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Germany qualified for their sixth final in 2008, and faced Spain in a tournament co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland. A first-half strike from Fernando Torres was the only goal of the game, and helped Spain win their first European trophy in 44 years. [24] The 2012 tournament final saw reigning European and World champions Spain face Italy in ...
UEFA Euro 1972 was the fourth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams. [1] Qualifying rounds were played on a home-and-away round-robin tournament basis prior to the semi-finals and final taking place in Belgium, between 14 and 18 June 1972. [ 2 ]
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.
The final tournament of UEFA Euro 1972 was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the quarter-finals. There were two rounds of matches: a semi-final stage leading to the final to decide the champions.
From 1980, eight teams competed. In 1996 the tournament expanded to 16 teams, since it was easier for European nations to qualify for the World Cup than their own continental championship; 14 of the 24 teams at the 1982, 1986 and 1990 World Cups had been European, whereas the European Championship finals still involved only eight teams.
These are the rosters to the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship, which was in Belgium, from 14 June to 18 June 1972. The players' listed ages is their age on the tournament's opening day (14 June 1972). The tournament squads were remarkable in that every player in the tournament played for a club in his native country.
The following teams are current or former UEFA members which have never qualified for the European Championship. Of these, Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 2014 ) and Israel ( 1970 ) are the only teams to qualify for the FIFA World Cup , though Israel did so as an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member.
FC Barcelona subsequently qualified for the following seasons European Cup Winners Cup and made it all the way to the final only to lose 3–2 to Slovan Bratislava. In 1971, Fusté inspired FC Barcelona to one more Copa win. In the 1970–71 season, FC Barcelona narrowly missed out on winning La Liga, losing by a single point to Valencia CF.