1964 European Nations' Cup

The 1964 European Nations' Cup was the second edition of the UEFA European Championship. The final tournament was held in Spain. It was won by the hosts 2–1 over the defending champions, the Soviet Union.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The tournament was a knockout competition; 29 teams entered (Greece withdrew after the draw after refusing to play Albania). The Soviet Union, Austria and Luxembourg received byes to the round of 16. The teams played home-and-away matches until the semi-finals; the final four teams would move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known.

Luxembourg proved to be the giant-killers of the qualifying rounds; they beat the Netherlands 3–2 on aggregate (1–1 and 2–1), and then drew with Denmark 3–3 and 2–2, before losing the replay 1–0. Denmark thus became the most surprising of the qualifiers for the final tournament, joining the Soviet Union, Spain, and Hungary. In the semi-finals, the Soviet Union defeated the Danes 3–0 in Barcelona, and Spain beat Hungary 2–1 in extra time in Madrid, the winning goal being scored by Amancio. This set up a showdown between Spain and the Soviet Union in the final, only four years after Spain had been disqualified for refusing to travel to Moscow to play the Soviet Union. On this occasion – and with the championship of Europe on the line – General Franco let his team play the Soviets. In front of more than 79,000 people, including Franco himself, at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, the hosts won 2–1 after a late goal from Marcelino.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Qualified teams

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Venues

Template:Location map+	Madrid	Barcelona
	Santiago Bernabéu	Camp Nou
	Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 105,000

Squads

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Match officials

Country	Referee	Matches refereed
Template:Flagicon Belgium	Arthur Blavier	Semi-final: Spain 2–1 Hungary
Template:Flagicon England	Arthur Holland	Final: Spain 2–1 Soviet Union
Template:Flagicon Italy	Concetto Lo Bello	Semi-final: Denmark 0–3 Soviet Union
Template:Flagicon Switzerland	Daniel Mellet	Third place play-off: Hungary 3–1 Denmark

Final tournament

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1964 European Nations' Cup finalists.

In all matches but the final, extra time and a coin toss 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.

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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Statistics

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Fbicon Lev Yashin	Template:Fbicon Dezső Novák Template:Fbicon Ferran Olivella Template:Fbicon Feliciano Rivilla Template:Fbicon Ignacio Zoco	Template:Fbicon Valentin Ivanov Template:Fbicon Amancio Amaro Template:Fbicon Luis Suárez	Template:Fbicon Flórián Albert Template:Fbicon Ferenc Bene Template:Fbicon Chus Pereda

External links

• 1964 European Nations' Cup at UEFA.com

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