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UEFA Euro 2000 was the eleventh edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams. [2] Qualifying rounds were played on a home-and-away round-robin tournament basis prior to the final tournament being co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, between 10 June and 2 July 2000. [3]
Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to 30 minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). In extra time, the golden goal rule was applied, whereby the match would immediately end upon either team scoring, with the team having scored being declared the winner.
The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe.
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 ...
The UEFA European Football Championship, [1] commonly known as the UEFA European Championship and informally as the Euros, is the primary soccer competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (), determining the continental champion of Europe.
Albania’s Nedim Bajrami scores fastest Euros goal ever to stun Italy. HALF-TIME: Italy 2-1 Albania. 20:50, Chris Wilson. 48 mins. HALF-TIME! The referee brings the first half to an end.
Euro 2016 was the first to have 24 teams in the finals. [69] This was the third time France have hosted the competition. Portugal, which qualified for the knock-out phase despite finishing third in its group, went on to win the championship by defeating heavily favoured host team France 1–0 in the Final , thanks to a goal from Eder in the ...
Michel Platini of France is the only player to have scored two hat-tricks in the European Championship, having scored both at UEFA Euro 1984, when his team went on to win the tournament. This is a list of all hat-tricks scored during UEFA European Championships ; that is, the occasions when a footballer has scored three or more goals in a ...