UEFA Euro 1968

UEFA Euro 1968

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	5 June – 10 June
Teams	4
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	England
Fourth place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	7 (1.4 per match)
Attendance	260,916 (52,183 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dragan Džajić (2 goals)
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The UEFA Euro 1968 was the 3rd UEFA European Football Championship tournament. Its formal name was the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship. It was held from 5 June to 10 June. All the European football teams could compete. The defending champion was Spain. The tournament was hosted in Italy. 4 teams qualified for the final group stage. The winner of the tournament was Italy after defeating Yugoslavia.^[1]

Results

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 June – Naples
	Soviet Union	0
					8 June – Rome(replayed 10 June)
	Italy (ct)	0
					Italy	2 (1)
	5 June – Florence
					Yugoslavia	0 (1)
	England	0
	Yugoslavia	1
					Third place
					8 June – Rome
					England	2
					Soviet Union	0

Third place game

8 June 1968

18:45

England	2 – 0	Soviet Union
Charlton  39' Hurst  63'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 68,817

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

Final

8 June 1968

21:15

Italy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Domenghini  80'		Džajić  32'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 68,817^[2]

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Replay

10 June 1968

21:15

Italy	2 – 0	Yugoslavia
Riva  12' Anastasi  31'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 32,866^[3]

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

UEFA Euro 1968 Winners
Italy 1st title

Statistics

2 goals

• Dragan Džajić

1 goal

• Luigi Riva
• Angelo Domenghini
• Pietro Anastasi
• Geoff Hurst
• Bobby Charlton

References