| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 March – 17 October |
| Teams | 30 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Soviet Union (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Yugoslavia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 98 |
| Goals scored | 235 (2.4 per match) |
| Attendance | 103,414 (1,055 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andriy Sidelnikov Davor Šuker (3 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Davor Šuker[1] |
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The 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1988–90), had 30 entrants. San Marino competed for the first time. USSR U-21s won the competition.
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 3rd-place playoff.
- ^ "1990: Davor Šuker". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1990. Retrieved 29 June 2015.