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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.
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 16 June and ended with the final on 20 June at the Stadion Crvena zvezda in Belgrade. Czechoslovakia won the tournament with a 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory over West Germany. [1]
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]
The system used in the European Championship up to 1992 was 2 ... while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points ...
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.