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UEFA European Under-21 Championship: full history

All the hosts and winners from every UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Spain were crowned champions for a joint-record fifth timein Italy in 2019
Spain were crowned champions for a joint-record fifth timein Italy in 2019 Getty Images

There have been 23 editions of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship; click the links for more information on specific tournaments.

SEASONHOSTSWINNERSRUNNERS-UPTEAMS IN FINALS
1976/78Home-and-away basisYugoslavia East Germany-
1978/80Home-and-away basisUSSREast Germany-
1980/82Home-and-away basisEngland West Germany-
1982/84Home-and-away basisEnglandSpain-
1984/86Home-and-away basisSpainItaly-
1986/88Home-and-away basisFranceGreece-
1988/90Home-and-away basisUSSRYugoslavia-
1990/92Home-and-away basisItalySweden-
1992/94FranceItalyPortugal8
1994/96SpainItalySpain8
1996/98RomaniaSpainGreece8
1998/00SlovakiaItalyCzech Republic8
2000/02SwitzerlandCzech RepublicFrance8
2002/04GermanyItalySerbia and Montenegro8
2004/06PortugalNetherlandsUkraine8
2006/07NetherlandsNetherlandsSerbia12
2007/09SwedenGermanyEngland12
2009/11DenmarkSpainSwitzerland12
2011/13IsraelSpainItaly12
2013/15Czech RepublicSwedenPortugal12
2015/17PolandGermanySpain12
2017/19Italy & San MarinoSpainGermany12
2019/21Hungary & SloveniaGermanyPortugal16