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European Championship is the main football teams in the continent of Europe Championship, to determine the champion of the continent of Europe. The tournament is held since its inception under the auspices of UEFA, where the tournament is held once every four years, since the beginning in 1960, and precisely two years after the establishment of the World Cup soccer championship. The tournament was changed from Euro name, but in the European Championship in 1968, the tournament has been changed name to become a European Championship

In 1956 he was planning to set up championship teams of football in Europe, and in 1958 was the establishment of the first European Championship teams, and was the tournament system depends on the games are on the way to come and go, and plays all team games in the state with a match in the other team, and in the semi the final selection of the team of four qualified teams for hosting the remaining games. And may be the first final match of the European Nations Cup was held in 1960 between the Yugoslavia national football team and coach of the Soviet Football Federation, it has match took place in Paris, has been elected the Soviet Union's football won the title of the tournament to become the first team to win the title of the European Championship.

Affected European Championship tournament in 1964 very much in politics, he has rejected Greece national football team to play with Albania national football team, where she was among them war, and the tournament was held in Spain, and won the Spain national football team after they beat the national team of the Soviet Union Football in Madrid . And it has been changing the way to qualify in the UEFA European Championship in 1968, which divided the teams into eight groups and play each team with the other twice, and qualify for the group champion and find the other group champion in round-robin matches, and held the tournament in Italy, and Italy national football team won the title that tournament, after the final returned with the Yugoslavia national football team, where they drew 1-1 in the first match Italy national football team won the second game after beating Yugoslavia national football team 2-0.

And held the same system in the European Championship 1972 tournament, was hosted by Belgium finals, West Germany football and won the championship title after he defeated the national team of the Soviet Union's football 3-0, and held the European Nations Cup 1976 tournament in Yugoslavia, won Czechoslovakia national football team won the tournament after beating West Germany soccer penalty shootout, the first tournament ends in a penalty. At the European Championship in 1980, it has changed the championship system, where he participated for the first time eight teams in the cup, was split teams into two groups, each group containing four teams, and the winner of each group qualify to the final, met with West Germany football squad Belgium football in the final, West Germany football and won the game 2-1, which is the first European team to win the title twice, and in the European Nations Cup in 1984 did not change the tournament system, and continued on the eight teams, but made the first and second teams qualify to the semi-finals, play scissor way with the teams in the other group, and the tournament was held in France, he won the France national football team after beating Spain national football team 2-0.

And host West Germany's European Championship in 1988, and led the Marco van Basten, Netherlands national football team to win that tournament after he defeated in the final of the national team of the Soviet Union football. Fabricated EURO 1992 in Sweden Championship, was East Germany reunited with West Germany, and the disintegrated Soviet Union has played under the Commonwealth of Independent States name, not Yugoslavia, unable to participate in the tournament because of the war, and Fsharki his stead Denmark, and suddenly the team arrived Denmark soccer final of that tournament and met with the Germany national football team and won it 2-0, note that the Germany national football team was world champion in that period. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the number of state on the continent of Europe, large and reached 48 countries, propagated to increase the number of participating in the European Championship in 1996 in England States to 16 teams, has divided the teams into four groups, and qualify for the first and second of each group to the quarter-finals, Germany national football team won the title of the tournament after beating the Czech football team scored a golden goal by Oliver Bierhoff, the first golden goal scored in a European championship final.

For the first time held European Championship tournament in 2000 in international organizations, where Belgium and the Netherlands to host the tournament, France national football team and won the tournament, after beating Italy national football team scored a golden goal by David Trezeguet. And held Euro 2004 championship in Portugal, has been the adoption of the silver goal system in that tournament, won the title of the tournament abruptly Greece national football team after beating Portugal national football team 1-0 in the final. The second time was shared between two host for this tournament, this time in Austria and Switzerland, which hosted the European Championship in 2008, which made her title Spain national football team, who beat his German counterpart with the aim for nothing. Versus no third He.marh has shared hosting between two of the tournament, and was in Ukraine and Poland, which hosted the Nations Championship of Europe in 2012, which made her title Spain national football team for the third time in the history of the championship in front of his Italy national football team in the final and won it Quartet vs. zero .

Until 1976 it was to qualify four teams to the finals of the contest, and in 1980 the number of teams participating in the European Championship eight teams, and in 1996 has increased the number of European teams to 16 teams. And it may have been the difference choose after playing qualification games, and in 1960 and 1964 were held round-robin between the two games, the winners on aggregate, and since 1968 the system turned into a qualifying group system until 1976, and in 1976 became the host country be chosen from among The four qualified teams, and since 1980, became the choice of the host nation for the Cup is before you start qualifying for the tournament qualifiers.