| Italia 1980 Campionato Europeo di Calcio 1980(in Italian) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 11–22 June 1980 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  West Germany (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Belgium |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 27 (1.93 per match) |
| Attendance | 345,463 (24,676 per match) |
| Top scorer | Klaus Allofs(3 goals) |
←1976 1984 → | |
The1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixthUEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed byUEFA.[1] It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams in the finals, which took place between 11 and 22 June 1980.West Germany won thefinal 2–1 againstBelgium for their second title. This was the last European Championship with athird place play-off.
This was the first European Championship in which eight teams, rather than four, contested the finals tournament.[2][3] On 17 October 1977UEFA announced that England, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany had expressed interest in hosting this event.[4] On 19 October UEFA's Organising Committee decided to assign the hosting to England or Italy (expressing its favour to the latter, the former having already hosted the FIFA World Cup just 14 years earlier), and on 12 November the Organising Committee and the Executive Committee announced that Italy had been chosen unanimously. Seven countries had to qualify for the finals, and the draw for thequalifying round took place inRome on 30 November 1977. Also for the first time, the hosts, in this caseItaly, qualified automatically for the finals.
Because of the expanded format, the finals tournament went through some changes as well. Two groups of four teams each were created; each team would play all others within their group. The winners of the groups would qualify directly for the final (there were no semi-finals), while the runners-up contested thethird place play-off.
The tournament failed to draw much enthusiasm from spectators and TV viewers. Attendance was generally poor except for matches involving theItalian team. The tournament format, which required a team to win their group in order to progress to the final, led to a succession of dull, defensive matches.Hooliganism, already a rising problem in the 1970s, made headlines again at the first-round match betweenEngland andBelgium where riot police had to usetear gas, causing the match to be held up for five minutes in the first half.[5][6] The only bright spots were the emergence of a new generation of talentedGerman stars such asBernd Schuster,Hans-Peter Briegel,Horst Hrubesch,Hansi Müller andKarl-Heinz Rummenigge, and the inspirational performance ofBelgium (around rising stars such asJan Ceulemans,Eric Gerets,Jean-Marie Pfaff, andErwin Vandenbergh) who reached the final, only losing toWest Germany (2–1) by a Hrubesch goal two minutes before time.[7]
Greece made their major tournament debut. Spain and Italy made their first appearances since their wins in 1964 and 1968, respectively. England also qualified for the first time since 1968. Belgium qualified after missing the 1976 tournament. Yugoslavia did not qualify after hosting the previous tournament. Other notable absentees were the USSR, France, and Hungary. This was the last time until2008 thatDenmark failed to qualify.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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| Italy | Host | 12 November 1977 | 1 (1968) |
 Greece | Group 6 winner | 31 October 1979 | 0 (debut) |
 England | Group 1 winner | 21 November 1979 | 1 (1968) |
 Netherlands | Group 4 winner | 21 November 1979 | 1 (1976) |
| Czechoslovakia | Group 5 winner | 24 November 1979 | 2 (1960,1976) |
 Spain | Group 3 winner | 9 December 1979 | 1 (1964) |
| Belgium | Group 2 winner | 19 December 1979 | 1 (1972) |
| West Germany | Group 7 winner | 22 December 1979 | 2 (1972,1976) |
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| Rome | Milan | |
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| Stadio Olimpico | San Siro | |
| Capacity:66,341 | Capacity:83,141 | |
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| Naples | Turin | |
| Stadio San Paolo | Stadio Comunale | |
| Capacity:81,101 | Capacity:71,180 | |
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Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players.
The teams finishing in the top position in each of the two groups progress to the finals, while the second placed teams advanced to the third place play-off, and bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament.
All times are local,CEST (UTC+2).
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance tofinal |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Advance tothird place play-off |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| West Germany | 3–2 | Netherlands |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance tofinal |
| 2 | Italy(H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Advance tothird place play-off |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
In the final,extra time and apenalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. However, the third place play-off would go straight to a penalty shoot-out if the scores were level after 90 minutes.
All times are local,CEST (UTC+2).
| Final | ||
| 22 June –Rome | ||
| Belgium | 1 | |
| West Germany | 2 | |
| Third place play-off | ||
| 21 June –Naples | ||
| Czechoslovakia(p) | 1 (9) | |
| Italy | 1 (8) | |
| Belgium | 1–2 | West Germany |
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There were 27 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 1.93 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Dino Zoff | Claudio GentileGaetano ScireaHans-Peter BriegelKarlheinz Förster | Jan CeulemansMarco TardelliHansi MüllerBernd Schuster | Horst HrubeschKarl-Heinz Rummenigge |
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