FIFTY (50) years of the European Championships

[Acido]

Ok who does actually remember this tournament right from the start, and Im only going back to Italy '68 here by the way, when we/England were then World champions of course.
(and I also think Roma was there as a kid cheering on the Iti'es, with his little red Tykes scarf on of course lol).

In those days the eight group winners then went into a random two legged Qtr Final draw against one of the other teams, and the four winners then made it through to the 'Finals'. Unbelievably, the Finals host nation were then chosen at random between the remaining four.
The Finals just consisted of four teams in a Semi final knockout basis, and they did also play for the pointless 3rd place consolation as well, in those days.

The Euro's Finals only started to become a tournament though in '80, and for some weird reason this was also held in Italy again!.

[Romared]

Pietro Anastasi ! Calcio ditalia

[Acido]

EURO '68 (in Italy)


This was the first and only ever time that a 'toss of the coin' was used to decide a Euro's game after extra time. This is because penalty shoot outs, almost hadn't even been invented then!.


Semi Finals
ITALY 0-0 SOVIET UNION (aet, Italy win on the toss of a coin!!)
YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 ENGLAND


3rd Place
ENGLAND 2-0 SOVIET UNION


Euro Final
ITALY 1-1 YUGOSLAVIA
ITALY 2-0 YUGOSLAVIA (after a replay!)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1968






EURO '72 (in Belgium)


Semi Finals
BELGIUM 1-2 WEST GERMANY
SOVIET UNION 1-0 HUNGARY


3rd Place
BELGIUM 2-1 HUNGARY


Euro Final
WEST GERMANY 3-0 SOVIET UNION



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1972

[Acido]

EURO '76 (in Yugoslavia)


This was an unusual tournament as all four of the games went to extra time and beyond.


Semi Finals
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 3-1 HOLLAND (aet)
YUGOSLAVIA 2-4 WEST GERMANY (aet)


3rd Place
YUGOSLAVIA 2-3 HOLLAND (aet)


Euro Final
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2-2 WEST GERMANY (aet, Czechoslovakia win on pens!)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1976

[Acido]

EURO '80 (in Italy)


This was the first time that a host nation didnt have to qualify, and with eight teams in the Finals now, this was now two groups of four. The two group winners played in the Final, and the two runners up played in the 3rd placed match.


Group A
WEST GERMANY 1-0 CZECHOSLOVAKIA
HOLLAND 1-0 GREECE
WEST GERMANY 3-2 HOLLAND
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 3-1 GREECE
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1-1 HOLLAND
WEST GERMANY 0-0 GREECE


Group B
ENGLAND 1-1 BELGIUM (R. Wilkins)
ITALY 0-0 SPAIN
BELGIUM 2-1 SPAIN
ITALY 1-0 ENGLAND
ENGLAND 2-1 SPAIN (T. Brooking, T. Woodcock)
ITALY 0-0 BELGIUM


3rd Place
ITALY 1-1 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (aet, Czechoslovakia win on pens)


Euro Final
WEST GERMANY 2-1 BELGIUM



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1980

[Acido]

EURO '84 (in France)


There was a slight change to the somewhat disappointing format from before. Now the group winners would play the other group runners up, in the Semi finals. And the 3rd place match was now scrapped.


Group A
FRANCE 1-0 DENMARK
BELGIUM 2-0 YUGOSLAVIA
FRANCE 5-0 BELGIUM
DENMARK 5-0 YUGOSLAVIA
FRANCE 3-2 YUGOSLAVIA


Group B
WEST GERMANY 0-0 PORTUGAL
SPAIN 0-0 ROMANIA
WEST GERMANY 2-1 ROMANIA
SPAIN 1-1 PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL 1-0 ROMANIA
SPAIN 1-0 WEST GERMANY


Semi finals
FRANCE 3-2 PORTUGAL (aet)
SPAIN 1-1 DENMARK (aet, Spain win on pens)


Euro Final
FRANCE 2-0 SPAIN



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1984

[Acido]

EURO '88 (in West Germany)


Group A
WEST GERMANY 1-1 ITALY
SPAIN 3-2 DENMARK
WEST GERMANY 2-0 DENMARK
ITALY 1-0 SPAIN
WEST GERMANY 2-0 SPAIN
ITALY 2-0 DENMARK


Group B
REP IRELAND 1-0 ENGLAND
SOVIET UNION 1-0 HOLLAND
HOLLAND 3-1 ENGLAND (B. Robson)
SOVIET UNION 1-1 REP IRELAND
SOVIET UNION 3-1 ENGLAND (T. Adams)
HOLLAND 1-0 REP IRELAND


Semi finals
WEST GERMANY 1-2 HOLLAND
SOVIET UNION 2-0 ITALY


Euro Final
HOLLAND 2-0 SOVIET UNION



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988

[Acido]

EURO '92 (in Sweden)


This was the last time that eight teams would play in the Finals, the number would be doubled as we/England hosted it four years later. And Denmark shockingly went on to win the tournament, despite the fact that they didn't even officially qualify for it!.


Group A
SWEDEN 1-1 FRANCE
ENGLAND 0-0 DENMARK
ENGLAND 0-0 FRANCE
SWEDEN 1-0 DENMARK
SWEDEN 2-1 ENGLAND (D. Platt)
DENMARK 2-1 FRANCE


Group B
HOLLAND 1-0 SCOTLAND
GERMANY 1-1 CIS, SOVIET UNION
GERMANY 2-0 SCOTLAND
HOLLAND 0-0 CIS, SOVIET UNION
SCOTLAND 3-0 CIS, SOVIET UNION
HOLLAND 3-1 GERMANY


Semi finals
SWEDEN 2-3 GERMANY
DENMARK 2-2 HOLLAND (aet, Denmark win on pens)


Euro Final
DENMARK 2-0 GERMANY



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1992

[Romared]

Thanks for that Acido , thaccun nar gerron withi ironing after all that !!
Forza ditalia

[Acido]

Thanks for that Acido , thaccun nar gerron withi ironing after all that !!
Forza ditalia

I haven't finished yet kid lol, the remaining tournaments are to come, and its Euro '96 next.