Euro 2008 – European Championship in Austria and Switzerland

The (Fußball-Europameisterschaft) UEFA European Championship takes place every four years, two years after and before the (Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft) FIFA World Cup.

The first UEFA European Championship took place in France in 1960. The championship, then called European Nations Cup, was the (hier: Idee) brainchild of Henry Delaunay, the (hier: Vorsitzender) secretary of the French Football Federation, who was responsible for encouraging European competitions. The (Trophäe, Pokal) trophy was named after Delaunay and is still presented in his honour.

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Winners of the UEFA European Soccer Championship

• 1960 Soviet Union
• 1964 Spain
• 1968 Italy
• 1972 Germany
• 1976 Czech Republic
• 1980 Germany
• 1984 France
• 1988 Netherlands
• 1992 Denmark
• 1996 Germany
• 2000 France
• 2004 Greece
• 2008 Spain

Teams / Nations

The countries playing in the UEFA Euro 2008 are:
Group A:	Switzerland	Czech Republic	Portugal	Turkey
Group B:	Austria	Croatia	Germany	Poland
Group C:	Netherlands	Italy	Romania	France
Group D:	Greece	Sweden	Spain	Russia

Matches

Times given in local time. In Switzerland/Austria it's 19:02 (Tuesday, 9th February) now.

Qualifying Rounds

Date	Group	Time: 18:00		Time: 20:45
7 June	A	Switzerland - Czech Republic	0 : 1	Portugal - Turkey	2 : 0
8 June	B	Austria - Croatia	0 : 1	Germany - Poland	2 : 0
9 June	C	Romania - France	0 : 0	Netherlands - Italy	3 : 0
10 June	D	Spain - Russia	4 : 1	Greece - Sweden	0 : 2
Date	Group	Time: 18:00		Time: 20:45
11 June	A	Czech Republic - Portugal	1 : 3	Switzerland - Turkey	1 : 2
12 June	B	Croatia - Germany	2 : 1	Austria - Poland	1 : 1
13 June	C	Italy - Romania	1 : 1	Netherlands - France	4 : 1
14 June	D	Sweden - Spain	1 : 2	Greece - Russia	0 : 1
Date	Group	Time: 20:45		Time: 20:45
15 June	A	Switzerland - Portugal	2 : 0	Turkey - Czech Republic	3 : 2
16 June	B	Poland - Croatia	0 : 1	Austria - Germany	0 : 1
17 June	C	Netherlands - Romania	2 : 0	France - Italy	0 : 2
18 June	D	Greece - Spain	1 : 2	Russia - Sweden	2 : 0

Quarter-Final

Date / Time	Match	Teams
19 June, 20:45	1	Portugal - Germany	2 : 3
20 June, 20:45	2	Croatia - Turkey	1 : 1 (1 : 3)
21 June, 20:45	3	Netherlands - Russia	1 : 3
22 June, 20:45	4	Spain - Italy	0 : 0 (4 : 2)

Semi-Final

Date / Time	Match	Teams
25 June, 20:45	1	Germany and Turkey	3 : 2
26 June, 20:45	2	Russia and Spain	0 : 3

Final

Date / Time	Teams
29 June, 20:45	Germany and Spain	0 : 1

Geändert: 30.06.2008 12:01 Uhr

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