Euro Football Championship 2 - Answers

Published: Friday 8th June 2012
  1. Which country hosted the inaugural European Football Championship event in 1960? France.
  2. The European Football Championship in 2000 was the first to be jointly hosted by two countries, which were the TWO countries? Netherlands & Belgium.
  3. Who did Yugoslavia defeat in the 1960 European Football Championship quarter finals to reach the final four? Portugal (6-3 on aggregate).
  4. Which FOUR teams qualified for the 1964 European Football Championship finals tournament? Hungary, Spain, Denmark & The Soviet Union.
  5. Group 8 of the 1968 European Football Championship qualifying competition consisted of the four home nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), how were the winners decided? By combining the results of the 1967 & 1968 British Home Championships.
  6. Who won the European Football Championship trophy in 1968? The hosts Italy defeated Yugoslavia 2-0 in a replay.
  7. What occurred for the first time in the 1976 European Football Championship final? A penalty shoot-out to decide the winner.
  8. Which country hosted the 1980 European Football Championship tournament? Italy.
  9. Which team were European Football Championship champions in 1980? West Germany.
  10. Who did The Netherland defeat in the 1988 European Football Championship final to win the title? The Soviet Union (2-0).
  11. Which team did Denmark replace in the 1992 European Football Championship tournament and why? They replaced Yugoslavia due to UN sanctions being in place because of the war.
  12. The 1996 European Football Championship was the first to be contested by 16 teams, which country hosted the event? England.
  13. Who missed the penalty that lost England the 1996 European Football Championship semi-final in the penalty shoot-out with Germany? Gareth Southgate.
  14. Despite beating Germany 1-0, England failed to progress out of the group stage in the 2000 European Football Championship. Which TWO countries headed the group? Portugal & Romania.
  15. England finished second in their group in the 2004 European Football Championship finals after initially being beaten by France, which TWO countries made up the group? Croatia & Switzerland.
  16. Who managed England during the 2008 European Football Championship campaign? Sven Goran-Erikson.
  17. Which country has won the European Football Championship trophy on the most occasions? Germany (1972 & 1980 as West Germany and 1996).
  18. Which TWO players with 16 matches each have played in the most European Football Championship final games? Edwin Van Der Sar (Netherlands) & Lilian Thuram (France).
  19. Which team did France defeat to win the 1984 European Football Championship? Spain.
  20. Excluding penalty shoot-outs there have been just EIGHT hat tricks scored during the history of the tournament, but who scored TWO during the 1984 European Football Championship? Michel Platini (vs. Belgium & Yugoslavia).

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