UEFA European Football Championship 1960-2016 Quiz

Answer: Soviet Union

The first tournament was based on knock-out on home and away matches. The final four teams played in a nation which qualified as one of the four teams. Soviet Union defeated Yugoslovia 2-1 after extra time time to become the first champion of the tournament. The same format was used in the next four tournaments in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976.

Answer: West Germany

West Germany beat Belgium 2-1 to win their second European title. The German won the first title in 1972 when they defeated Soviet Union 3-0 in the final.

Answer: Michel Platini

France won all the 5 matches with Platini scoring in every match. In the group stage, he scored 1 goal for his team to beat Denmark 1-0, 2 goals to beat Belgium 5-0 and 3 goals to beat Yugoslavia 3-2. In the semi-final, he scored 1 goal in extra-time for his team to beat Portugal 3-2. In the final, he scored 1 goal for France to beat Spain 2-0. His impressive 9 goal tally in 5 matches is going to be difficult to break. He was 6 goals ahead of the next highest Frank Arnesen of Denmark with 3 goals.

Answer: Netherlands

Netherlands lost 0-1 to Soviet Union in their first match in the group stage. Marco Van Basten scored a hattrick to defeat England 3-1 in the second match. They won 1-0 against Ireland in the third match. In the semi-final, they beat host nation West Germany 2-1. In the final match, they won 2-0 against Soviet Union to win their first European title.

Answer: Denmark

Denmark finished second in their qualifying group to Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia was disqualified due to the breakup of the country into several nations. Denmark defeated Germany 2-0 in the final to win the tournament for the first time.

Answer: Germany

Germany won their third title when they defeated Czech Republic 2-1 after extra time on the golden goal rule. Olivier Bienhoff scored 2 goals, with a golden goal in the 95th minute. Host nation England lost their semi-final to Germany on penalties (5-6) when the scored was tied at 1-1 after extra-time. Alan Shearer was the top scorer with 5 goals.

Answer: Won by a golden goal in the semi-final and final

France defeated Portugal 2-1 in extra-time, with Zidane scoring the golden goal by a penalty in the 117th minute. In the final the score against Italy was 1-1 after normal time, David Trezeguet scored the golden goal in the 103rd minute for France to win their second European title, following their world title in 1998.

Answer: Greece

Greece finished second to Portugal in the group stage, although they beat the host nation 2-1 in the opening match. Along the way to the final, they beat France 1-0 in the quarter-final and Czech Republic by the same score the semi-final. In the last match, they again beat favorite Portugal 1-0 to win their first-ever European championship.

Answer: Spain

Spain defeated Germany 1-0 in the 2008 final and Italy 4-0 in the 2012 final. In 2010, they were the FIFA World Cup champion, which marked the golden years in Spanish football history. Their first European title was in 1964.

Answer: Won only one match in normal time

In the group stage, Portugal drew all the 3 matches: 1-1 against Iceland, 0-0 against Austria and 3-3 against Hungary to qualify into the knock-out stage as the 3rd best team.

In the knock-out stage, they defeated Croatia 1-0 after extra-time in the last-16 and 5-3 on penalties against Poland after the score was tied 1-1 after extra-time in the quarter-final. They secured a 2-0 win over Wales in normal time in the semi-final. In the final, they beat favorite France 1-0 in extra-time. Cristiano Ronaldo was injured after only 25 minutes of play.