UEFA Euro 1980

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UEFA Euro 1980
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates11 June – 22 June
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions West Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up Belgium
Third place Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored27 (1.93 per match)
Attendance345,463 (24,676 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Klaus Allofs (3 goals)
1976
1984

The UEFA Euro 1980 was the 6th UEFA European Football Championship tournament. Its formal name was the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship. It was held from 11 June to 22 June. All the European football teams could compete. The defending champion was Czechoslovakia. The tournament was hosted in Italy. 8 teams qualified for the final group stage. The winner of the tournament was Germany after defeating Belgium.[1]

Results[change | change source]

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the final.
Team advanced to the third place match.

Group A[change | change source]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany West Germany 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
Netherlands Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
Greece Greece 3 0 1 2 1 4 –3 1

Group B[change | change source]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Belgium Belgium 3 2 1 0 3 2 +1 4
Italy Italy 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
England England 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
Spain Spain 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2 1

Third place game[change | change source]

Final[change | change source]

Belgium 1 – 2West Germany West Germany
Vandereycken Goal 75' (pen.) Report Hrubesch Goal 10'88'
Attendance: 47,864


 UEFA Euro 1980 Winners 

West Germany
2nd title

Statistics[change | change source]

3 goals
2 goals

References[change | change source]

  1. uefa.com. "UEFA EURO 1980 - History". UEFA.com.