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1980: European Championship in Italy

With the 1980's European Championship, UEFA introduced two main changes to the format of the tourney. Following the increasing importance of football in many european countries and the growing participation to the qualifying rounds, the number of the teams involved in the final phase was increased from 4 to 8.
Because of the expansion of the format, the final phase became more complex, with the 8 qualified teams divided into two groups, followed by the finals games for the 1st-4th positions.
The hosting country was chosen before the start of the qualifying phase and got the right to enter the final tourney without having to play in the qualifying phase.

Howewer, the general level of the competition decreased from the higher standard reached in the previous edition, the defensive style prevailed to the offensive one and most of the games received a poor rating.

The European Championship 1980 in Italy was divided in two phases: the first one was a qualifying phase involving 31 teams and the second phase was a final tournament with the eight qualified teams. The participants were divided into 7 groups with the winning teams qualified for the final phase.

Belgium, Czechoslovakia, England, Greece, Netherlands, Spain, West Germany joined hosting Italy at the final event.

Qualifying Groups - Final standings
Group A
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 England England
8
15
7
1
0
22
5
+17
2 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
8
9
4
1
3
8
14
-6
3 Ireland Republic of Ireland
8
7
2
3
3
9
8
+1
4 Bulgaria Bulgaria
8
5
2
1
5
6
14
-8
5 Denmark Denmark
8
4
1
2
5
13
17
-4
Group B
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Belgium Belgium
8
12
4
4
0
12
5
+7
2 Austria Austria
8
11
4
3
1
14
7
+7
3 Portugal Portugal
8
9
4
1
3
10
11
-1
4 Scotland Scotland
8
7
3
1
4
15
13
+2
4 Norway Norway
8
1
0
1
7
5
20
-15
Group C
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Spain Spain
6
9
4
1
1
13
5
+8
2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
6
8
4
0
2
14
6
+8
3 Romania Romania
6
6
2
2
2
9
8
+1
4 Cyprus Cyprus
6
1
0
1
5
2
19
-17
Group D
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Netherlands Netherlands
8
13
6
1
1
20
6
+14
2 Poland Poland
8
12
5
2
1
13
4
+9
3 East Germany East Germany
8
11
5
1
2
18
11
+7
4 Switzerland Switzerland
8
4
2
0
6
7
18
-11
5 Iceland Iceland
8
0
0
0
8
2
21
-19
Group E
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
6
10
5
0
1
17
4
+13
2 France France
6
9
4
1
1
13
7
+6
3 Sweden Sweden
6
4
1
2
3
9
13
-4
4 Luxembourg Luxembourg
6
1
0
1
5
2
17
-15
Group F
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Greece Greece
6
7
3
1
2
13
7
+6
2 Hungary Hungary
6
6
2
2
2
9
9
-
3 Finland Finland
6
6
2
2
2
10
15
-5
4 Soviet Union Soviet Union
6
5
1
3
2
7
8
-1
Group G
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 West Germany West Germany
6
10
4
2
0
17
1
+16
2 Turkey Turkey
6
7
3
1
2
5
5
-
3 Wales Wales
6
6
3
0
3
11
8
+3
4 Malta Malta
6
1
0
1
5
2
21
-19
 

 

Past editions index
Notable players of eliminated teams

playersTurkey Fatih Terim

playersSoviet Union Oleg Blokhin

playersSoviet Union Rinat Dasayev

France Michel Platini

France Marius Trésor

playersEast Germany Joachim Streich

playersEast Germany Martin Hoffmann

playersSwitzerland Umberto Barberis

playersSwitzerland Heinz Hermann

playersPoland Grzegorz Lato

playersPoland Zbigniew Boniek

playersYugoslavia Vladimir Petrović

playersRomania Ladislau Bölöni

playersRomania Marcel Răducanu

playersAustria Bruno Pezzey

playersAustria Hans Krankl

Austria Herbert Prohaska

Austria Walter Schachner

playersPortugal Nené

playersScotland Joseph Jordan

playersScotland Kenny Dalglish

playersIreland Don Givens

playersIreland Frank Stapleton

playersDenmark Preben Elkjær

playersDenmark Morten Olsen

playersBulgaria Hristo Bonev

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