/>[[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2021]] !! Total
|-<!-- Albania -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ALB|size=20px}}
| × || × || × || QF || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || •
! 1
|-<!-- Austria -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|AUT|size=20px}}
| • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || •
! 1
|-<!-- Belarus -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|BLR|size=20px}}
| colspan=8| ''{{small|Part of USSR}}'' || × || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || GS || style="background-color:#cc9966;"|3rd || • || • || • || • || •
! 3
|-<!-- Belgium -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|BEL|size=20px}}
| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || • || • || GS || •
! 3
|-<!-- Bulgaria -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|BUL|size=20px}}
| style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || • || • || QF || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || •
! 2
|-<!-- Croatia -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|CRO|size=20px}}
| colspan=7| ''{{small|Part of Yugoslavia}}'' || × || × || • || • || GS || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || •
! 3
|-<!-- Czech Republic -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|CZE|size=20px}}<sup>4</sup>
| QF || QF || • || • || • || QF || QF || QF || QF || QF || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || • || • || GS || • || style="background-color:#9acdff;"|4th || • || style="border:3px solid red;"|GS || GS || • || q
! 12
|-<!-- Denmark -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|DEN|size=20px}}
| QF || • || • || • || QF || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || style="border:3px solid red;"|GS || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || GS || GS || q
! 8
|-<!-- England -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ENG|size=20px}}
| style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || • || • || GS || GS || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || GS || GS || GS || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || GS || q
! 15
|-<!-- Finland -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|FIN|size=20px}}
| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || •
! 1
|-<!-- France -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|FRA|size=20px}}
| • || • || QF || QF || QF || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || • || • || style="border:3px solid red; background-color:#9acdff;"|4th || style="background-color:#cc9966;"|3rd || • || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || q
! 9
|-<!-- Germany -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|GER|size=20px}}<sup>2</sup>
| style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || • || • || • || QF || QF || • || QF || QF || • || • || style="border:3px solid red"|GS || GS || • || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || • || GS || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd ||q
! 12
|-<!-- Greece -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|GRE|size=20px}}
| • || • || • || • || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || • || • || QF || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || •
! 4
|-<!-- Hungary -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|HUN|size=20px}}
| QF || QF || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || • || QF || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="border:3px solid red;"|q
! 5
|-<!-- Iceland -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ISL|size=20px}}
| × || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || q
! 1
|-<!-- Israel -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ISR|size=20px}}
| colspan=8| ''{{small|Member of OFC}}'' || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || style="border:3px solid red;"|GS || • || • || • || •
! 2
|-<!-- Italy -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ITA|size=20px}}
| QF || QF || QF || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || QF || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || • || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || GS || GS || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || GS || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="border:3px solid red;"|GS || q
! 20
|-<!-- Netherlands -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|NED|size=20px}}
| × || • || • || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || QF || • || • || style="background-color:#9acdff;"|4th || GS || • || • || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="border:3px solid red; background-color:gold;"|1st || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || q
! 7
|-<!-- North Macedonia -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|MKD|size=20px}}
| colspan=7| ''{{small|Part of Yugoslavia}}'' || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || •
! 1
|-<!-- Norway -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|NOR|size=20px}}
| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="background-color:#cc9966;"|3rd || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || •
! 2
|-<!-- Poland -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|POL|size=20px}}
| • || • || QF || QF || QF || • || • || QF || QF || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="border:3px solid red"|GS || GS || •
! 7
|-<!-- Portugal -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|POR|size=20px}}
| • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || QF || • || • || GS || style="background-color:#cc9966;"|3rd || style="border:3px solid red"|GS || GS || • || • || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || GS || • || q
! 8
|-<!-- Romania -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ROU|size=20px}}
| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="border:3px solid red"|QF || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || q
! 2
|-<!-- Russia -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|RUS|size=20px}}<sup>3</sup>
| • || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || • || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || • || QF || • || QF || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || q
! 6
|-<!-- Scotland -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SCO|size=20px}}
| • || QF || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || QF || • || QF || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || style="background-color:#9acdff;"|4th || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || •
! 6
|-<!-- Yugoslavia -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SRB|size=20px}}<sup>1</sup>
| style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || • || '''×''' || '''×''' || • || • || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || GS || • || • || GS || GS || GS || •
! 11
|-<!-- Slovakia -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SVK|size=20px}}
| colspan=9| ''{{small|Part of Czechoslovakia}}'' || • || • || style="border:3px solid red; background-color:#9acdff;"|4th || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || •
! 2
|-<!-- Slovenia -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SVN|size=20px}}
| colspan=7| ''{{small|Part of Yugoslavia}}'' || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="border:3px solid red;"|q
! 1
|-<!-- Spain -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ESP|size=20px}}
| • || • || QF || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || QF || QF || • || style="background-color:#cc9966;"|3rd || style="border:3px solid red; background-color:silver;"|2nd || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:#cc9966;"|3rd || • || • || • || • || GS || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || q
! 13
|-<!-- Sweden -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SWE|size=20px}}
| • || • || • || • || QF || • || style="background-color:#81c846;"|SF || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || • || • || QF || • || • || style="background-color:#9acdff;"|4th || • || • || style="border:3px solid red; background-color:#81c846;"|SF || • || • || style="background-color:gold;"|1st || GS || • || •
! 8
|-<!-- Switzerland -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SUI|size=20px}}
| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="border:3px solid red; background-color:#81c846;"|SF || GS || • || • || • || style="background-color:silver;"|2nd || • || • || • || • || q
! 3
|-<!-- Turkey -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|TUR|size=20px}}
| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || •
! 1
|-<!-- Ukraine -->
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|UKR|size=20px}}
| colspan=8| ''{{small|Part of USSR}}'' || × || • || • || • || • || • || style="background-color:silver;"|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
|}

;Legend
{{col-start}}{{col-3}}
*{{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
*{{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
*{{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
*{{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
*{{bg|#81c846|SF}} – Semi-finalists
{{col-3}}
*QF – Quarter-finals
*GS – Group stage
*TBD – To be decided
*q – Qualified
*{{border|width=3px|color=red|&nbsp; &nbsp;}}&nbsp;&mdash; Hosts
{{col-3}}
*<span style="border:1px solid gray">&nbsp;•&nbsp;</span> – Did not qualify
*<span style="border:1px solid gray">&nbsp;×&nbsp;</span> – Did not enter
*<span style="border:1px solid gray">&nbsp;'''×'''&nbsp;</span> – Withdrew before qualification / Banned
{{col-end}}

;Notes
*<sup>1</sup> Includes results representing [[Yugoslavia national under-21 football team|Yugoslavia]] and [[Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team|Serbia and Montenegro]].
*<sup>2</sup> Includes results representing [[East Germany national under-21 football team|East Germany]] and [[West Germany national under-21 football team|West Germany]].
*<sup>3</sup> Includes results representing [[Soviet Union national under-21 football team|Soviet Union]] and [[CIS national under-21 football team|CIS]]
*<sup>4</sup> Includes results representing [[Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team|Czechoslovakia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Other websites==
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/europe-u21.html The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
*[http://www.uefa.com/under21/index.html UEFA European U-21 Championship] at ''uefa.com''

[[Category:1972 establishments in Europe]]
[[Category:Football competitions]]