Visualizing Every UEFA European Championship Final (1960–2020)

Kayla Zhu
2024-07-14 00:45:38
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The UEFA European Championships, or Euros, is a top international football tournament featuring Europe’s top national teams competing in a group stage followed by knockout stage format.

Held every four years, the Euros is among the most-watched football tournaments in the world after the FIFA World Cup, with the 2020 Euros (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) drawing a live match cumulative audience of 5.2 billion.

This graphic visualizes every past UEFA European Championships finals matchup since the first tournament in 1960. The final scores, penalty shootout goals, and if the game was won in extra time, during a replay, or with a golden goal, are also visualized.

The data of the scores comes from the UEFA and is updated as of July 12, 2024.

Spain and Germany lead in Euros wins

This Sunday, July 14th, Spain aims to become the all-time Euros championship leader in their fifth finals appearance while England is looking for their inaugural win in their second consecutive finals, after losing to Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout in the 2020 Euro final.

Year	Final Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2020*	London, England	Italy	England	1-1, 3-2 penalty
2016	Paris, France	Portugal	France	1-0, extra time
2012	Kyiv, Ukraine	Spain	Italy	4-0
2008	Vienna, Austria	Spain	Germany	1-0
2004	Lisbon, Portugal	Greece	Portugal	1-0
2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands	France	Italy	2-1, golden goal during extra time
1996	London, England	Germany	Czechia	2-1, golden goal during extra time
1992	Gothenburg, Sweden	Denmark	Germany	2-0
1988	Munich, West Germany	Netherlands	USSR	2-0
1984	Paris, France	France	Spain	2-0
1980	Rome, Italy	West Germany	Belgium	2-1
1976	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	West Germany	2-2, 5-3 penalty
1972	Brussels, Belgium	West Germany	USSR	3-0
1968	Rome, Italy	Italy	Yugoslavia	1-1, 2-0 rematch
1964	Madrid, Spain	Spain	USSR	2-1
1960	Paris, France	USSR	Yugoslavia	2-1, extra time

*2020 European Championships final was postponed and played in 2021 due to COVID-19.

Going into this 2024 Euros final, Spain and Germany, including West Germany, are currently tied with three Euros championships each. Germany leads in total finals appearance, having reached the championship stage six times.

Spain is currently leading in both the number of matches played (185) and number of matches won (124), according to the latest UEFA data.

In total, eleven different countries have won a Euros championship. France and Italy have both won the Euros twice while six other teams: the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, and Portugal, have won once.

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo currently leads the tournament in all-time goals scored, boasting 55 goals across 74 matches.

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