1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Tournament details
Dates	8 March – 31 May
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up	East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	62
Goals scored	199 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vahid Halilhodžić (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Vahid Halilhodžić[1]
1980 →

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]}