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UEFA Euro 1980
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates 11 June – 22 June
Teams 8
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 played 14
Goals scored 27 (1.93 per match)
Attendance 345,463 (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.

Results

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

Group A

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

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

21 June 1980
20:30
Czechoslovakia  1 – 1 Italy Italy Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 24,652
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Jurkemik Goal 54' Report Graziani Goal 73'
  Penalties  
Masný Scored
Nehoda Scored
Ondruš Scored
Jurkemik Scored
Panenka Scored
Gögh Scored
Gajdůšek Scored
Kozák Scored
Barmoš Scored
9 – 8 Scored Causio
Scored Altobelli
Scored Baresi
Scored Cabrini
Scored Benetti
Scored Graziani
Scored Scirea
Scored Tardelli
Missed (saved) Collovati

Final

22 June 1980
20:30
Belgium  1 – 2 West Germany West Germany Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 47,864
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Vandereycken Goal 75' (pen.) Report Hrubesch Goal 10'88'


 UEFA Euro 1980 Winners 

West Germany
2nd title

Statistics

3 goals
2 goals

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Eurocopa 1980 para niños

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