European Championship History
The European Championship is the top international competition run by UEFA, Europe's top football body. It has been held every four years since 1960, with the next installment planned for 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
Greece won the most recent championship in a major upset, as the unheralded Greeks beat hosts Portugal in the final.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||||
| 1960 |  France |  Soviet Union | 2 - 1 aet |  Yugoslavia |  Czechoslovakia | 2 - 0 | France | ||
| 1964 |  Spain | Spain | 2 - 1 | Soviet Union |  Hungary | 3 - 1 aet |  Denmark | ||
| 1968 |  Italy | Italy | 1 - 1 aet 2 - 0 replay | Yugoslavia |  England | 2 - 0 | Soviet Union | ||
| 1972 |  Belgium |  West Germany | 3 - 0 | Soviet Union | Belgium | 2 - 1 | Hungary | ||
| 1976 | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia | 2 - 2 aet (5 - 3) ps | West Germany |  Netherlands | 3 - 2 aet | Yugoslavia | ||
| 1980 | Italy | West Germany | 2 - 1 | Belgium | Czechoslovakia | 1 - 1 (9 - 8) ps | Italy | ||
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Semifinalists (No 3rd place match since 1980) | ||||
| 1984 | France | France | 2 - 0 | Spain | Denmark | and |  Portugal | ||
| 1988 | West Germany | Netherlands | 2 - 0 | Soviet Union | Italy | and | West Germany | ||
| 1992 |  Sweden | Denmark | 2 - 0 | Germany | Netherlands | and | Sweden | ||
| 1996 | England | Germany | 2 - 1 asdet | Czech Republic | England | and | France | ||
| 2000 | Belgium Netherlands | France | 2 - 1 asdet | Italy | Netherlands | and | Portugal | ||
| 2004 | Portugal |  Greece | 1 - 0 | Portugal | Czech Republic | and | Netherlands | ||
| 2008 |  Austria  Switzerland | Spain | 1 - 0 | Germany |  Russia | and |  Turkey | ||
| 2012 |  Poland  Ukraine | ||||||||
- Note: Third place match last held in 1980
