European Championships

European Championships

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The European Championships are UEFA's premier international competition held every four years.

The first European Championships took place in 1960 in France.

Look back at our in-depth travel guides to the host venues in Portugal 2004, Austria / Switzerland 2008 and look ahead to Poland / Ukraine 2012, France 2016 and Euro 2020 to be held in cities across Europe with no single host nation or host nations.

Euro 2024 takes place in 10 cities across Germany.

Source cultural and travel essentials, fan images, stadium guides, maps and news reports on these great festas of European football.

Find full results and team profiles for the competing nations, player profiles and Euro Championships stats.

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European Championship Winners

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France 1960
Soviet Union 2-1 Yugoslavia

Spain 1964
Spain 2-1 Soviet Union

Italy 1968
Italy 1-1 Yugoslavia
Replay - Italy 2-0 Yugoslavia

Belgium 1972
W. Germany 3-0 Soviet Union

Yugoslavia 1976
Czechoslovakia 2-2 W. Germany
Czechoslovakia 5-4 on pens.

Italy 1980
W. Germany 2-1 Belgium

France 1984
France 2-0 Spain

W.Germany 1988
Holland 2-0 Soviet Union

Sweden 1992
Denmark 2-0 Germany

England 1996
Germany 2-1 Czech Republic

Belgium/Holland 2000
France 2-1 Italy

Portugal 2004
Greece 1 Portugal 0

Austria/Switzerland 2008
Spain 1 Germany 0

Poland/Ukraine 2012
Spain 4 Italy 0

France 2016
France 0 Portugal 1

Euro 2020
England 1 v Italy 1 (Italy win 3-2 on pens)