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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)
Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	14–18 June
Teams	4
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Attendance	121,880 (30,470 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gerd Müller (4 goals)

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. Belgium was chosen among three candidates; the other bids came from England and Italy, 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.

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Belgium (host)	Quarter-final winner	13 May 1972	0 (debut)
Soviet Union	Quarter-final winner	13 May 1972	3 (1960, 1964, 1968)
West Germany	Quarter-final winner	13 May 1972	0 (debut)
Hungary	Quarter-final winner	17 May 1972	1 (1964)

1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Venues

Brussels		Liège
Heysel Stadium	Stade Émile Versé	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 35,000
BrusselsLiègeAntwerp		Antwerp
		Bosuilstadion
		Capacity: 60,000

Squads

Match officials

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

Final tournament

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 June – Antwerp
					Belgium	1
	18 June – Brussels (Heysel)
					West Germany	2
	West Germany	3
			14 June – Brussels (Émile Versé)
		Soviet Union			0
			Hungary	0
		Soviet Union			1
			Third place play-off
		17 June – Liège
	Hungary			1
		Belgium	2

Semi-finals

14 June 1972 (1972-06-14)20:00

Hungary	0–1	Soviet Union
	Report	Konkov 53′

Stade Émile Versé, BrusselsAttendance: 1,659Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

14 June 1972 (1972-06-14)20:00

Belgium	1–2	West Germany
Polleunis 83′	Report	Müller 24′, 71′

Bosuilstadion, AntwerpAttendance: 55,669Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)

Third-place play-off

17 June 1972 (1972-06-17)20:00

Hungary	1–2	Belgium
Kű 53′ (pen.)	Report	Lambert 24′ Van Himst 28′

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, LiègeAttendance: 6,184Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

Final

18 June 1972 (1972-06-18)16:00

West Germany	3–0	Soviet Union
Müller 27′, 58′ Wimmer 52′	Report

Heysel Stadium, BrusselsAttendance: 43,437Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

4 goals

• Gerd Müller

1 goal

• Raoul Lambert
• Odilon Polleunis
• Paul Van Himst
• Lajos Kű
• Anatoliy Konkov
• Herbert Wimmer

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament

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

References

1. ^ Henson, Mike (12 May 2012). «Euro 1972: West Germany sweep the continent on finals debut». BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
2. ^ «Sportflitsen» . De Tijd : Dagblad voor Nederland (in Dutch). De Tijd. 14 March 1972. Retrieved 19 September 2015 – via Delpher.
3. ^ «Müller strikes twice as West Germany beat USSR in 1972 EURO final». UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
4. ^ «1972 team of the tournament». Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

External links

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v t e UEFA Euro 1972 finalists
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Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Hungary

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Bosuilstadion (Antwerp) Heysel Stadium (Brussels) Stade Émile Versé (Brussels) Stade Maurice Dufrasne (Liège)

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