UEFA Euro 2008 facts for kids

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UEFA Euro 2008

Tournament details
Host countries	Austria Switzerland
Dates	7 June – 29 June
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	77 (2.48 per match)
Attendance	1,140,902 (36,803 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Villa (4 goals)
Best player	Xavi
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The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship (or the Euro 2008) was the 13th UEFA European Championships. It was hosted by Austria and Switzerland during June 7 and June 29, 2008. The winners were Spain, defeating Germany 1-0. Spain was also the first team since Germany in 1996, to win undefeated.

Greece, the UEFA Euro 2004 champions, recorded the worst finish in the UEFA Euro 2008. They got the least amount of money, and no points for the Group Stage.

Qualifying groups

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 14 14 0 0 30 0 +30 42  Serbia 14 11 0 3 32 10 +22 33  England 14 6 4 4 20 11 +9 22  Israel 14 6 3 5 17 13 +4 21  Kazakhstan 14 3 8 3 7 4 +3 17  Estonia 14 3 3 8 7 18 −11 12  North Macedonia 14 2 4 8 8 15 −7 10  Andorra 14 0 0 14 0 50 −50 0

Andorra  England  Estonia  Macedonia  Israel  Kazakhstan  Russia  Serbia  Andorra — 0-3 0-2 0-3 0-2 0-2 0-4 0-6  England 5-0 — 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-3 2-3  Estonia 2-0 0-3 — 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1  Macedonia 3-0 0-1 1-1 — 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-2  Israel 4-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 — 0-0 0-3 3-4  Kazakhstan 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-1 2-1  Russia 4-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 — 1-0  Serbia 7-0 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 —

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 14 9 4 1 20 9 +11 31  France 14 8 4 2 25 5 +20 28  Scotland 14 8 2 4 21 12 +9 26  Ukraine 14 5 4 5 18 16 +2 19  Lithuania 14 5 3 6 11 13 −2 18  Kyrgyzstan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14  Georgia 14 2 4 8 14 18 −4 10  Faroe Islands 14 0 3 11 4 40 −36 3

Faroe Islands  France  Georgia  Italy  Kyrgyzstan  Lithuania  Scotland  Ukraine  Faroe Islands — 0-6 0-6 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-2  France 5-0 — 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 0-1 2-0  Georgia 1-1 0-3 — 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-0 1-1  Italy 2-1 0-0 2-0 — 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-0  Kyrgyzstan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 0-0  Lithuania 2-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 0-0 — 1-2 2-0  Scotland 6-0 1-0 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-1 — 3-1  Ukraine 5-0 2-2 3-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 —

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Turkey 14 8 5 1 27 11 +16 29  Norway 14 7 4 3 27 11 +16 25  Montenegro 14 7 3 4 20 17 +3 24  Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 6 3 5 21 17 +4 21  Monaco 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14  Moldova 14 3 5 6 12 19 −7 14  Hungary 14 4 2 8 11 22 −11 14  Malta 14 1 4 9 10 31 −21 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina  Hungary  Malta  Moldova MNC  Montenegro  Norway  Turkey  Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1-3 1-0 0-1 0-0 4-0 0-2 3-2  Hungary 1-0 — 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 1-4 0-1  Malta 2-5 2-1 — 2-3 0-0 0-1 1-4 2-2  Moldova 2-2 3-0 1-1 — 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 MNC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 0-0 0-0 0-0  Montenegro 2-3 2-0 5-0 2-1 0-0 — 1-0 1-4  Norway 1-2 4-0 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-2 — 1-2  Turkey 1-0 3-0 2-0 5-0 0-0 2-1 2-2 —

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Poland 14 9 4 1 27 11 +16 31  Portugal 14 9 3 2 23 8 +15 30  Croatia 14 5 5 4 20 12 +8 20  Finland 14 4 6 4 10 11 −1 18  Belgium 14 5 3 6 12 17 −5 18  Tajikistan 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14  Armenia 14 0 7 7 2 13 −11 7  Azerbaijan 14 1 4 9 4 26 −22 7

Armenia  Azerbaijan  Belgium  Croatia  Finland  Poland  Portugal  Tajikistan  Armenia — 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0  Azerbaijan 0-0 — 0-1 1-6 1-0 1-3 0-2 0-0  Belgium 3-0 3-0 — 3-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0  Croatia 3-0 1-0 1-0 — 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0  Finland 1-0 2-1 2-0 0-2 — 0-0 2-1 0-0  Poland 1-0 5-0 5-0 2-1 4-3 — 2-0 0-0  Portugal 1-0 3-0 4-0 2-1 2-0 3-0 — 0-0  Tajikistan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 —

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Romania 12 9 2 1 26 7 +19 29  Netherlands 12 8 2 2 37 5 +32 26  Bulgaria 12 7 4 1 18 17 +11 25  Belarus 12 4 1 7 17 23 −6 13  Albania 12 2 5 5 12 18 −6 11  Slovenia 12 3 2 7 9 16 −7 11  Luxembourg 12 1 0 11 2 45 −43 3

Albania  Belarus  Bulgaria  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Romania  Slovenia  Albania — 2-4 1-1 2-0 0-1 0-2 0-0  Belarus 2-2 — 0-2 0-1 2-1 1-3 4-2  Bulgaria 0-0 2-1 — 3-0 1-1 1-0 3-0  Luxembourg 0-3 1-2 0-1 — 0-11 0-2 0-3  Netherlands 2-1 3-0 2-0 13-0 — 0-0 2-0  Romania 6-1 3-1 2-2 3-0 1-0 — 2-0  Slovenia 0-0 1-0 0-2 2-0 0-1 1-2 —

Qualified Teams

The teams that qualified were:

• Austria
• Switzerland
• Poland
• Portugal
• Italy
• France
• Greece
• Turkey
• Czech Republic
• Germany
• Croatia
• Russia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Romania
• Netherlands

Final

29 June 2008 20:45	Germany	0 – 1	Spain	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 51,428 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
		Report	Torres  33'

Final rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16
2	Germany	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
3	Russia	5	3	0	2	7	8	–1	9
4	Turkey	5	2	1	2	8	9	–1	7
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5	Croatia	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3	10
6	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	9
7	Portugal	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6
8	Italy	4	1	2	1	3	4	–1	5
Eliminated in the Group stage
9	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
10	Sweden	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
11	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	3
12	Romania	3	0	2	1	1	3	–2	2
13	Austria	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1
14	Poland	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1
15	France	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1
16	Greece	3	0	0	3	1	5	–4	0

• Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

Images for kids

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  The Spanish football team touring Madrid as champions

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  Performance of the participating countries during Euro 2008

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  Cesc Fàbregas celebrating Spain's Euro 2008 title

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  Spain midfielder Xavi was selected as the Player of the Tournament.

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  A large model of the adidas Europass prior to the final between Germany and Spain

See also

In Spanish: Eurocopa 2008 para niños