UEFA Euro 1972

1972 UEFA European Football ChampionshipEuropees kampioenschap voetbal België 1972 (in Dutch)
Championnat d'Europe de football Belgique 1972 (in French)
Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien 1972 (in German)

Tournament details
Host country| Belgium
Dates| 14–18 June
Teams| 4
Venue(s)| 4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up|  Soviet Union
Third place|  Belgium
Fourth place|  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 4
Goals scored| 10 (2.5 per match)
Attendance| 121,880 (30,470 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Gerd Müller (4 goals)

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The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. This was the fourth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 14 and 18 June 1972.

Only four countries played in the final tournament, with the tournament consisting of the semi-finals, a third place play-off, and the final.

The hosts were only announced after the qualifying round, which meant all teams had to participate in the qualification process for the final stage.[1] Belgium was chosen among three candidates; the other bids came from England and Italy,[2] whose teams did not reach the semi-finals.

West Germany won the tournament, beating the Soviet Union 3–0 in the final, with goals coming from Gerd Müller (twice) and Herbert Wimmer at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels.[3]

## Qualification

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying

The qualifying round was played throughout 1970 and 1971 (group phase), and 1972 (quarter-finals). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each, with matches played on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, played in two legs, home and away. The winners of the quarter-finals went through to the final tournament.

### Qualified teams

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

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Belgium (host) | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 0 (debut)
Soviet Union | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 3 (1960, 1964, 1968)
West Germany | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 0 (debut)
Hungary | Quarter-final winner | 17 May 1972 | 1 (1964)

1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

## Venues

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Brussels | Liège

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Heysel Stadium | Stade Émile Versé | Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Capacity: 75,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 35,000
|  |

Brussels

Liège

Antwerp

| Antwerp
Bosuilstadion
Capacity: 60,000

## Squads

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 squads

## Match officials

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Country  | Referee

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Sweden | Johan Einar Boström
East Germany | Rudi Glöckner
Austria | Ferdinand Marschall
Scotland | William Mullan

## Final tournament

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament

Finalists and their results

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)

### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| 14 June – Antwerp| |

|  Belgium| 1

| 18 June – Brussels (Heysel)

|  West Germany| 2 |

|  West Germany| 3

| 14 June – Brussels (Émile Versé)

| |  Soviet Union| 0

|  Hungary| 0

|  Soviet Union| 1 |

| Third place play-off

| 17 June – Liège

|  Hungary| 1

|  Belgium| 2

### Semi-finals

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14 June 1972 (1972-06-14)

20:00

Hungary | 0–1|  Soviet Union

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|

| Report |

* Konkov 53'

Stade Émile Versé, Brussels

Attendance: 1,659

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

* * *

14 June 1972 (1972-06-14)

20:00

Belgium | 1–2|  West Germany

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* Polleunis 83'

| Report |

* Müller 24', 71'

Bosuilstadion, Antwerp

Attendance: 55,669

Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)

### Third-place play-off

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17 June 1972 (1972-06-17)

20:00

Hungary | 1–2|  Belgium

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* Kű 53' (pen.)

| Report |

* Lambert 24'
* Van Himst 28'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 6,184

Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

### Final

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 Final

18 June 1972 (1972-06-18)

16:00

West Germany | 3–0|  Soviet Union

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* Müller 27', 58'
* Wimmer 52'

| Report |

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 43,437

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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There were 10 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

4 goals

* Gerd Müller

1 goal

* Raoul Lambert
* Odilon Polleunis
* Paul Van Himst
* Lajos Kű
* Anatoliy Konkov
* Herbert Wimmer

### Awards

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UEFA Team of the Tournament[4]
Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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|
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Yevhen Rudakov |  Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Franz Beckenbauer
Paul Breitner |  Uli Hoeneß
Günter Netzer
Herbert Wimmer |  Raoul Lambert
Jupp Heynckes
Gerd Müller

## References

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1. ^ Henson, Mike (12 May 2012). "Euro 1972: West Germany sweep the continent on finals debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
2. ^ "Sportflitsen" [Sports flashes]. De Tĳd : Dagblad voor Nederland (in Dutch). De Tijd. 14 March 1972. Retrieved 19 September 2015 - via Delpher.
3. ^ "Müller strikes twice as West Germany beat USSR in 1972 EURO final". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
4. ^ "1972 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

## External links

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