UEFA Euro 1972

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1972 UEFA European Football Championship
Europees kampioenschap voetbal België 1972 (in Dutch)
Championnat d'Europe de football Belgique 1972 (in French)
Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien 1972 (in German)
File:UEFA Euro 1972 logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryBelgium
Dates14–18 June
Teams4
Venue4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Soviet Union
Third placeFile:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored10 (2.5 per match)
Attendance121,880 (30,470 per match)
Top scorerWest Germany Gerd Müller (4 goals)
← 1968
1976 →

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.

Only four countries played in the final tournament, with the tournament consisting of the semi-finals, a third place play-off, and the final.

The hosts were only announced after the qualifying round, which meant all teams had to participate in the qualification process for the final stage.[1] Belgium was chosen among three candidates; the other bids came from England and Italy,[2] whose teams did not reach the semi-finals.

West Germany won the tournament, beating the Soviet Union 3–0 in the final, with goals coming from Gerd Müller (twice) and Herbert Wimmer at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels.[3]

Qualification

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying

The qualifying round was played throughout 1970 and 1971 (group phase), and 1972 (quarter-finals). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each, with matches played on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, played in two legs, home and away. The winners of the quarter-finals went through to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (host) Quarter-final winner 13 May 1972 0 (debut)
 Soviet Union Quarter-final winner 13 May 1972 3 (1960, 1964, 1968)
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Quarter-final winner 13 May 1972 0 (debut)
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Quarter-final winner 17 May 1972 1 (1964)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Venues

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Brussels Liège
Heysel Stadium Stade Émile Versé Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Capacity: 75,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 35,000
File:Stade Roi Baudouin.JPG File:3564constantVandenStockStadium.jpg File:Standard liege kaerjeng02.jpg
Antwerp
Bosuilstadion
Capacity: 60,000
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Squads

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 squads

Match officials

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Country Referee
Sweden Sweden Johan Einar Boström
East Germany East Germany Rudi Glöckner
Austria Austria Ferdinand Marschall
Scotland Scotland William Mullan

Final tournament

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament
File:Euro 1972.png
Finalists and their results

At the final tournament, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1)

Bracket

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Semi-finals

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Third-place play-off

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Final

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 Final

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Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 10 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

4 goals

1 goal

Awards

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UEFA Team of the Tournament[4]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Soviet Union Yevhen Rudakov Soviet Union Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Soviet Union Murtaz Khurtsilava
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany Paul Breitner 		West Germany Uli Hoeneß
West Germany Günter Netzer
West Germany Herbert Wimmer 		Belgium Raoul Lambert
West Germany Jupp Heynckes
West Germany Gerd Müller

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