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UEFA European Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The UEFA European Championship, or simply 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.
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Held every four years since 1. World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1. Starting with the 1. UEFA Euro [year]"; this format has since been retroactively applied to earlier tournaments. Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process. The championship winners earn the opportunity to compete in the following FIFA Confederations Cup, but are not obliged to do so.[1]The 1.
European Championship tournaments have been won by nine different national teams: Germany and Spain each have won three titles, France has two titles, and Soviet Union, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Denmark and Greece have won one title each. To date, Spain are the only side in history to have won consecutive titles, doing so in the 2. It is the 2nd most watched football tournament in the world after the World Cup. Euro 2. 01. 2 final was watched by a global audience of around 3. The most recent championship, co- hosted by Poland and Ukraine in 2. Spain, who beat Italy 4–0 at the final in Kiev.
The next European Championship will be hosted in France.[3]History[edit]Beginnings[edit]The idea for a pan- European football tournament was first proposed by the French Football Federation's secretary- general Henri Delaunay in 1. Delaunay's death.[4][5] In honour of Delaunay, the trophy awarded to the champions is named after him.[6] The 1. France, had four teams competing in the finals out of 1. It was won by the Soviet Union, beating Yugoslavia 2–1 in a tense final in Paris.[8]Spain withdrew from its quarter- final match against the USSR due to political protests.[9] Of the 1. England, the Netherlands, West Germany and Italy.[1. Spain held the next tournament in 1.
West Germany was a notable absentee once again and Greece withdrew after being drawn against Albania, with whom they were still at war.[1. The hosts beat the title holders, the Soviet Union, 2–1 at the Santiago Bernab. éu Stadium in Madrid.[1. The tournament format stayed the same for the 1. Italy.[1. 4][1. 5] For the first and only time a match was decided on a coin toss (the semi- final against the Soviet Union)[1. Yugoslavia finished 1–1.[1.
Italy won the replay 2–0.[1. More teams entered this tournament (3.
Belgium hosted the 1. West Germany won, beating the USSR 3–0 in the final, with goals coming from Gerd Müller (twice) and Herbert Wimmer at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels.[2. This tournament would provide a taste of things to come, as the German side contained many of the key members of the 1. FIFA World Cup Champions.[2. The 1. 97. 6 tournament in Yugoslavia was the last in which only four teams took part in the final tournament, and the last in which the hosts had to qualify.
Czechoslovakia beat West Germany in the newly introduced penalty shootout. After seven successful conversions, Uli Hoene. Гџ missed, leaving Czechoslovakian Anton. Гn Panenka with the opportunity to score and win the tournament. An "audacious" chipped shot,[2.
UEFA as "perhaps the most famous spot kick of all time" secured the victory as Czechoslovakia won 5–3 on penalties.[2. Expansion to 8 teams[edit]The competition was expanded to eight teams in the 1. Italy. It involved a group stage, with the winners of the groups going on to contest the final, and the runners- up playing in the third place play- off.[2. West Germany won their second European title by beating Belgium 2–1, with two goals scored by Horst Hrubesch at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.[2.
Horst Hrubesch scored early in the first half before Ren. Г© Vandereycken equalised for Belgium with a penalty in the second half. With two minutes remaining, Hrubesch headed West Germany into the lead from a Karl- Heinz Rummeniggecorner, securing his country's second victory in the championship.[2. France won their first major title at home in the 1.
Michel Platini scoring 9 goals in just 5 games, including the opening goal in the final, in which they beat Spain 2–0.[2. The format also changed, with the top two teams in each group going through to a semi- final stage, instead of the winners of each group going straight into the final. The third place playoff was also abolished.[3. West Germany hosted UEFA Euro 1. Netherlands, their traditional rivals, in the semi- finals, which sparked vigorous celebrations in the Netherlands.[3.
The Netherlands went on to win the tournament in a rematch of their first game of the group stage, beating the USSR 2–0 at the Olympia Stadion in Munich,[3. Marco van Basten scored one of the most memorable goals in football history, a spectacular volley over the keeper from the right wing.[3. UEFA Euro 1. 99. 2 was held in Sweden, and was won by Denmark, who were only in the finals because UEFA did not allow Yugoslavia to participate as some of the states constituting the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were at a state of war with each other.[3.
The Danes beat holders the Netherlands on penalties in the semi- finals,[3. Germany 2–0.[3.
This was the first tournament in which a unified Germany took part and also the first major tournament to have the players' names printed on their backs. Expansion to 1. 6 teams[edit]England hosted UEFA Euro 1. Euro [year]" and would see the number of teams taking part double to 1. The hosts, in a replay of the 1. FIFA World Cup semi- final, were knocked out on penalties by Germany,[4. Final 2–1 against the newly formed Czech Republic thanks to the first golden goal ever in a major tournament, scored by Oliver Bierhoff.[4.
This was Germany's first title as a unified nation. UEFA Euro 2. 00. 0 was the first tournament to be held by two countries, in the Netherlands and Belgium.[4. France, the reigning World Cup champions, were favoured to win, and they lived up to expectations when they beat Italy 2–1 after extra time, having come from being 1–0 down: Sylvain Wiltord equalized in the very last minute of the game and David Trezeguet scored the winner in extra time.[4.
UEFA Euro 2. 00. 4, like 1. Greece, who had only qualified for one World Cup (1. European Championship (1.
Portugal 1–0 in the final (after having also beaten them in the opening game) with a goal scored by Angelos Charisteas in the 5. On their way to the Final, they also beat holders France[4.
Czech Republic with a silver goal,[4. The 2. 00. 8 tournament, hosted by Austria and Switzerland, marked the second time that two nations co- hosted and the first edition where the new trophy was awarded.[5. It commenced on 7 June and finished on 2. June.[5. 1] The Final between Germany and Spain was held at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna.[5. Spain defeated Germany 1–0, with a goal scored by Fernando Torres in the 3. This was their first title since the 1.
Spain were the highest scoring team with 1. David Villa finished as the top scorer with four goals. Xavi was awarded the player of the tournament, and nine Spanish players were picked for the UEFA Euro 2. Team of the Tournament.[5. The UEFA Euro 2. 01. Poland and Ukraine.[5. Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the final, thus becoming the first nation to defend a European Championship title and the first nation to win three major international tournaments in succession (Euro 2.
World Cup, Euro 2. In scoring the third goal of the Final, Fernando Torres became the first player to score in two European Championship finals. He was equal top scorer for the tournament with three goals in total, along with Mario Balotelli, Alan Dzagoev, Mario GГіmez, Mario Mand. Еѕuki. Д‡, and Cristiano Ronaldo, despite only being used as a substitute player. The tournament was otherwise notable for having the most headed goals in a Euro tournament (2. England versus Ukraine group game which replays showed had crossed the goal line, and which prompted President of FIFASepp Blatter to tweet, "GLT (Goal- line technology) is no longer an alternative but a necessity,"[5.
Expansion to 2. 4 teams[edit]The UEFA Euro 2. France, where 2. 4 teams will play in this tournament.[5. Michel Platini has stated that the Football Association of Ireland and the Scottish Football Association suggested that the number of participating teams be increased.[5. Platini has also said that the football associations of England and Germany opposed the expansion, and that 5. UEFA's Member Associations voted in favour of the expansion of the tournament.[5.
The decision was taken in September 2. Although preliminary preparation of bids from Turkey, Republic of Ireland- Wales- Scotland and Azerbaijan- Georgia to host Euro 2. December 2. 01. 2 that the tournament would be hosted in cities across several European countries. UEFA European Championship Trophy. The Henri Delaunay Trophy, which is awarded to the winner of the European Championship, is named in honour of Henri Delaunay, the first General Secretary of UEFA, who came up with the idea of a European championship but died five years prior to the first tournament in 1.
His son, Pierre, was in charge of creating the trophy.[6. Since the first tournament it has been awarded to the winning team for them to keep for four years, until the next tournament. For the 2. 00. 8 tournament, the Henri Delaunay Trophy was remodelled to make it larger, as the old trophy was overshadowed by UEFA's other trophies such as the European Champion Clubs' Cup. The new trophy, which is made of sterling silver, now weighs 8 kilograms (1. A small figure juggling a ball on the back of the original was removed, as was the marble plinth. The silver base of the trophy had to be enlarged to make it stable.