UEFA European Championship Final Matches 1960-2024
UEFA European Championship Final Matches 1960-2024
The UEFA European Football Championship, commonly known as the UEFA European Championship and informally as the Euros, is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), determining the continental champion of Europe.
Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations’ Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Euro 2024 will take place in Germany and Euro 2028 will be co-hosted by the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
| Year | Winners | Score | Runners-Up | Third | Score | Fourth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  | Soviet Union | 2 - 1 aet |  | Yugoslavia |  | Czechoslovakia | 2 - 0 |  | France |
| 1964 |  | Spain | 2 - 1 | | Soviet Union |  | Hungary | 3 - 1 aet |  | Denmark |
| 1968 |  | Italy | 2 - 0 | | Yugoslavia |  | England | 2 - 0 | | Soviet Union |
| 1972 |  | West Germany | 3 - 0 | | Soviet Union |  | Belgium | 2 - 1 | | Hungary |
| 1976 | | Czechoslovakia | 2 - 2 aet (5-3 pens) | | West Germany |  | Netherlands | 3 - 2 aet | | Yugoslavia |
| 1980 | | West Germany | 2 - 1 | | Belgium | | Czechoslovakia | 1 - 1 (p 9-8) | | Italy |
| 1984 | | France | 2 - 0 | | Spain |  | Portugal | No Match | | Denmark |
| 1988 | | Netherlands | 2 - 0 | | Soviet Union | | West Germany | No Match | | Italy |
| 1992 | | Denmark | 2 - 0 | | Germany |  | Sweden | No Match | | Netherlands |
| 1996 | | Germany | 2 - 1 aet | | Czech Republic | | France | No Match | | England |
| 2000 | | France | 2 - 1 aet gg | | Italy | | Portugal | No Match | | Netherlands |
| 2004 |  | Greece | 1 - 0 | | Portugal | | Netherlands | No Match | | Czech Republic |
| 2008 | | Spain | 1 - 0 | | Germany |  | Turkey | No Match |  | Russia |
| 2012 | | Spain | 4 - 0 | | Italy | | Portugal | No Match | | Germany |
| 2016 | | Portugal | 1 - 0 aet | | France |  | Wales | No Match | | Germany |
| 2020 | | Italy | 1 - 1 aet (3-2 pens) | | England | | Spain | No Match | | Denmark |
| 2024 | No Match |
UEFA European Championships Order of Merit 1960-2020
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