| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 March – 31 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Yugoslavia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  East Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 46 (3.29 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]
- ^ "1978: Vahid Halilhodžić". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1978. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Official finals report". UEFA. UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 December 2011.