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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 8 March – 31 May |
Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 62 |
Goals scored | 199 (3.21 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1976–78) had 24 entrants. Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.[2]
The 24 national teams were divided into eight groups. 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 3rd-place playoff.[citation needed]