# UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament

The final tournament of UEFA Euro 1972 was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the quarter-finals. There were two rounds of matches: a semi-final stage leading to the final to decide the champions. The final tournament began with the semi-finals on 14 June and ended with the final on 18 June at Heysel Stadium in Brussels. West Germany won the tournament with a 3–0 victory over the Soviet Union.
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## Format

Any game in the final tournament that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round.

## Teams

| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Belgium (host) | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 1st | — | Debut |
| Hungary | Quarter-final winner | 17 May 1972 | 2nd | 1964 | Third place (1964) |
| Soviet Union | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 4th | 1968 | Winners (1960) |
| West Germany | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 1st | — | Debut |

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 June – Antwerp | 14 June – Antwerp |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 18 June – Brussels (Heysel) | 18 June – Brussels (Heysel) |
| West Germany | 2 | 18 June – Brussels (Heysel) | 18 June – Brussels (Heysel) |
| West Germany | 2 | West Germany | 3 |
| 14 June – Brussels (Émile Versé) | 14 June – Brussels (Émile Versé) | | West Germany | 3 |
| 14 June – Brussels (Émile Versé) | 14 June – Brussels (Émile Versé) | Soviet Union | 0 |
| Hungary | 0 | Soviet Union | 0 |
| Soviet Union | 1 | | |
| Soviet Union | 1 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 17 June – Liège | 17 June – Liège |
| | | Hungary | 1 |
| | | Belgium | 2 |

## Semi-finals
### Hungary vs Soviet Union

| Hungary | Soviet Union |
| GK | 1 | István Géczi |
| SW | 3 | Miklós Páncsics |
| CB | 2 | Tibor Fábián |
| CB | 6 | László Bálint |
| CB | 4 | Péter Juhász |
| CM | 12 | István Juhász |
| CM | 8 | Lajos Kocsis | 60' |
| CM | 10 | Lajos Kű |
| RW | 7 | István Szőke |
| CF | 9 | Ferenc Bene (c) | 60' |
| LW | 11 | Sándor Zámbó |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 15 | Antal Dunai | 60' |
| MF | 24 | Flórián Albert | 60' |
| Manager: ||
| Rudolf Illovszky ||
| GK | 1 | Yevhen Rudakov |
| SW | 3 | Murtaz Khurtsilava (c) |
| CB | 2 | Revaz Dzodzuashvili |
| CB | 12 | Volodymyr Kaplychnyi |
| CB | 13 | Yuriy Istomin |
| CM | 14 | Anatoliy Konkov |
| CM | 7 | Volodymyr Troshkin |
| CM | 6 | Viktor Kolotov |
| RW | 8 | Anatoly Baidachny |
| CF | 9 | Anatoliy Banishevskiy | 70' |
| LW | 18 | Volodymyr Onyshchenko |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Givi Nodia | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleksandr Ponomarov ||

### Belgium vs West Germany

| Belgium | West Germany |
| GK | 1 | Christian Piot |
| SW | 5 | Erwin Vandendaele | 17' |
| CB | 2 | Georges Heylens |
| CB | 4 | Jean Thissen |
| CB | 3 | Léon Dolmans |
| RM | 7 | Léon Semmeling |
| CM | 11 | Jan Verheyen |
| CM | 6 | Jean Dockx |
| LM | 8 | Maurice Martens | | 70' |
| CF | 9 | Raoul Lambert |
| CF | 10 | Paul Van Himst (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 14 | Odilon Polleunis | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Raymond Goethals ||
| GK | 1 | Sepp Maier |
| SW | 5 | Franz Beckenbauer (c) |
| CB | 2 | Horst-Dieter Höttges |
| CB | 4 | Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck |
| RM | 6 | Herbert Wimmer |
| CM | 10 | Günter Netzer |
| CM | 8 | Uli Hoeneß | 59' |
| LM | 3 | Paul Breitner |
| RW | 9 | Jupp Heynckes |
| CF | 13 | Gerd Müller |
| LW | 11 | Erwin Kremers |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Jürgen Grabowski | 59' |
| Manager: ||
| Helmut Schön ||

## Third place play-off

| Hungary | Belgium |
| GK | 1 | István Géczi |
| SW | 3 | Miklós Páncsics (c) |
| CB | 2 | Tibor Fábián |
| CB | 6 | László Bálint |
| CB | 4 | Péter Juhász |
| CM | 12 | István Juhász |
| CM | 24 | Flórián Albert |
| CM | 10 | Lajos Kű |
| RW | 20 | Mihály Kozma |
| CF | 15 | Antal Dunai |
| LW | 11 | Sándor Zámbó | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 5 | Lajos Szűcs | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Rudolf Illovszky ||
| GK | 1 | Christian Piot |
| RB | 2 | Georges Heylens |
| CB | 4 | Jean Thissen |
| CB | 5 | Erwin Vandendaele |
| LB | 3 | Léon Dolmans |
| CM | 11 | Jan Verheyen |
| CM | 6 | Jean Dockx |
| CM | 14 | Odilon Polleunis |
| RW | 7 | Léon Semmeling |
| CF | 9 | Raoul Lambert |
| LW | 10 | Paul Van Himst (c) |
| Manager: ||
| Raymond Goethals ||

## Final

| West Germany | Soviet Union |
| GK | 1 | Sepp Maier |
| SW | 5 | Franz Beckenbauer (c) |
| RB | 2 | Horst-Dieter Höttges |
| CB | 4 | Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck |
| LB | 3 | Paul Breitner |
| DM | 6 | Herbert Wimmer |
| CM | 8 | Uli Hoeneß |
| CM | 10 | Günter Netzer | 44' |
| RW | 9 | Jupp Heynckes |
| LW | 11 | Erwin Kremers |
| CF | 13 | Gerd Müller |
| Manager: ||
| Helmut Schön ||
| GK | 1 | Yevhen Rudakov |
| RB | 2 | Revaz Dzodzuashvili |
| CB | 3 | Murtaz Khurtsilava (c) | 66' |
| CB | 12 | Volodymyr Kaplychnyi | 44' |
| LB | 13 | Yuriy Istomin |
| CM | 7 | Volodymyr Troshkin |
| CM | 6 | Viktor Kolotov |
| CM | 14 | Anatoliy Konkov | | 46' |
| RW | 8 | Anatoly Baidachny |
| LW | 18 | Volodymyr Onyshchenko |
| CF | 9 | Anatoliy Banishevskiy | | 66' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 15 | Oleg Dolmatov | | 46' |
| FW | 11 | Eduard Kozynkevych | | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleksandr Ponomarov ||