UEFA Euro 1968

1968 UEFA European Football ChampionshipCampionato europeo di calcio
Italia 1968

Tournament details
Host country| Italy
Dates| 5–10 June
Teams| 4
Venue(s)| 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Italy (1st title)
Runners-up|  Yugoslavia
Third place|  England
Fourth place|  Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 5
Goals scored| 7 (1.4 per match)
Attendance| 260,916 (52,183 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Dragan Džajić (2 goals)

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International football competition

The 1968 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was hosted and won by Italy. This was the third UEFA European Championship, an event held every four years and organised by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 5 and 10 June 1968.

It was in this year that the tournament changed its name from the "European Nations' Cup" to the "European Championship".[1] There were also some changes in the tournament's qualifying structure, with the two-legged home-and-away knock-out stage being replaced by a group phase.

Four countries played in the final tournament, which consisted of the semi-finals, a third place play-off, and the final. The host nation for the finals was selected from the four qualified nations.[2]

## Qualification

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

The qualification competition was played in two stages: a group stage (taking place from 1966 until 1968) and the quarter-finals (played in 1968). There were seven groups of four teams and one of three, with matches played in a home-and-away basis. The eight group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, which were played in two legs, home and away. The winners of the quarter-finals went through to the final tournament.

This remains to this day the only World Cup or European Championship where a West or reunified German team was eliminated in the qualifying stages (they didn’t enter the 1930 FIFA World Cup, were banned from 1950 and didn’t enter the qualifying stages of UEFA Euro 1960 or 1964 for unknown reasons)

### Qualified teams

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Team  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Previous appearances in tournament[A]

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Italy (host) | Quarter-final winner | 20 April 1968 | 0 (debut)
Yugoslavia | Quarter-final winner | 24 April 1968 | 1 (1960)
England | Quarter-final winner | 8 May 1968 | 0 (debut)
Soviet Union | Quarter-final winner | 11 May 1968 | 2 (1960, 1964)

1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

## Venues

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Rome

Naples

Florence

| Rome | Naples | Florence

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Stadio Olimpico | Stadio San Paolo | Stadio Comunale
Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 82,000 | Capacity: 52,000
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## Squads

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 squads

## Match officials

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Country  | Referee

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Switzerland | Gottfried Dienst
Spain | José María Ortiz de Mendíbil
West Germany | Kurt Tschenscher
Hungary | István Zsolt

## Final tournament

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 final tournament

1968 UEFA European Football Championship finalists

In all matches but the final, extra time and a coin toss were used to decide the winner if necessary. If the final remained level after extra time, a replay would be used to determine the winner. Coin toss was as a matter of fact used in the semi final between Italy and Sovjet Union.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

| 5 June – Naples| |

|  Italy (coin toss)| 0

| 8 and 10 June – Rome

|  Soviet Union| 0|

|  Italy (replay)| 1| 2

| 5 June – Florence

| |  Yugoslavia| 1| 0

|  Yugoslavia| 1

|  England| 0|

| Third place play-off

| 8 June – Rome

|  England| 2

|  Soviet Union| 0

### Semi-finals

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5 June 1968 (1968-06-05)

18:00

Italy | 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Italy won on coin toss|  Soviet Union

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| Report |

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 68,582

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

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5 June 1968 (1968-06-05)

21:15

Yugoslavia | 1–0|  England

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* Džajić 86'

| Report |

Stadio Comunale, Florence

Attendance: 21,834

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

### Third place play-off

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8 June 1968 (1968-06-08)

18:45

England | 2–0|  Soviet Union

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* B. Charlton 39'
* Hurst 63'

| Report |

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 68,817

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

### Final

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 final

8 June 1968 (1968-06-08)

21:15

Italy | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Yugoslavia

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* Domenghini 80'

| Report |

* Džajić 39'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 68,817[3]

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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10 June 1968 (1968-06-10)

21:15

Italy | 2–0|  Yugoslavia

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* Riva 12'
* Anastasi 31'

| Report |

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 32,886[4]

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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There were 7 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.4 goals per match.

2 goals

* Dragan Džajić

1 goal

* Bobby Charlton
* Geoff Hurst
* Pietro Anastasi
* Angelo Domenghini
* Gigi Riva

### Awards

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UEFA Team of the Tournament[5]
Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Dino Zoff |  Bobby Moore
Giacinto Facchetti
Albert Shesternyov
Mirsad Fazlagić |  Angelo Domenghini
Sandro Mazzola
Ivica Osim |  Geoff Hurst
Gigi Riva
Dragan Džajić

## References

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1. ^ Brewin, John; Williamson, Martin (29 April 2012). "Euro 2012: European Nations Cup 1968". ESPN FC. ESPN. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
2. ^ Sheringham, Sam (12 May 2012). "Euro 1968: Alan Mullery's moment of madness". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
3. ^ "European Football Championship 1968 FINAL". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
4. ^ "European Football Championship 1968 FINAL Replay". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
5. ^ "1968 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

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