The 1968 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. This was the third
UEFA European Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...
, an event held every four years and organised by
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
. The final tournament took place between 5 and 10 June 1968.
It was in this year that the tournament changed its name from the "European Nations' Cup" to the "European Championship". There were also some changes in the tournament's qualifying structure, with the two-legged home-and-away knock-out stage being replaced by a group phase.
Four countries played in the final tournament, which consisted of the semi-finals, a
third place play-off
A third place match, game for third place, bronze medal game or consolation game is a single match that is included in many sporting knockout tournaments to decide which competitor or team will be credited with finishing third and fourth. The tea ...
, and the final. The host nation for the finals was selected from the four qualified nations.
Qualification
The qualification competition was played in two stages: a group stage (taking place from 1966 until 1968) and the quarter-finals (played in 1968). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each with the exception of group 4, which only had three. The matches were played in a home-and-away basis. Victories were worth 2 points, draws 1 point, and defeats 0 points. Only group winners could qualify for the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament.
As of 2024, this is the last European Championship finals not to feature Germany (then West Germany) in it.
Qualified teams
Venues
Squads
Match officials
Final tournament
![Euro 1968](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Euro_1968.png)
In all matches but the final,
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
and a
coin toss
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were used to decide the winner if necessary. If the final remained level after extra time, a
replay would be used to determine the winner.
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Bracket
Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
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Statistics
Goalscorers
Awards
;UEFA Team of the Tournament
References
External links
UEFA Euro 1968at UEFA.com
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1967–68 in European football
1967–68 in Italian football
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