UEFA European Championship
Results
No extra time was played. No third place play-off has been played since 1980; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

UEFA European Championship

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: No extra time was played. No third place play-off has been played since 1980; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Year	Host	Final	Third place playoff	Number of teams

Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place

1960 Details	France	Soviet Union	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	2–0	France	4

1964 Details	Spain	Spain	2–1	Soviet Union	Hungary	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark	4

1968 Details	Italy	Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–0 (replay)	Yugoslavia	England	2–0	Soviet Union	4

1972 Details	Belgium	West Germany	3–0	Soviet Union	Belgium	2–1	Hungary	4

1976 Details	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	West Germany	Netherlands	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia	4

1980 Details	Italy	West Germany	2–1	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	1–1 (9–8 p)	Italy	8

Year	Host(s)	Final	Losing semi-finalists	Number of teams

Winner	Score	Runner-up

1984 Details	France	France	2–0	Spain	Denmark and Portugal	8

1988 Details	West Germany	Netherlands	2–0	Soviet Union	Italy and West Germany	8

1992 Details	Sweden	Denmark	2–0	Germany	Netherlands and Sweden	8

1996 Details	England	Germany	2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Czech Republic	England and France	16

2000 Details	Belgium Netherlands	France	2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Italy	Netherlands and Portugal	16

2004 Details	Portugal	Greece	1–0	Portugal	Czech Republic and Netherlands	16

2008 Details	Austria Switzerland	Spain	1–0	Germany	Russia and Turkey	16

2012 Details	Poland Ukraine	Spain	4–0	Italy	Germany and Portugal	16

2016 Details	France	Portugal	1–0 (a.e.t.)	France	Germany and Wales	24

2020 Details	Europe Pan-European	24

2024 Details	Germany	24

Sentence(s)

Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the final, thus becoming the first nation to defend a European Championship title (Euro 2008 and Euro 2012).
Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the final of Euro 2012.
In 2012, Spain defeated Italy by 4–0 in the European Championship final.

final_sentence: Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the final, thus becoming the first nation to defend a European Championship title (Euro 2008 and Euro 2012).
final_sentence: Spain defeated Italy 4–0 in the final of Euro 2012.
final_sentence: In 2012, Spain defeated Italy by 4–0 in the European Championship final.