| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 February – 24 May |
| Teams | 27 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  West Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 74 |
| Goals scored | 194 (2.62 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Pierre Littbarski (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Rudi Völler[1] |
The 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 3rd staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1980–82) and had 26 entrants. West Germany competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition.
The 26 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 3 + two groups of 4). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no 3rd-place playoff.
- ^ "1982: Rudi Völler". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1982. Retrieved 29 June 2015.