The first European Nations Cup was held in 1958 which saw only four nations qualify for the finals and didn't change until 1980 when eight teams qualified. However, the tournament was first conceived in 1927 when the French Football Federation member Henri Delaunay came up with idea of holding a European national tournament. And as such the first year of the tournament was held in France and was unsuprisingly called the Henri Delaunay Cup.
The first tournament was held in Paris, France and won by the Soviet Union who beat Yugoslavia 2-1 after extra time.Euro 1964
In 1964 where the finals were hosted by Spain saw a crises as Greece refused to play Albania as they were technically at war. This time the Soviet Union lost out in the final to the hosts Spain.Euro 72
Belgium hosted the finals in 1972 with the Soviet Union again reaching the finals and for the second time lout lost, this time to bitter rivals West Germany 3-0.Euro 76
Next time round in 1976 West Germany lost in the final to a penalty shoot-out to Czechoslovakia who, at one stage, had a two goal lead.Euro 80
The format of the finals was changed in 1980 where the number of teams in the finals was doubled to eight with two groups of four where the winners of each group played each other in the final. West Germany again made it to the finals and won the championship this year with a 2-1 victory over Belgium.Euro 84
The format was changed again in 1984 where the top two teams of each group moved forward to the semi-finals and then the winners to the final. The hosts France won 2-0 against Spain with goals from Michel Platini and Bruno Bellone.Euro 88
In West Germany Euro 1988 format wasn't changed. However, we saw new European Champions in Orange with the Netherlands taking the title beating the Soviet Union 2-0.Euro 92
The European Championship in 1992 was held in Sweden and was a fascinating tournament. Yugoslavia were excluded from the finals due to the hostilities there. Denmark were brought in as replacements and quite shockingly won the tournament, beating Germany 2-0Euro 96
In 1996 the European Championship was held in England, but with the break-up of the Soviet Block and the great increase in the number of countries taking part, a new format was required. This time sixteen teams traveled to England and fought to come top of their groups - of which there were four. A unified Germany won the final 2-1 after sudden-death extra time with a golden goal from Bierhoff.Euro 2000
The 11th UEFA European Championship was Euro 2000 and was hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. Portugal won all of their qualifying games but got knocked out in the semi-finals, losing in extra-time to France who went on to win the tournament with a 2-1 golden-goal victory by David Trezeguet over Italy.Euro 2004
Euro 2004 was held in Portugal and was a fascinating tournament which saw Germany, Italy and Spain being knocked out in the qualifying stages. The finals saw the hosts take on the shock finalists Greece. The shocks continued with Greece running out 1-0 winners with a goal by Charisteas in the 57th minute.
History Of The European Championship
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