UEFA Euro 1968


The 1968 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was hosted and won by 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". 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.

Qualification

The qualification competition was played in two stages: a group stage and the quarter-finals. There were seven groups of four teams and one of three, with matches played in a home-and-away basis. The eight group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, which were played in two legs, home and away. The winners of the quarter-finals went through to the final tournament.
This remains to this day the only World Cup or European Championship where a West or reunified German team was eliminated in the qualifying stages

Qualified teams

Venues

Squads

Match officials

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. Coin toss was as a matter of fact used in the semi final between Italy and Soviet Union.
''All times are local, CEST.''

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

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Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

;UEFA Team of the Tournament
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Dino Zoff Bobby Moore
Giacinto Facchetti
Albert Shesternyov
Mirsad Fazlagić		 Angelo Domenghini
Sandro Mazzola
Ivica Osim		 Geoff Hurst
Gigi Riva
Dragan Džajić