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Greeks celebrating the Euro 2004 victory A car painted to celebrate Greece's victory, in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus, August 2004. 2004 UEFA Euro runner-up medal on display in the Museu CR7. After the match, BBC Sport 's John May labelled Greece's victory as the most surprising tournament win in European Championship history, ahead of Denmark ...
Greece won the match 1–0 and were crowned European champions, [34] a title that they were given odds as long as 150–1 chance of winning before the tournament. [35] All of Greece's wins in the knockout stage came in an identical manner: a 1–0 win, with the goal being a header off a cross from the right wing.
Greece have qualified for only four out of seventeen UEFA European Championships, but crowned themselves European champions in 2004. At Euro 2004 they beat hosts and heavily favored Portugal in the final, resulting in their first major tournament win.
It’s been 20 years since Greece shocked the world by winning Euro 2004 and the fairytale story remains one of the most unlikely stories in sport.
The triumph of Greece at Euro 2004 is the biggest sporting achievement in the country's history for a team sport, along with the successes of the Greece national basketball team in the European Championships of 1987, 2005 and 2006 FIBA World Championship and the World Championship title of Greece women's national water polo team in 2011.
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 ...
Most clean sheets (team): 3 – Greece; Fewest clean sheets (team): 0 – Bulgaria, France, Russia; UEFA Euro 2004 didn't have a third and fourth place match so teams eliminated in the semi-final came joint third.
The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2004 was a single-elimination tournament involving the eight teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round, culminating in the final to decide the champions.