The1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 4th staging of theUEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1982–84) and had 30 entrants.Albania,Iceland andWales competed in the competition for the first time.England U-21s won the competition for the second time running.[2][3]
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 ofUEFA Euro 1984 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
Groups 1, 2 and 4 included the same nations
Group 3 did not includeLuxembourg (moved to Group 8)
England (2nd title)
Spain
Scotland
Poland
Yugoslavia
Italy
Albania
France
