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France, who had won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, [20] met Italy in the Feijnoord Stadion in the Netherlands, both nations making their second appearance in the final. A second-half goal from Marco Delvecchio saw Italy take a 1–0 lead into injury time, when Sylvain Wiltord scored a "last-gasp" equaliser to send the match into extra time.
As of UEFA Euro 2024. The system used in the European Championship up to 1992 was 2 points for a win, and 3 points for a win from 1996 onwards. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
[4] [5] It is the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup; the Euro 2016 final was watched by a global audience of around 600 million. [6] The competition has been held every four years since 1960 , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] except for 2020 , when it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe ...
Spain's only victory over England in a major tournament was a 1–0 win in the 1950 FIFA World Cup group stage match. [ 31 ] The two teams' latest competitive matches were in League A of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League , with both teams winning away from home; Spain won 2–1 at Wembley while England won 3–2 at the Estadio Benito Villamarin ...
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has begun. Check HuffPost's World Cup dashboard throughout the tournament for standings, schedules, and detailed summaries of each match.
Euro 2012 set attendance records for the 16-team format, for the highest aggregate attendance (1,440,896) and average per game (46,481). Spain became the first and to date only team to win two consecutive European Championships, and also three straight major tournaments (Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012). [3]