UEFA Euro 1972

Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox international football competition 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Belgium was chosen among three candidates; the other bids came from England and Italy,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Qualification

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

UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying

Venues

Brussels		Liège
Heysel Stadium	Stade Émile Versé	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 35,000
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Template:Location map+		Antwerp
		Bosuilstadion
		Capacity: 60,000
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Match officials

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

Final tournament

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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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Statistics

Awards

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

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Fbicon Yevhen Rudakov	Template:Fbicon Revaz Dzodzuashvili Template:Fbicon Murtaz Khurtsilava Template:Fbicon Franz Beckenbauer Template:Fbicon Paul Breitner	Template:Fbicon Uli Hoeneß Template:Fbicon Günter Netzer Template:Fbicon Herbert Wimmer	Template:Fbicon Raoul Lambert Template:Fbicon Jupp Heynckes Template:Fbicon Gerd Müller

External links

• UEFA Euro 1972 at UEFA.com