1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: "See 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads" 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1978–80) had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded (3-0) to their opponents. USSR U-21s won the competition. The 25 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 +
Kretzoiarctos beatrix Kretzoiarctos beatrix Kretzoiarctos beatrix is an extinct bear from the European Miocene and an ancestor of the extant giant panda. "Kretzoiarctos beatrix" is the ancestral group of the Ailuropodinae subfamily according to fossil records from the middle Miocene of Spain. Based on teeth structure, researchers have speculated that this species may have been a small herbivorous animal that ate very hard plants. The giant panda ("Ailuropoda melanoleuca") has a special craniodental structure that serves as a durophagous feeding adaptation for bamboo, and a similar tooth structure was also found in "K. beatrix"., indicating that this species may be the oldest