UEFA Euro 1968
Campionato europeo di calcio Italia 1968 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Italy |
Dates | 5–10 June |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 5 |
Goals scored | 7 (1.4 per match) |
Attendance | 260,916 (52,183 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 1968 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. This was the third UEFA European Championship, an event held every four years and organised by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 5 and 10 June 1968.
It was in this year that the tournament changed its name from the "European Nations' Cup" to the "European Championship".[1] There were also some changes in the tournament's qualifying structure, with the two-legged home-and-away knock-out stage being replaced by a group phase.
Four countries played in the final tournament, which consisted of the semi-finals, a third place play-off, and the final. The host nation for the finals was selected from the four qualified nations.[2]
Qualification
The qualification competition was played in two stages: a group stage (taking place from 1966 until 1968) and the quarter-finals (played in 1968). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each with the exception of group 4, which only had three. The matches were played in a home-and-away basis. Victories were worth 2 points, draws 1 point, and defeats 0 points. Only group winners could qualify for the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament.
As of 2024, this is the last European Championship finals not to feature Germany (then West Germany) in it.
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Quarter-final winner | 20 April 1968 | 0 (debut) |
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Quarter-final winner | 24 April 1968 | 1 (1960) |
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Quarter-final winner | 8 May 1968 | 0 (debut) |
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Quarter-final winner | 11 May 1968 | 2 (1960, 1964) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.
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Venues
Rome | Naples | Florence | |
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Stadio Olimpico | Stadio San Paolo | Stadio Comunale | |
Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 82,000 | Capacity: 52,000 | |
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Squads
Match officials
Country | Referee |
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Gottfried Dienst |
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José María Ortiz de Mendíbil |
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Kurt Tschenscher |
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István Zsolt |
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Final tournament
In all matches but the final, extra time and a coin toss were used to decide the winner if necessary. If the final remained level after extra time, a replay would be used to determine the winner.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
5 June – Naples | ||||||||
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8 and 10 June – Rome | ||||||||
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5 June – Florence | ||||||||
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Third place play-off | ||||||||
8 June – Rome | ||||||||
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Semi-finals
Yugoslavia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Third place play-off
England ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Final
Italy ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Report |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 7 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.4 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
Awards
- UEFA Team of the Tournament[5]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Source: "UEFA Euro 1968", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 18th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1968.
References
- ^ Brewin, John; Williamson, Martin (29 April 2012). "Euro 2012: European Nations Cup 1968". ESPN FC. ESPN. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ Sheringham, Sam (12 May 2012). "Euro 1968: Alan Mullery's moment of madness". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "European Football Championship 1968 FINAL". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "European Football Championship 1968 FINAL Replay". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "1968 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
External links

- UEFA Euro 1968 at UEFA.com
Categories
- 1967–68 in European football
- 1967–68 in Italian football
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- Commons category link from Wikidata
- EngvarB from November 2020
- International association football competitions hosted by Italy
- June 1968 sports events in Europe
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- UEFA Euro 1968
- UEFA European Championship tournaments
- Use dmy dates from August 2017
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