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Penalty shoot-outs were introduced to the UEFA European Championship in 1976. Before 1976, there were 17 matches during the first four tournaments from 1960 to 1972: 16 scheduled matches ( four per tournament ) and 1 replay match.
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.
1976 UEFA European Football Championship finalists At the final tournament, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. All times are local, CET ( UTC+1 ).
Antonin Panenka's penalty in the Euro 1976 final birthed a whole new 12-yard tactic. But the risks were higher than anyone could imagine. Panenka - the penalty that killed a career and started a feud
UEFA Euro 1976 was the fifth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams. [1] Thirty-two teams competed in qualifying rounds, [2] which were played on a home-and-away round-robin basis, between 1 September 1974 and 28 February 1976, [3] before the two-legged quarter-finals were held between 24 April and 22 May 1976. [3]
History suggests Germany might be the best penalty-taking team in Europe, having won all six of its shootouts since losing the European Championship’s first to Czechoslovakia in the 1976 final.
The incumbent champions qualified for the final of the 1976 tournament, where they faced Czechoslovakia. A late equaliser from German Bernd Hölzenbein to make it 2–2 saw the game go into extra time and eventually to a penalty shoot-out.
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