Association football tournament

Football tournament
The UEFA European Football Championship, [ 1 ] less formally the European Championship and colloquially the Euros, is the elementary association football tournament organized by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). The rival is contested by UEFA members ’ aged men ‘s national teams, determining the continental champion of Europe. The competition has been held every four years since 1960, except for 2020, when it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, but kept the name Euro 2020. Scheduled to be in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations’ Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Since 1996, the individual events have been branded as “ UEFA Euro [year] “.

Before entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations ( which qualify automatically ) compete in a qualify summons. Until 2016 the championship winners could compete in the follow FIFA Confederations Cup, but were not obliged to do sol. [ 2 ] The sixteen european backing tournaments have been won by ten national teams : Germany and Spain have each won three titles, Italy and France have won two titles, and the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and Portugal have won one style each. To date, Spain is the lone team in history to have won consecutive titles, doing thus in 2008 and 2012. It is the second-most determine football tournament in the universe after the FIFA World Cup. The Euro 2012 final was watched by a global hearing of around 300 million. [ 3 ] The most late championship, held across Europe in 2021 ( postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ), was won by Italy, who lifted their second deed after beating England in the final at Wembley Stadium in London on penalties. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

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. [ 6 ] In respect of Delaunay, the trophy awarded to the champions is named after him. [ 7 ] The 1960 tournament, held in France, had four teams competing in the finals out of 17 that entered the competition. [ 8 ] It was won by the Soviet Union, beating Yugoslavia 2–1 in a tense final in Paris. [ 9 ] Spain withdrew from its quarter-final match against the Soviet Union because of two political protests. [ 10 ] Of the 17 teams that entered the qualify tournament, luminary absentees were England, the Netherlands, West Germany and Italy. [ 11 ] Spain held the next tournament in 1964, which saw an increase in entries to the qualification tournament, with 29 entering ; [ 12 ] West Germany was a luminary absentee once again and Greece withdrew after being drawn against Albania, with whom they were still at war. [ 13 ] The hosts beat the title holders, the Soviet Union, 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. [ 14 ] The tournament format stayed the same for the 1968 tournament, hosted and won by Italy. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] For the beginning and only time a meet was decided on a mint discard ( the semi-final Italy vs. Soviet Union ) [ 17 ] and the final went to a replay, after the match against Yugoslavia finished 1–1. [ 18 ] Italy won the replay 2–0. [ 19 ] More teams entered this tournament ( 31 ), a testament to its burgeoning popularity. [ 20 ] Belgium hosted the 1972 tournament, which West Germany won, beating the Soviet Union 3–0 in the final, with goals coming from Gerd Müller ( twice ) and Herbert Wimmer at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. [ 21 ] This tournament would provide a sample of things to come, as the german side contained many of the key members of the 1974 FIFA World Cup Champions. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The 1976 tournament in Yugoslavia was the survive in which only four teams took part in the concluding tournament, and the last in which the hosts had to qualify. Czechoslovakia beat West Germany in the newly introduced penalty gunfight. After seven successful conversions, Uli Hoeneß missed, leaving czechoslovakian Antonín Panenka with the opportunity to score and win the tournament. An “ audacious ” chipped shot, [ 24 ] described by UEFA as “ possibly the most celebrated spot complain of all time ” secured the victory as Czechoslovakia won 5–3 on penalties. [ 25 ]

expansion to 8 teams [edit ]

The rival 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 runner-up act in the third base target play-off. [ 26 ] West Germany won their irregular european title by beating Belgium 2–1, with two goals scored by Horst Hrubesch at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. [ 27 ] 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 Rummenigge corner. [ 28 ] France won their foremost major title at home in the 1984 tournament, with their master Michel Platini scoring 9 goals in merely 5 games, including the open goal in the final, in which they beat Spain 2–0. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The format besides changed, with the top two teams in each group going through to a semi-final stage, rather of the winners of each group going directly into the concluding. The third place play-off was besides abolished. [ 31 ] 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. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The Netherlands went on to win the tournament in a replay of their first game of the group stage, beating the Soviet Union 2–0 at the Olympia Stadion in Munich, [ 34 ] a match in which Marco avant-garde Basten scored one of the most memorable goals in football history, a dramatic volley over the custodian from the right wing. [ 35 ] 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. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] The Danes beat holders the Netherlands on penalties in the semi-finals, [ 38 ] then defeated world champion Germany 2–0. [ 39 ] This was the first tournament in which a coordinated Germany took part and besides the first major tournament to have the players ‘ names printed on their backs .

expansion to 16 teams [edit ]

England hosted UEFA Euro 1996, the beginning tournament to use the terminology “ Euro [ class ] ” and would see the total of teams taking part double to 16. [ 40 ] The hosts, in a replay of the 1990 FIFA World Cup semi-final, were knocked out on penalties by Germany. [ 41 ] The surprise team of the tournament was the newly formed Czech Republic, participating on its inaugural international competition following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which reached the final after beating Portugal and France in the hard degree. Germany would go on to win the Final 2–1 thanks to the first gold finish always in a major tournament, scored by Oliver Bierhoff five minutes into extra clock time. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] This was Germany ‘s first title as a unite state. UEFA Euro 2000 was the first tournament to be held by two countries, in the Netherlands and Belgium. [ 44 ] 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 death minute of regular time and David Trezeguet scored the winning golden goal in extra meter. [ 45 ]
UEFA Euro 2004, like 1992, produced an upset : Greece, who had alone qualified for one World Cup ( 1994 ) and one european Championship ( 1980 ) before, beat hosts Portugal 1–0 in the final examination ( after having besides beaten them in the open game ) with a goal scored by Angelos Charisteas in the 57th moment to win a tournament that they had been given odds of 150–1 to win before it began [ 46 ] ( being the moment least probably team to have any success after Latvia ) [ citation needed ]. On their way to the Final, they besides beat holders France [ 47 ] american samoa well as the Czech Republic with a flatware goal, [ 48 ] [ 49 ] a principle which replaced the former golden goal in 2003, before being abolished itself concisely after this tournament. The 2008 tournament, hosted by Austria and Switzerland, marked the moment time that two nations co-hosted and the beginning version 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 infinitesimal, sparking much celebration across the country. [ 53 ] This was their first deed since the 1964 tournament. Spain were the highest marking team with 12 goals scored and David Villa finished as the acme 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, therefore becoming the beginning state to defend a european Championship title, arsenic well as the first european team to win three back-to-back major tournaments. [ 55 ] In scoring the third goal of the final examination, Torres became the first player to score in two european Championship finals. He was equal clear scorekeeper for the tournament with three goals in sum, along with Mario Balotelli, Alan Dzagoev, Mario Gómez, Mario Mandžukić, and Cristiano Ronaldo, despite merely being used as a stand-in musician. The tournament was otherwise noteworthy for having the most head goals in a Euro tournament ( 26 out of 76 goals in total ) ; a forbid goal in the England versus Ukraine group game which replays showed had crossed the goal line, and which prompted President of FIFA Sepp Blatter to tweet, “ GLT ( Goal-line technology ) is nobelium longer an alternate but a necessity ”, [ 56 ] thus reversing his long-held reluctance to embrace such engineering ; 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 UEFA Euro 2016 would be hosted by France. France beat bids of Turkey ( 7–6 in vote in the second vote round ) and Italy, which had the fewest votes in the inaugural vote round. [ 60 ] Euro 2016 was the first to have 24 teams in the finals. [ 61 ] This was the third time France have hosted the rival. Portugal, which qualified for the knock-out phase despite finishing third gear in its group, went on to win the championship by defeating heavily favoured horde team France 1–0 in the Final, thanks to a goal from Eder in the 109th infinitesimal. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal ‘s world-renowned striker, came out of the crippled due to injury in the twenty-fifth moment. This was the beginning clock 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 invite from Georgia and Azerbaijan. [ 64 ] In December 2012, however, UEFA announced that the 2020 tournament would be hosted in several cities in versatile countries across Europe, with the semi-finals and Final being played in London. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] The venues were selected and announced by UEFA on 19 September 2014. [ 67 ] however, Brussels was removed as a host city on 7 December 2017 due to delays with the construction of the Eurostadium. [ 68 ] On 17 March 2020, UEFA announced that Euro 2020 would be delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, and proposed it take station from 11 June to 11 July 2021. The competition was postponed in order to reduce press on the public services in affected countries and to provide distance in the calendar for the completion of domestic leagues that had been suspended. [ 69 ] Before the Euro 2020, Dublin was besides removed as one of the host cities due to its inability to undertake spectators to the stadium, while Bilbao was replaced by Seville for the lapp reason. [ 70 ] [ 71 ]

trophy [edit ]

The stream trophy on display in 2012 The Henri Delaunay Trophy, which is awarded to the winner of the European Championship, is named in honor of Henri Delaunay, the first General Secretary of UEFA, who came astir with the mind of a european backing but died five years before the first tournament in 1960. His son Pierre was in charge of creating the trophy. [ 72 ] Since the first tournament it has been awarded to the gain team for them to keep for four years, until the adjacent tournament. This trophy bore the words Coupe d’Europe ( “ european Cup ” ), Coupe Henri Delaunay ( “ Henri Delaunay Cup ” ), and Championnat d’Europe ( “ european Championship ” ) on the front and a juggle male child 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 early trophies such as the new european champion Clubs ‘ Cup. The newly trophy, which is made of greatest flatware, now weighs 8 kilograms ( 18 pound ) and is 60 centimetres ( 24 in ) tall, being 2 kilograms ( 4.4 pound ) heavier and 18 centimetres ( 7.1 in ) longer than the old one. The marble pedestal that was serving as foundation was removed. The newly silver al-qaeda 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 pedestal are immediately engraved on the back of the trophy, [ 73 ] under the word Coupe Henri Delaunay and are written in English rather than French its predecessor had. The 1972 and 1980 winning nation, West Germany, is written as just Germany. [ citation needed ] Since 2016, the juggle male child was returned on the trophy ‘s back. The players and coaches of the acquire team and the runner-up team are awarded gold and silver medals, respectively. Each association that competes in the final tournament receives a commemorative brass. Each time the team losing semi-finalist, angstrom well as each finalist, receive a dedicated brass. Though there is no longer a third base place play-off, UEFA decided in the 2008 edition to award the semi-final losers ( Turkey and Russia ) bronze medals for the inaugural time, [ 74 ] and did the same in the 2012 edition when Germany and Portugal received bronze medals. [ 75 ] however, UEFA decided that losing semi-finalists would nobelium longer receive medals from the 2016 edition onwards. [ 76 ] Bronze medals were previously awarded for winners of the third base place play-off, the last of which was held in 1980 .

format [edit ]

The rival [edit ]

Before 1980, merely 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 backing ; 14 of the 24 teams at the 1982, 1986 and 1990 World Cups had been european, whereas the european Championship finals hush involved lone eight 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 body of Israel and Kazakhstan. The new president of the united states of UEFA, Michel Platini, was reported to be in privilege 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 engagement from 16 to 24 teams in future tournaments, starting from 2016. [ 77 ] 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. [ 78 ] 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 passing. Since the expansion of the final examination tournament starting from 1980, the host state, or countries, have been chosen advance 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 fall after the preceding FIFA World Cup, about two years before the finals. The groups for qualification are drawn by a UEFA committee using seeding. sow teams include reigning champions and other teams based on their performance in the preceding FIFA World Cup stipulate and the last european Championship qualifying. To obtain an accurate view of the teams ‘ abilities, a rate is produced. This is calculated by taking the total act of points won by a detail team and dividing it by the number of games played, i.e. points per crippled. In the case of a team having hosted one of the two previous competitions and therefore having qualified mechanically, only the results from the single most recent stipulate rival 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 qualify 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 bowl. The tie takes place after the precede World Cup ‘s qualifying competition. For UEFA Euro 2020, the group qualifying phase consisted of ten groups ; five of six teams and the remainder of five teams each. Each group is played in a league format with teams playing each other family and away. The top two teams then qualified for the concluding tournament, with remaining places decided by playoffs depending on their rate in the UEFA Nations League. 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 follow 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.

Final tournament [edit ]

Map of countries ‘ best results. 10 countries have won, counting Germany and West Germany as one sixteen teams progressed to the final tournament for the 2012 tournament. They were joint hosts Poland and Ukraine, the winners and the highest rate second-placed team from the nine qualifying groups vitamin a well as the winners of four play-off matches between the runner-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 seed teams being the horde nations, the reign champions, should they qualify, 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 footing. 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 runner-up and the four best third-placed teams advancing to the round of 16 when it becomes a knockout contest. [ 76 ] 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 get the better of ). 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 progress to the adjacent round, where a knockout system is used ( the two teams play each other once, the winner progresses ), this is used in all subsequent rounds american samoa 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 smasher rounds, the scores are even equal after convention play time, supernumerary prison term and penalties are employed to separate the two teams. Unlike the FIFA World Cup, this tournament no longer has a third base place playoff .

Results [edit ]

drumhead [edit ]

Map of winners

* hosts
1 includes results representing West Germany
2 includes results representing the Soviet Union and CIS
3 includes results representing Czechoslovakia
4 includes results representing Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia

Records and statistics [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

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