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The UEFA Euro 2004 Final was a football match played on 4 July 2004 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2004. The match featured tournament hosts Portugal, who went into the match as favourites,^[5] and Greece, playing in only their second European Championship. It was the first time in a major international tournament where both finalists had also played in the opening game of the tournament. Both teams had qualified for the knockout stage from Group A of the tournament's group stage, with Greece winning 2–1 in the teams' earlier meeting.

Greece won the final 1–0, defying odds of 80–1 from the beginning of the tournament,^[6] with Angelos Charisteas scoring the winning goal in the 57th minute.

UEFA Euro 2004 Final
Event	UEFA Euro 2004
Portugal Greece 0 1
Date	4 July 2004
Venue	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Man of the Match	Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)[1]
Referee	Markus Merk (Germany)[2]
Attendance	62,865[3]
Weather	Sunny 25 °C (77 °F) 50% humidity[4]

Route to the final

Portugal		Round	Greece
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Greece	1–2	Match 1	Portugal	2–1
Russia	2–0	Match 2	Spain	1–1
Spain	1–0	Match 3	Russia	1–2
Group A winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Portugal(H) 3 6 2 Greece 3 4 3 Spain 3 4 4 Russia 3 3 Source: UEFA (H) Host.		Final standings	Group A runner-up Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Portugal(H) 3 6 2 Greece 3 4 3 Spain 3 4 4 Russia 3 3
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
England	2–2 (aet) (6–5 pen.)	Quarter-finals	France	1–0
Netherlands	2–1	Semi-finals	Czech Republic	1–0 (aet)

Match

Details

Portugal	0–1	Greece
Report	Charisteas57'

GK 1 Ricardo RB 13 Miguel 43' CB 4 Jorge Andrade CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho LB 14 Nuno Valente 90+3' CM 18 Maniche CM 6 Costinha 12' 60' RW 17 Cristiano Ronaldo AM 20 Deco LW 7 Luís Figo (c) CF 9 Pauleta 74' Substitutions: DF 2 Paulo Ferreira 43' MF 10 Rui Costa 60' FW 21 Nuno Gomes 74' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis 63' CB 19 Michalis Kapsis CB 5 Traianos Dellas LB 14 Takis Fyssas 67' DM 21 Kostas Katsouranis CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c) CM 6 Angelos Basinas 45+2' RW 9 Angelos Charisteas LW 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos 76' CF 15 Zisis Vryzas 81' Substitutions: DF 3 Stylianos Venetidis 76' FW 22 Dimitris Papadopoulos 85' 81' Manager: Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match: Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Christian Schräer (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Fourth official: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Match rules[7] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of silver goalextra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall^[8]

Statistic	Portugal	Greece
Goals scored	0	1
Total shots	17	4
Shots on target	5	1
Ball possession	58%	42%
Corner kicks	10	1
Fouls committed	18	19
Offsides	4	3
Yellow cards	2	4
Red cards	0	0

References

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2. ^ ^abMezzasalma, Nicole (3 July 2004). 'Just another game – Merk'. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
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4. ^'History for Lisbon, Portugal'. Wunderground. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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6. ^Szreter, Adam (4 July 2004). 'Greece kings of Europe'. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
7. ^'Format'. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
8. ^'Team statistics'. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 July 2004. Archived from the original on 6 July 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

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Angelos Charisteas

Angelos Charisteas (Greek: Άγγελος Χαριστέας, pronounced [ˈaɲɟelos xariˈste.as]; born 9 February 1980) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward.

At club level he has played for Aris Thessaloniki, Werder Bremen, Ajax, Feyenoord, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04, Arles-Avignon, and Al-Nassr.

Internationally, he was capped 88 times by Greece, scoring 25 goals. He was a member of the UEFA Euro 2004 winning team, scoring three goals, including the winning goal in the final against Portugal. He also represented Greece at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.

Estádio da Luz

The Estádio da Luz (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ˈʃtaðju ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. It is owned by the club's SAD.

Opened on 25 October 2003 with an exhibition match between Benfica and Uruguayan club Nacional, it replaced the original Estádio da Luz, which had 120,000 seats. The seating capacity was decreased to 65,647 and is currently set at 64,642. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport Venue Event and had a construction cost of €162 million.A UEFA category four stadium and one of the biggest stadiums by capacity in Europe (the biggest of Portugal), Estádio da Luz hosted several matches of the UEFA Euro 2004, including its final, and the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final. Moreover, it was the venue for the New7Wonders of the World announcement ceremony in 2007. In 2014, it was elected as the most beautiful stadium of Europe in an online poll by L'Équipe.As of its fifteenth birthday, Estádio da Luz has welcomed more than 17 million spectators.

Estádio da Luz (1954)

Estádio da Luz (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ˈʃtadiu dɐ ˈluʒ], Stadium of Light), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal.

It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of S.L. Benfica and the Portugal national team. The stadium was opened on 1 December 1954 and it was able to hold an official maximum of 120,000 people, making it the largest stadium in Europe and the third largest in the world in terms of capacity. Some of the biggest attendances include a game against FC Porto with 135,000 people, the 1989–90 European Cup semi-final against Olympique de Marseille and the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship final between Portugal and Brazil with 127,000 people in each game. It also hosted the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final and the second leg of the 1983 UEFA Cup Final and the 1962 Intercontinental Cup.

Its demolition started in 2002 so the new Estádio da Luz could be built near the same area.

Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following Salvador Sobral's win at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine with the song 'Amar pelos dois'. It was the first time that the contest was hosted in Portugal, 54 years after the country made its debut.

Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the contest was held at the Altice Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and the final on 12 May 2018. The three live shows were hosted by Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado.

Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 2008 and 2011 editions. Russia returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country withdrew from the contest.

The winner was Israel with the song 'Toy', performed by Netta and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. This was Israel's fourth victory in the contest, following their wins in 1978, 1979, and 1998, and their first top five placing in more than a decade. This edition also saw Cyprus and the Czech Republic achieve the best result in their Eurovision history, coming in second and sixth place, respectively. Portugal finished in the last place of the final, making it the third time that the host country ranked in the bottom five since 2015. For the first time since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Azerbaijan, Romania, and Russia all failed to qualify for the final. Also, for the first time since 2005, no countries of the Caucasus region (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) participated in the final. The EBU reported that the contest had a worldwide audience of around 186 million viewers, surpassing the 2017 edition by over 4 million.

Football in Greece

Football is the most popular sport in Greece, followed by basketball.

Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), also known as Hellas (Greek: Ελλάς), is a sovereign state located in Southern and Southeast Europe. Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of 2018; Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.

Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a large number of islands, of which 227 are inhabited. Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous, with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at 2,918 metres (9,573 ft). The country consists of nine geographic regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese and Cyclades), Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands.

Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, Western drama and notably the Olympic Games. From the eighth century B.C., the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states, known as poleis (singular polis), which spanned the entire Mediterranean region and the Black Sea. Philip of Macedon united most of the Greek mainland in the fourth century BC, with his son Alexander the Great rapidly conquering much of the ancient world, from the eastern Mediterranean to India. Greece was annexed by Rome in the second century B.C., becoming an integral part of the Roman Empire and its successor, the Byzantine Empire, which adopted the Greek language and culture. The Greek Orthodox Church, which emerged in the first century A.D., helped shape modern Greek identity and transmitted Greek traditions to the wider Orthodox World. Falling under Ottoman dominion in the mid-15th century, the modern nation state of Greece emerged in 1830 following a war of independence.

Greece is a unitary parliamentary republic and developed country with an advanced high-income economy, a high quality of life, and a very high standard of living. Its economy is the largest in the Balkans, where it is an important regional investor. A founding member of the United Nations, Greece was the tenth member to join the European Communities (precursor to the European Union) and has been part of the Eurozone since 2001. It is also a member of numerous other international institutions, including the Council of Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).

Greece's unique cultural heritage, large tourism industry, prominent shipping sector and geostrategic importance classify it as a middle power. The country's rich historical legacy is reflected in part by its 18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Greece national football team

The Greece national football team (Greek: Εθνική Ελλάδος, Ethniki Ellados) represents Greece in international football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's main home stadiums are located in the capital-city Athens at the Olympic Stadium in Maroussi and in the port of Piraeus at the Karaiskakis Stadium. Greece is one of only ten national teams to have been crowned UEFA European Champions.

Greece made their first appearance in a major tournament at UEFA Euro 1980 and although they did not make it through the group stage, their qualification to the then eight-team tournament gave them a position in the top eight European football nations that year. Greece did not qualify for another major tournament until the 1994 FIFA World Cup and after an undefeated qualifying campaign, they produced a poor performance in the final tournament, losing all three group matches without scoring.

UEFA Euro 2004 marked a high point in Greece's football history when they were crowned European champions in only their second participation in the tournament. Dismissed as rank outsiders before the tournament, the team defeated some of the favourites in the competition including defending European champions France and hosts Portugal. During the tournament, Greece defeated the hosts in both the opening game of the tournament and again in the final. Their triumph earned them a place in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

In the decade after the 2004 victory, Greece qualified for the final tournaments of all but one major competitions entered, reaching the quarter-finals at the UEFA Euro 2012 and the round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. During that period, they occupied a place in the top 20 of the FIFA World Rankings for all but four months, and reached an all-time high of eighth in the world from April to June 2008, as well as in October 2011.

History of the Portugal national football team

The history of the Portugal national football team dates back to its first match on 18 December 1921. The Portuguese Football Federation was formed in 1914 with the name União Portuguesa de Futebol, but due to World War I, the team didn't play its first international match until 1921. The Portugal national football team has played in the FIFA World Cup, where their best finish was third, the Euros, which they've won, and other tournaments throughout its history.

Jim Proudfoot

Jim Proudfoot (born 16 December 1972) is an English football commentator, who has worked on national radio and television since the late 1990s.

Jimmy Jump

Jaume Marquet i Cot (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʒawmə məɾˈkɛt i kɔt]), more popularly known as Jimmy Jump, born on 14 March 1976, is a streaker from Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain, known for interfering in several major entertainment and sporting events.

July 4

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List of European stadiums by capacity

This is a list of the largest European stadiums. Stadiums with a capacity of 25,000 or more are included. The list includes stadiums in Europe and in countries that normally take part in European sporting competitions.

They are ordered by their audience capacity. The capacity figures are for each stadium's permanent total capacity, including seating and any official standing areas. The capacity does include movable seating - used by multi-purpose stadiums to regularly convert the stadium for different sports, and retractable seating for safe standing, but excludes any temporary seating or standing, such as for concerts. Stadiums are sorted in the list based on the largest of these capacities.

Rock Werchter

Rock Werchter is an annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, since 1976 and is a large sized annual rock music festival. The 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2014 festivals received the Arthur award for best festival in the world at the International Live Music Conference (ILMC). It can host 88,000 guests daily, of which 67,500 combine all four days, to add up to a total maximum of 149,500 different attendees.The festival started in 1974 as a one-day event with performances from Banzai and Kandahar, but over the years it has evolved to become one of Belgium's largest music festivals. Originally it was a double-festival, called 'Torhout-Werchter', with two festival areas at different sites in Belgium: one in Werchter and one in Torhout. In 1999, the festival dropped the Torhout site and since then has taken place only in Werchter. Since 2003 Werchter has been a 4-day festival, as it was sold by owner Herman Schueremans to American organizers Live Nation. Schueremans however remains the main organizer of the event. The festival is organized every first weekend of the summer vacation in Belgium (last weekend of June or the first of July).

In recent years, there has been controversy about rising ticket prices. Because of this, Schueremans was heckled during an appearance on HUMO's Pop Poll, a Belgian alternative award show. At €200 for four days

(€18 extra to include camping or €25 for xl-camping) in 2012, it was still considered a relatively inexpensive music festival.The camping sites officially open at 8am on the first day of the festival, but because of guests arriving early and camping on the street, the organizers have traditionally been forced to open the camping sites early - sometimes more than 24 hours. The campsites are located along the three main entrance roads into Werchter (from Haacht, Aarschot and Leuven), most of them within 1 kilometer of the festival site, but some located as far as 3 kilometers away. In 2011, for the first time, XL camping tickets are available, allowing festival goers to arrive and camp from 4pm on the Wednesday before the festival.Until the 1990s the festival attracted mostly Flemish festivalgoers, but in recent years it has become more and more international with an especially large influx of Dutch, French, Walloon and British visitors, with notable Australian, South African and other contingents. Belgians alternatively go to the Pukkelpop and Dour festivals.

Sport in Greece

Greece has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Football in particular has seen a rapid transformation, with the Greek national football team winning the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship. Many Greek athletes have also achieved significant success and have won world and olympic titles in numerous sports during the years, such as basketball, wrestling, water polo, athletics, weightlifting, with many of them becoming international stars inside their sports. The successful organisation of the Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games led also to the further development of many sports and has led to the creation of many world class sport venues all over Greece and especially in Athens. Greek athletes have won a total 146 medals for Greece in 15 different Olympic sports at the Summer Olympic Games, including the Intercalated Games, an achievement which makes Greece one of the top nations globally, in the world's rankings of medals per capital.

Theodoros Zagorakis

Theodoros 'Theo' Zagorakis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Ζαγοράκης; born 27 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of the Greece national team that won UEFA Euro 2004, and was also president of PAOK FC. He was elected as a Greek MEP at the May 2014 European Parliament election.

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UEFA European Championship

Founded	1958; 61 years ago
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	24 (finals) 55 (eligible to enter qualification)
Current champions	Portugal (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany Spain (3 titles each)
Website	Official website
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Tournaments

The UEFA European Championship (known 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 UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form '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 until 2016 earn the opportunity to compete in the following FIFA Confederations Cup, but are not obliged to do so.^[1]

The 15 European Championship tournaments have been won by ten national teams: Germany and Spain each have won three titles, France has two titles, and Soviet Union, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and Portugal have won one title each. To date, Spain is the only team in history to have won consecutive titles, doing so in 2008 and 2012. It is the second most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup. The Euro 2012 final was watched by a global audience of around 300 million.^[2]

The most recent championship, hosted by France in 2016, was won by Portugal, who beat France 1–0 in the final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis after extra time. The final also attracted 284 million viewers which is the second most viewed game in European tournament history.^[3]

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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 1927, but it was not until 1958 that the tournament was started, three years after Delaunay's death.^[4][5] In honour of Delaunay, the trophy awarded to the champions is named after him.^[6] The 1960 tournament, held in France, had four teams competing in the finals out of 17 that entered the competition.^[7] 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 because of two political protests.^[9] Of the 17 teams that entered the qualifying tournament, notable absentees were England, the Netherlands, West Germany and Italy.^[10]

Spain held the next tournament in 1964, which saw an increase in entries to the qualification tournament, with 29 entering;^[11] West Germany was a notable absentee once again and Greece withdrew after being drawn against Albania, with whom they were still at war.^[12] The hosts beat the title holders, the Soviet Union, 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.^[13]

The tournament format stayed the same for the 1968 tournament, hosted and won by Italy.^[14][15] For the first and only time a match was decided on a coin toss (the semi-final Italy vs. Soviet Union)^[16] and the final went to a replay, after the match against Yugoslavia finished 1–1.^[17] Italy won the replay 2–0.^[18] More teams entered this tournament (31), a testament to its burgeoning popularity.^[19]

Belgium hosted the 1972 tournament, which 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.^[20] This tournament would provide a taste of things to come, as the German side contained many of the key members of the 1974 FIFA World Cup Champions.^[21][22]

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The 1976 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 Hoeneß missed, leaving Czechoslovakian Antonín Panenka with the opportunity to score and win the tournament. An 'audacious' chipped shot,^[23] described by UEFA as 'perhaps the most famous spot kick of all time' secured the victory as Czechoslovakia won 5–3 on penalties.^[24]

Expansion to 8 teams[edit]

The competition was expanded to eight teams in the 1980 tournament, again hosted by 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.^[25] 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.^[26] Horst Hrubesch scored early in the first half before René Vandereycken equalised for Belgium with a penalty in the second half. With two minutes remaining, Hrubesch headed the winner for West Germany from a Karl-Heinz Rummeniggecorner.^[27]

France won their first major title at home in the 1984 tournament, with their captain Michel Platini scoring 9 goals in just 5 games, including the opening goal in the final, in which they beat Spain 2–0.^[28][29] 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 play-off was also abolished.^[30]

West Germany hosted UEFA Euro 1988, but lost 2–1 to the Netherlands, their traditional rivals, in the semi-finals, which sparked vigorous celebrations in the Netherlands.^[31][32] 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,^[33] a match in which Marco van Basten scored one of the most memorable goals in football history, a spectacular volley over the keeper from the right wing.^[34]

UEFA Euro 1992 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 war with each other.^[35][36] The Danes beat holders the Netherlands on penalties in the semi-finals,^[37] then defeated world champion Germany 2–0.^[38] 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 16 teams[edit]

England hosted UEFA Euro 1996, the first tournament to use the nomenclature 'Euro [year]' and would see the number of teams taking part double to 16.^[39] The hosts, in a replay of the 1990 FIFA World Cup semi-final, were knocked out on penalties by Germany,^[40] who would go on to win in the Final 2–1 against the newly formed Czech Republic thanks to the first golden goal ever in a major tournament, scored by Oliver Bierhoff.^[41][42] This was Germany's first title as a unified nation.

UEFA Euro 2000 was the first tournament to be held by two countries, in the Netherlands and Belgium.^[43] 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 equalised in the very last minute of the game and David Trezeguet scored the winner in extra time.^[44]

UEFA Euro 2004, like 1992, produced an upset: Greece, who had only qualified for one World Cup (1994) and one European Championship (1980) before, beat hosts Portugal 1–0 in the final (after having also beaten them in the opening game) with a goal scored by Angelos Charisteas in the 57th minute to win a tournament that they had been given odds of 150–1 to win before it began (being the second least likely team to have any success after Latvia).^[45] On their way to the Final, they also beat holders France^[46] as well as the Czech Republic with a silver goal,^[47][48] a rule which replaced the previous golden goal in 2003, before being abolished itself shortly after this tournament.^[49]

The 2008 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.^[50] It commenced on 7 June and finished on 29 June.^[51] The Final between Germany and Spain was held at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna.^[52] Spain defeated Germany 1–0, with a goal scored by Fernando Torres in the 33rd minute, sparking much celebration across the country.^[53] This was their first title since the 1964 tournament. Spain were the highest scoring team with 12 goals scored and 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 team of the tournament.

The UEFA Euro 2012 tournament was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.^[54]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 2008, 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012).^[55] 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 Gómez, Mario Mandžukić, 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 (26 out of 76 goals in total); a disallowed goal in the 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',^[56] thus reversing his long-held reluctance to embrace such technology; and some crowd violence in group games.

Expansion to 24 teams[edit]

In 2007, the Football Association of Ireland and Scottish Football Association proposed the expansion of the tournament, which was later confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee in September 2008.^[57][58] Out of the 54 member associations of UEFA, only three including England and Germany opposed the expansion.^[59] On 28 May 2010, UEFA announced that Euro 2016 would be hosted by France. France beat bids of Turkey (7–6 in voting in second voting round) and Italy, which had the fewest votes in the first voting round.^[60] UEFA Euro 2016 was the first to have 24 teams in the finals.^[61] This was the third time France have hosted the competition. Portugal, which qualified for the knock-out phase despite finishing third in its group, went on to win the championship by defeating heavily favoured host team France 1–0 in the final, thanks to a goal from Eder in the 109th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal's world renowned striker, came out of the game due to injury in the 25th minute. This was the first time Portugal won a major tournament.

For the 2020 tournament, three bids were proposed, including a bid from Turkey,^[62] a joint bid from the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales,^[63] and a joint bid from Georgia and Azerbaijan.^[64] In December 2012, however, UEFA announced that the 2020 tournament would be hosted in several cities in various countries across Europe.^[65] The venues were selected and announced by UEFA on 19 September 2014.^[66] However, Brussels was removed as a host city on 7 December 2017 due to delays with the building of the Eurostadium.^[67]

Trophy[edit]

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 1960. His son, Pierre, was in charge of creating the trophy.^[68] Since the first tournament it has been awarded to the winning team for them to keep for four years, until the next tournament. This trophy bore the words 'Coupe d'Europe', 'Coupe Henri Delaunay', and 'Championnat d'Europe' on the front and a juggling boy on the back.

For the 2008 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 new European Champion Clubs' Cup. The new trophy, which is made of sterling silver, now weighs 8 kilograms (18 lb) and is 60 centimetres (24 in) tall, being 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) heavier and 18 centimetres (7.1 in) longer than the old one. The marble plinth that was serving as base was removed. The new silver base of the trophy had to be enlarged to make it stable. The names of the winning countries that had appeared on the plaques glued to the plinth are now engraved on the back of the trophy,^[69] under the word 'Coupe Henri Delaunay' and are written in English rather than French its predecessor had. Oddly, the 1972 and 1980 winning country, West Germany, is written as its successor state, 'Germany'. Since 2016, the juggling boy was returned on the trophy's back.

The players and coaches of the winning team and the runner-up team are awarded gold and silver medals, respectively. Each association that competes in the final tournament receives a commemorative plaque. Each losing semi-finalist as well as each finalist receive a dedicated plaque. Though there is no longer a third place play-off, UEFA decided in the 2008 edition to award the semi-final losers (Turkey and Russia) bronze medals for the first time,^[70] and did the same in the 2012 edition when Germany and Portugal received bronze medals.^[71] However, UEFA decided that losing semi-finalists would no longer receive medals from the 2016 edition onwards.^[72] Bronze medals were previously awarded for winners of the third place play-off, the last of which was held in 1980.

Format[edit]

The competition[edit]

Before 1980, only four teams qualified for the final tournament. From 1980, eight teams competed. In 1996 the tournament expanded to 16 teams, since it was easier for European nations to qualify for the World Cup than their own continental championship; 14 of the 24 teams at the 1982, 1986 and 1990 World Cups had been European, whereas the European Championship finals still involved only eight teams.

For 2016, the competition has increased to 24 teams. In 2007, there was much discussion about an expansion of the tournament to 24 teams, started by Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, due to the increased number of football associations in Europe after the break-ups of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, and the inclusion of Israel and Kazakhstan. The new president of UEFA, Michel Platini, was reported to be in favour of expansion which proved an accurate assumption. Whilst on 17 April 2007, UEFA's Executive Committee formally decided against expansion in 2012, Platini indicated in June 2008 that UEFA will increase participation from 16 to 24 teams in future tournaments, starting from 2016.^[73] On 25 September, it was announced by Franz Beckenbauer that an agreement had been reached, and the expansion to 24 teams would be officially announced the next day.^[74]

The competing teams are chosen by a series of qualifying games: in 1960 and 1964 through home and away play-offs; from 1968 through a combination of both qualifying groups and play-off games. The host country was selected from the four finalists after they were determined through qualifying.

Since the expansion of the final tournament starting from 1980, the host country, or countries, have been chosen beforehand and qualify automatically.

Qualifying[edit]

To qualify, a team must finish in one of the qualifying spots or win a play-off. After this, a team proceeds to the finals round in the host country, although hosts qualify for the tournament automatically. The qualifying phase begins in the autumn after the preceding FIFA World Cup, almost two years before the finals.

The groups for qualification are drawn by a UEFA committee using seeding. Seeded teams include reigning champions, and other teams on the basis of their performance in the preceding FIFA World Cup qualifying and the last European Championship qualifying. To obtain an accurate view of the teams abilities, a ranking is produced. This is calculated by taking the total number of points won by a particular team and dividing it by the number of games played, i.e. points per game. In the case of a team having hosted one of the two previous competitions and therefore having qualified automatically, only the results from the single most recent qualifying competition are used. If two teams have equal points per game, the committee then bases their positions in the rankings on:

1. Coefficient from the matches played in its most recent qualifying competition.
2. Average goal difference.
3. Average number of goals scored.
4. Average number of away goals scored.
5. Drawing of lots.

The qualifying phase is played in a group format, the composition of the groups is determined through means of a draw of teams from pre-defined seeded bowls. The draw takes place after the preceding World Cup's qualifying competition. For UEFA Euro 2012, the group qualifying phase consists of nine groups; six of six teams and the remainder of five teams each.

Each group is played in a league format with teams playing each other home and away. Teams then either qualify for the final tournament or to further playoffs depending on their position in the group. As with most leagues, the points are awarded as three for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. In the eventuality of one or more teams having equal points after all matches have been played, the following criteria are used to distinguish the sides:

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.
2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question.
4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question.
5. Results of all group matches:
   1. Superior goal difference
   2. Higher number of goals scored
   3. Higher number of goals scored away from home
   4. Fair play conduct.
6. Drawing of lots.

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Final tournament[edit]

Sixteen teams progressed to the final tournament for the 2012 tournament. They were joint hosts Poland and Ukraine, the winners and the highest ranked second placed team from the nine qualifying groups as well as the winners of four play-off matches between the runners-up of the other groups. These sixteen teams were divided equally into four groups, A, B, C and D, each consisting of four teams. The groups were drawn up by the UEFA administration, again using seeding. The seeded teams being the host nations, the reigning champions, subject to qualification, and those with the best points per game coefficients over the qualifying phase of the tournament and the previous World Cup qualifying. Other finalists were assigned to by means of a draw, using coefficients as a basis.

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For the 2016 tournament, the expansion to 24 teams means that the teams will be drawn into six groups of four, with the six group winners, six group runners-up and the four best third-placed teams advancing to the round of 16 when it becomes a knockout competition.^[72]

The groups are again played in a league format, where a team plays its opponents once each. The same points system is used (three points for a win, one point for a draw, no points for a defeat). A schedule for the group matches will be drawn up, but the last two matches in a group must kick off simultaneously. The winner and runner-up of each group progresses to the next round, where a knockout system is used (the two teams play each other once, the winner progresses), this is used in all subsequent rounds as well. The winners of the quarter-finals matches progress to the semi-finals, where the winners play in the final. If in any of the knockout rounds, the scores are still equal after normal playing time, extra time and penalties are employed to separate the two teams. Unlike the FIFA World Cup, this tournament no longer has a third place playoff.

Results[edit]

Year	Host	Final			Third place playoff			Number of teams
		Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1960 Details	France	Soviet Union	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	2–0	France	4
1964 Details	Spain	Spain	2–1	Soviet Union	Hungary	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark	4
1968 Details	Italy	Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–0 (replay)	Yugoslavia	England	2–0	Soviet Union	4
1972 Details	Belgium	West Germany	3–0	Soviet Union	Belgium	2–1	Hungary	4
1976 Details	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	West Germany	Netherlands	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia	4
1980 Details	Italy	West Germany	2–1	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	1–1[A] (9–8 p)	Italy	8
Year	Host(s)	Final			Losing semi-finalists[B]			Number of teams
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
1984 Details	France	France	2–0	Spain	Denmark and Portugal			8
1988 Details	West Germany	Netherlands	2–0	Soviet Union	Italy and West Germany			8
1992 Details	Sweden	Denmark	2–0	Germany	Netherlands and Sweden			8
1996 Details	England	Germany	2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Czech Republic	England and France			16
2000 Details	Belgium Netherlands	France	2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Italy	Netherlands and Portugal			16
2004 Details	Portugal	Greece	1–0	Portugal	Czech Republic and Netherlands			16
2008 Details	Austria Switzerland	Spain	1–0	Germany	Russia and Turkey			16
2012 Details	Poland Ukraine	Spain	4–0	Italy	Germany and Portugal			16
2016 Details	France	Portugal	1–0 (a.e.t.)	France	Germany and Wales			24
2020 Details	Pan-European	24
2024 Details	Germany	24

1. ^No extra time was played.
2. ^No third place play-off has been played since 1980; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Summary[edit]

Team	Winners	Runners-up
Germany	3 (1972[a], 1980[a], 1996)	3 (1976[a], 1992, 2008)
Spain	3 (1964[b], 2008, 2012)	1 (1984)
France	2 (1984[b], 2000)	1 (2016[b])
Soviet Union	1 (1960)	3 (1964, 1972, 1988)
Italy	1 (1968[b])	2 (2000, 2012)
Czech Republic	1 (1976[c])	1 (1996)
Portugal	1 (2016)	1 (2004[b])
Netherlands	1 (1988)	–
Denmark	1 (1992)	–
Greece	1 (2004)	–
Yugoslavia	–	2 (1960, 1968)
Belgium	–	1 (1980)

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3. ^As Czechoslovakia

Records and statistics[edit]

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