UEFA European Football Championship PAST EDITIONS
Year / Host
Winner
Second
Third
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1960 France Soviet Union Soviet Union Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Info
1964 Spain Spain Spain Soviet Union Soviet Union Hungary Hungary Info
1968 Italy Italy Italy Yugoslavia Yugoslavia England England Info
1972 Belgium West Germany West Germany Soviet Union Soviet Union Belgium Belgium Info
1976 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia West Germany West Germany Netherlands Netherlands Info
1980 Italy West Germany West Germany Belgium Belgium Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Info
1984 France France France Spain Spain Portugal Portugal Info
1988 West Germany Netherlands Netherlands Soviet Union Soviet Union West Germany West Germany Info
1992 Sweden Denmark Denmark Germany Germany Netherlands Netherlands Info
1996 England Germany Germany Czech Republic Czech Republic England England Info
2000 Belgium and Netherlands France France Italy Italy Portugal Portugal Info
2004 Portugal Greece Greece Portugal Portugal Czech Republic Czech Republic Info
2008 Austria and Switzerland Spain Spain Germany Germany Russia Russia Info

 

 
Championship trophy

The Henri Delaunay Trophy is awarded to the winner of the UEFA European Football Championship. The Trophy is named in honor of Henri Delaunay, first General Secretary of UEFA and founder of the competition.

No third place match has been played since 1984. Since 1984, we list as third the loser semi-finalist defeated by the final winner

 
Number of participants

Participants are selected through a system of qualification's groups and play-offs. A spot is reserved to the hosting country.
Until 1980, only 4 teams were involved in the final stage of the competition.
In 1980, the final stage was extended to 8 teams and in 1996 to 16 teams.
Starting from 2016, the final stage will be open to the participation of 24 national teams.