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The UEFA Euro 2024 final was a football match that determined the winners of UEFA Euro 2024.The match was the seventeenth final of the European Championship, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA to decide the champions of Europe.
The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the European men's national teams of their member associations.
Germany qualified for their sixth final in 2008, and faced Spain in a tournament co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland. A first-half strike from Fernando Torres was the only goal of the game, and helped Spain win their first European trophy in 44 years. [24] The 2012 tournament final saw reigning European and World champions Spain face Italy in ...
In the 20th century, three host countries made it to the final and all won – Italy in 1968, Spain in 1964 and France in 1984. [23] Despite the final taking place in London, Italy were the "home team" for administrative purposes. [16] England and Italy had previously met 27 times, their first encounter taking place in 1933, a 1–1 draw in Rome.
[22] [23] For the first and only time, a match was decided on a coin toss (the semi-final between Italy and the Soviet Union) [24] and the final went to a replay, after the match against Yugoslavia finished 1–1. [25] Italy won the replay 2–0. [26] More teams entered this tournament (31), a testament to its burgeoning popularity. [27]
UEFA Euro 2024 was a football tournament played between 14 June and 14 July 2024 that involved 24 men's national teams from nations affiliated to the Union of European Football Associations ().
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The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA.