Introduction

This was the first Euro Cup to be contested and it was played after World Cup VIII. There were a total of 40 teams who took part in the competition; all of the UEFA sides who had participated in World Cup VIII qualifying (execpt Israel, who played in Asian Cup I instead) and debutants Albania, Belarus, Estonia, and Lithuania. Also, Latvia returned for their first competition since World Cup VI.

• Teams Entered: 40
• Champion: Spain (1st)
• Top Scorer: Jankauskas (5)

Qualification

Procedure

8 groups of 5 - top 2 per group qualify to the main tournament.

Group A

Norway - 16 pts +5 GD 17 GF 12 GA
Lithuania - 12 pts +2 GD 15 GF 13 GA
Poland - 11 pts -2 GD 11 GF 13 GA
Finland - 10 pts -5 GD 8 GF 13 GA
Croatia - 8 pts +0 GD 9 GF 9 GA

Poland 4 - 0 Lithuania [Krzynowek, Lewandowski, Gargula, Smolarek]
Norway 2 - 0 Finland [Iversen, Carew]
BYE: Croatia

Lithuania 5 - 3 Norway [Mikoliunas x2, Jankauskas x2, Galkevicius; Iversen x2, Nevland]
Finland 1 - 1 Croatia [Johansson; Kalinic]
BYE: Poland

Norway 4 - 1 Poland [Nevland, Andresen, Carew x2; Roger Guerreiro]
Croatia 3 - 1 Lithuania [Arlauskis OG, Petric, Olic; Sernas]
BYE: Finland

Poland 1 - 0 Croatia [Roger Guerreiro]
Lithuania 4 - 0 Finland [Mikoliunas, E. Cesnauskis, Jankauskas, Danilevicius]
BYE: Norway

Finland 3 - 0 Poland [Sjolund, Forssell x2]
Croatia 0 - 1 Norway [Nevland]
BYE: Lithuania

Poland 3 - 3 Norway [Lewandowski, Bosacki, Krzynowek; Winsnes, Iversen x2]
Lithuania 2 - 0 Croatia [Danilevicius, D. Cesnauskis]
BYE: Finland

Norway 2 - 1 Lithuania [Carew, M. G. Pedersen; Danilevicius]
Croatia 4 - 1 Finland [Eduardo x2, Srna, Petric; Forssell]
BYE: Poland

Lithuania 2 - 0 Poland [D. Cesnauskis, Jankauskas]
Finland 1 - 0 Norway [Forssell]
BYE: Croatia

Poland 2 - 1 Finland [Sosin, Krzynowek; Roman Eremenko]
Norway 2 - 1 Croatia [Iversen, Nevland; Klasnic]
BYE: Lithuania

Croatia 0 - 0 Poland
Finland 1 - 0 Lithuania [Johansson]
BYE: Norway

Group B

England - 15 pts +8 GD 18 GF 10 GA
Spain - 15 pts +6 GD 17 GF 11 GA
Hungary - 15 pts -4 GD 10 GF 14 GA
Iceland - 9 pts -5 GD 10 GF 15 GA
Montenegro - 6 pts -5 GD 7 GF 12 GA

England 2 - 1 Montenegro [Gerrard, Heskey; Vukcevic]
Spain 5 - 0 Hungary [Xavi, Villa x2, Juhasz OG, Silva]
BYE: Iceland

Montenegro 0 - 1 Spain [Villa]
Hungary 2 - 1 Iceland [Szalai x2; Helguson]
BYE: England

Spain 0 - 2 England [Heskey, Rooney]
Iceland 3 - 0 Montenegro [Gudjohnsen, P. Gudjonsson x2]
BYE: Hungary

England 0 - 1 Iceland [Smarason]
Montenegro 0 - 2 Hungary [Szalai, Gera]
BYE: Spain

Hungary 3 - 1 England [Priskin x2, B. Toth; Gerrard]
Iceland 2 - 1 Spain [V. Gunnarsson, Gudjohnsen; Villa]
BYE: Montenegro

England 3 - 2 Spain [Lampard, Lennon, Heskey; Xavi, Villa]
Montenegro 2 - 1 Iceland [Damjanovic, Vucinic; Helguson]
BYE: Hungary

Spain 2 - 1 Montenegro [Villa, Torres; Vucinic]
Iceland 0 - 1 Hungary [Hajnal]
BYE: England

Montenegro 3 - 0 England [Damjanovic x2, Vucinic]
Hungary 1 - 3 Spain [Szalai; Iniesta, Villa, Torres]
BYE: Iceland

England 4 - 0 Hungary [Beckham, Walcott, Rooney, Lampard]
Spain 3 - 2 Iceland [Xavi, Luis Enrique, Torres; Gudjohnsen, S. Gislason]
BYE: Montenegro

Iceland 0 - 6 England [Hesky, Defoe x3, Lampard, Rooney]
Hungary 1 - 0 Montenegro [Hajnal]
BYE: Spain

Group C

Italy - 18 pts +7 GD 20 GF 13 GA
Sweden - 11 pts +3 GD 12 GF 9 GA
Austria - 11 pts -1 GD 11 GF 12 GA
Latvia - 11 pts -2 GD 12 GF 14 GA
Scotland - 6 pts -6 GD 10 GF 16 GA

Latvia 1 - 1 Austria [Rudnev; Hoffer]
Sweden 3 - 1 Italy [Ibrahimovic, Kallstrom, Hysen; Quagliarella]
BYE: Scotland

Austria 2 - 1 Sweden [Ivanschitz, Holzl; Wilhelmsson]
Italy 3 - 2 Scotland [Toni x2, Di Natale; S. Fletcher, Miller]
BYE: Latvia

Sweden 0 - 0 Latvia
Scotland 1 - 0 Austria [Iwelumo]
BYE: Italy

Latvia 3 - 2 Scotland [Rubins, Verpakovskis x2; Miller, Hartley]
Austria 0 - 2 Italy [Gilardino, Pirlo]
BYE: Sweden

Italy 5 - 1 Latvia [Di Natale, Toni x3, Quagliarella; Zemlinskis]
Scotland 0 - 3 Sweden [Kallstrom, Elmander, Larsson]
BYE: Austria

Latvia 1 - 0 Sweden [Laizans]
Austria 3 - 1 Scotland [Hoffer, Ivanschitz, Arnautovic; S. Fletcher]
BYE: Italy

Sweden 2 - 2 Austria [Nilsson x2; Pogatetz, Hoffer]
Scotland 4 - 1 Italy [Miller x2, Iwelumo, B. Robson; Gilardino]
BYE: Latvia

Austria 3 - 2 Latvia [Saumel, Hoffer, Janko; Gauracs, Rudnev]
Italy 3 - 2 Sweden [Di Natale, Quagliarella, Toni; Ibrahimovic, Larsson]
BYE: Scotland

Latvia 2 - 3 Italy [Guaracs, Rudnev; Quagliarella x2, Pirlo]
Sweden 1 - 0 Scotland [Rasmus Elm]
BYE: Austria

Scotland 0 - 2 Latvia [Gauracs x2]
Italy 2 - 0 Austria [Toni, Di Natale]
BYE: Sweden

Group D

Turkey - 17 pts +5 GD 15 GF 10 GA
Germany - 14 pts +4 GD 15 GF 11 GA
Albania - 14 pts +1 GD 17 GF 16 GA
Bosnia-Herzegovina - 7 pts -5 GD 10 GF 15 GA
Slovenia - 4 pts -5 GD 7 GF 12 GA

Slovenia 0 - 1 Turkey [Nihat]
Albania 3 - 4 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Salihi x2, Skela; Berberovic, Topic, Misimovic, Husejnovic]
BYE: Germany

Turkey 2 - 2 Albania [Emre, Colin Kazim; Bogdani, Agolli]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 - 1 Germany [Salihovic; Ballack]
BYE: Slovenia

Albania 1 - 1 Slovenia [Salihi; Ljubijankic]
Germany 1 - 0 Turkey [Podolski]
BYE: Bosnia-Herzegovina

Slovenia 0 - 1 Germany [Klose]
Turkey 1 - 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Sabri Sarioglu]
BYE: Albania

Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 - 0 Slovenia [Kirm OG]
Germany 1 - 2 Albania [Ballack; Bogdani x2]
BYE: Turkey

Slovenia 2 - 3 Albania [Ujkani OG, Ljubijankic; Bogdani x2, Tare]
Turkey 3 - 3 Germany [Erding x2, Nihat; Klose x2, Podolski]
BYE: Bosnia-Herzegovina

Albania 1 - 3 Turkey [Bogdani; Tuncay Sanli x2, Arda Turan]
Germany 3 - 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Ballack, Frings, Klose; Topic]
BYE: Slovenia

Turkey 2 - 1 Slovenia [Emre, Branko Ilic OG; Birsa]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 - 1 Albania [Salihi]
BYE: Germany

Slovenia 3 - 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Novakovic x2, Kirm; Topic]
Albania 4 - 3 Germany [Salihi, Duro, Vila, Bulku; Klose x2, Mario Gomez]

Germany 2 - 0 Slovenia [Ballack, Podolski]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 - 3 Turkey [Topic x2; Tuncay Sanli x3]
BYE: Albania

Group E

France - 21 pts +11 GD 21 GF 10 GA
Bulgaria - 15 pts +5 GD 17 GF 12 GA
Northern Ireland - 10 pts -5 GD 7 GF 12 GA
Russia - 8 pts -3 GD 11 GF 14 GA
Belgium - 4 pts -8 GD 10 GF 18 GA

Bulgaria 3 - 0 France [Mexes OG, Domovchiyski, M. Petrov]
Belgium 1 - 0 Northern Ireland [De Sutter]
BYE: Russia

France 4 - 1 Belgium [Ribery, Benzema x3; Kompany]
Northern Ireland 1 - 0 Russia [Paterson]
BYE: Bulgaria

Belgium 1 - 2 Bulgaria [Fellaini; Bojinov, Rangelov]
Russia 1 - 2 France [Arshavin; Nasri, Henry]
BYE: Northern Ireland

Bulgaria 1 - 4 Russia [Bojinov; Pogrebnyak x2, Kerzhakov, Semak]
France 2 - 0 Northern Ireland [Henry x2]
BYE: Belgium

Northern Ireland 2 - 0 Bulgaria [Feeney, Lafferty]
Russia 2 - 1 Belgium [Kerzhakov, Zyrianov; De Sutter]
BYE: France

Bulgaria 2 - 1 Belgium [M. Petrov, Domovchiyski; Bojinov OG]
France 5 - 1 Russia [Henry, Ribery x2, Gourcuff, Gallas; Kerzhakov]
BYE: Northern Ireland

Belgium 2 - 3 France [Dembele, De Camargo; Benzema x2, Nasri]
Russia 0 - 0 Northern Ireland
BYE: Bulgaria

France 3 - 1 Bulgaria [Ribery, Gourcuff, Benzema; S. Petrov]
Northern Ireland 3 - 1 Belgium [Clingan x2, Healy; Blondel]
BYE: Russia

Bulgaria 6 - 0 Northern Ireland [Domovchiyski, S. Petrov, Berbatov x2, M. Petrov x2]
Belgium 2 - 2 Russia [Dembele, Sonck; Kerzahakov x2]
BYE: France

Russia 1 - 3 Bulgaria [Pavlyuchenko; Berbatov x2, Makriev]
Northern Ireland 1 - 2 France [Brunt; Ribery, Nasri]
BYE: Belgium

Group F

Georgia - 15 pts +8 GD 17 GF 9 GA
Ireland - 12 pts -2 GD 11 GF 13 GA
Serbia - 10 pts +1 GD 10 GF 9 GA
Czech Republic - 9 pts +1 GD 17 GF 16 GA
Ukraine - 8 pts -8 GD 8 GF 16 GA

Czech Republic 0 - 1 Ukraine [Shevchenko]
Ireland 1 - 1 Serbia [Robbie Keane; Pantelic]
BYE: Georgia

Ukraine 1 - 0 Ireland [Voronin]
Serbia 0 - 0 Georgia
BYE: Czech Republic

Ireland 3 - 2 Czech Republic [Robbie Keane x2, Andy Reid; Rosicky, Baros]
Georgia 2 - 2 Ukraine [Kenia, McHedlidze; Voronin x2]
BYE: Serbia

Czech Republic 2 - 3 Georgia [Nedved, Baros; Arveladze, Merebashvili, Ashvetia]
Ukraine 1 - 1 Serbia [Levchenko; Lazovic]
BYE: Ireland

Serbia 3 - 1 Czech Republic [D. Stankovic x2, Jankovic; Sverkos]
Georgia 1 - 2 Ireland [Merebashvili; Duff, Robbie Keane]
BYE: Ukraine

Czech Republic 5 - 1 Ireland [Baros x2, Koller x2, Nedved; Kevin Doyle]
Ukraine 0 - 4 Georgia [Ashvetia x2, Iashvili, Merebashvili]
BYE: Serbia

Ireland 1 - 0 Ukraine [Folan]
Georgia 2 - 0 Serbia [Pantskhava, Kobiashvili]
BYE: Czech Republic

Ukraine 2 - 4 Czech Republic [Voronin, Kalinichenko; Baros, Nedved, Koller x2]
Serbia 1 - 1 Ireland [Pantelic; Robbie Keane]
BYE: Georgia

Czech Republic 2 - 0 Serbia [Baros, Nedved]
Ireland 2 - 2 Georgia [Duff, Kevin Doyle; Arveladze, Merebashvili]
BYE: Ukraine

Georgia 3 - 1 Czech Republic [Iashvili x2, Mujiri; Koller]
Serbia 4 - 1 Ukraine [Pantelic x2, Zigic x2; Shevchenko]
BYE: Ireland

Group G

Netherlands - 24 pts +17 GD 27 GF 10 GA
Wales - 10 pts -3 GD 10 GF 13 GA
Belarus - 9 pts -7 GD 11 GF 18 GA
Switzerland - 9 pts -7 GD 11 GF 18 GA
Greece - 7 pts +0 GD 12 GF 12 GA

Wales 2 - 1 Greece [Simon Davies, Bellamy; Gekas]
Switzerland 2 - 3 Netherlands [Dzemaili, Frei; Huntelaar, Sneijder x2]
BYE: Belarus

Greece 3 - 1 Switzerland [Salpingidis x2, Karagounis; Barnetta]
Netherlands 5 - 1 Belarus [Babel x2, Van Bommel, Kuyt, Van Bronckhorst; Gurenko]
BYE: Wales

Switzerland 2 - 1 Wales [Inler, Behrami; Bellamy]
Belarus 2 - 0 Greece [Rodionov, Kutuzov]
BYE: Netherlands

Wales 3 - 0 Belarus [C. Robinson x2, Bellamy]
Greece 1 - 2 Netherlands [Samaras; Robben, Van Persie]
BYE: Switzerland

Netherlands 4 - 1 Wales [Babel x2, Van Persie, Robben; Bellamy]
Belarus 5 - 0 Switzerland [Hleb, Kornilenko x2, Kulchiy, Kutuzov]
BYE: Greece

Wales 2 - 1 Switzerland [Giggs, Earnshaw; Magnin]
Greece 4 - 0 Belarus [Liberopoulous, Gekas x2, Basinas]
BYE: Netherlands

Switzerland 2 - 1 Greece [Frei x2; Katsouranis]
Belarus 1 - 4 Netherlands [Kutuzov; Huntelaar x3, Van Bommel]
BYE: Wales

Greece 0 - 0 Wales
Netherlands 3 - 1 Switzerland [Sneijder, Babel, Van Persie; N'kufo]
BYE: Belarus

Wales 1 - 3 Netherlands [Ramsey; Babel x3]
Switzerland 2 - 0 Belarus [Streller, Frei]
BYE: Greece

Belarus 2 - 0 Wales [Rodionov, Sivakov]
Netherlands 3 - 2 Greece [Van Der Vaart, Van Persie x2; Samaras, Amanatidis]
BYE: Switzerland

Group H

Portugal - 14 pts +6 GD 15 GF 9 GA
Romania - 14 pts +1 GD 14 GF 13 GA
Slovakia - 13 pts -1 GD 8 GF 9 GA
Estonia - 8 pts -3 GD 11 GF 14 GA
Denmark - 6 pts -2 GD 11 GF 13 GA

Slovakia 0 - 0 Romania
Denmark 1 - 2 Portugal [T. Rasmussen; Joao Moutinho, Poulsen OG]
BYE: Estonia

Romania 2 - 0 Denmark [Chivu, Mutu]
Portugal 3 - 0 Estonia [Nuno Gomes x2, Deco]
BYE: Slovakia

Denmark 5 - 1 Slovakia [Kahlenberg, Agger, Rommedahl, Bendtner, Durica OG; Jakubko]
Estonia 4 - 3 Romania [Post x2, Lindpere, Voskoboinikov; Chivu x2, Marica]
BYE: Portugal

Slovakia 1 - 0 Estonia [Jaager OG]
Romania 2 - 0 Portugal [Marica x2]
BYE: Denmark

Portugal 1 - 2 Slovakia [C. Ronaldo; Vittek, Mintal]
Estonia 3 - 1 Denmark [Kink, Post, Zenjov; Tomasson]
BYE: Romania

Slovakia 2 - 1 Denmark [Mintal, Vittek; Tomasson]
Romania 3 - 2 Estonia [Marica, Mutu, Tanase; Voskoboinikov, Vassiljev]
BYE: Portugal

Denmark 1 - 1 Romania [Andreasen; Costea]
Estonia 1 - 1 Portugal [Post; Simao]
BYE: Slovakia

Romania 2 - 1 Slovakia [Marius Niculae, Bucur; Vittek]
Portugal 1 - 1 Denmark [C. Ronaldo; Tomasson]
BYE: Estonia

Slovakia 1 - 2 Portugal [Karhan; Nani, Deco]
Denmark 1 - 1 Estonia [Tomasson; Oper]
BYE: Romania

Estonia 0 - 1 Slovakia [Jakubko]
Portugal 5 - 1 Romania [C. Ronaldo x2, R. Meireles, Deco, H. Almeida; Costea]
BYE: Denmark

Qualified Teams

Norway
Lithuania
England
Spain
Italy
Sweden
Turkey
Germany
France
Bulgaria
Georgia
Ireland
Netherlands
Wales
Portugal
Romania

Euro Cup

Seeding

Seeding was based on qualification performance. All group winners were put into pots A and B, all runners up into pots C and D, based on points earned and then goal difference.

Pot A: Netherlands, France, Italy, Turkey
Pot B: Norway, England, Georgia, Portugal
Pot C: Spain, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania
Pot D: Lithuania, Ireland, Sweden, Wales

Group Stage

Group A

Netherlands - 5 pts +1 GD 5 GF 4 GA
Portugal - 3 pts +0 GD 7 GF 7 GA
Sweden - 3 pts +0 GD 5 GF 5 GA
Germany - 2 pts -1 GD 4 GF 5 GA

Portugal 2 - 2 Germany [Maniche, Simao; Ballack, Klose]
Netherlands 1 - 1 Sweden [Hansson OG; Ibrahimovic]

Sweden 3 - 3 Portugal [Larsson x2, Ibrahimovic; Liedson Muniz x2, Nani]
Germany 1 - 2 Netherlands [Podolski; C. Metzelder OG, Huntelaar]

Germany 1 - 1 Sweden [Klose; Ljungberg]
Portugal 2 - 2 Netherlands [Nuno Gomes, Simao; Van Der Vaart, Sneijder]

Group B

Ireland - 7 pts +6 GD 6 GF 0 GA
Georgia - 6 pts +2 GD 6 GF 4 GA
France - 4 pts -2 GD 2 GF 4 GA
Romania - 0 pts -6 GD 1 GF 7 GA

Georgia 2 - 1 Romania [Iashvili, Akhalkatsi; Marica]
France 0 - 0 Ireland

Ireland 2 - 0 Georgia [Keogh, Reid]
Romania 0 - 1 France [Henry]

Romania 0 - 4 Ireland [Reid x2, Keogh, Robbie Keane]
Georgia 4 - 1 France [Mchedlidze x2, Kobiashvili, Iashvili; Gourcuff]

Group C

Lithuania - 6 pts +1 GD 4 GF 3 GA
Spain - 4 pts +1 GD 6 GF 5 GA
England - 4 pts +0 GD 4 GF 4 GA
Turkey - 3 pts -2 GD 3 GF 5 GA

England 2 - 2 Spain [Defoe, Lampard; Torres, Villa]
Turkey 0 - 2 Lithuania [D. Cesnauskis, Serna]

Lithuania 1 - 0 England [Jankauskas]
Spain 1 - 2 Turkey [Torres; Tuncay Sanli, Nihat]

Spain 3 - 1 Lithuania [S. Cazorla, Xabi Alonso, Villa; Galkevicius]
England 2 - 1 Turkey [Rooney, Lampard; Basturk]

Group D

Italy - 7 pts +3 GD 7 GF 4 GA
Wales - 6 pts +1 GD 4 GF 3 GA
Norway - 2 pts -1 GD 7 GF 8 GA
Bulgaria - 1 pts -3 GD 3 GF 6 GA

Norway 2 - 2 Bulgaria [Carew x2; Domovchiyski x2]
Italy 1 - 0 Wales [Di Natale]

Wales 2 - 1 Norway [Simon Davies, Earnshaw; Winsnes]
Bulgaria 0 - 2 Italy [Toni, Perrotta]

Bulgaria 1 - 2 Wales [Domovchiyski; Bellamy, Koumas]
Norway 4 - 4 Italy [Andresen x3, Braaten; Montolivo, Camoranesi, Grosso, Di Natale]

Knockout Round

Quarterfinals

Netherlands 4 - 1 Georgia [Babel, Van Persie, Van Bronckhorst, Van Bommel; Arveladze]
Lithuania 4 - 1 Wales [Jankauskas x3, Danilevicius; Bellamy]
Ireland 3 - 1 Portugal [Kevin Doyle, Robbie Keane, Reid; C. Ronaldo]
Italy 1 - 3 Spain [Toni; Tamudo x2, Silva]

Semifinals

Netherlands 1 - 1 Lithuania [Huntelaar - OT; Galkevicius - OT] (6-5 PKs)
Ireland 0 - 1 Spain [Torres]

Third Place

Lithuania 3 - 0 Ireland [Danilevicius x2, Jankauskas]

Championship

Netherlands 0 - 3 Spain [Villa x2, Torres]

Scoring Award

The top scorers from the tournament (players with 3 or more) were:

Jankauskas - 5
Reid - 4
Torres - 4
Villa - 4
Andresen - 3
Danilevicius - 3
Domovchiyski - 3

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