EURO 2008 INFO

The 1964 tournament was played using the same format as the tournament 4 years earlier but this time, 29 teams entered playing for one of the 4 places in the finals which were held in Spain. The USSR, Austria and Luxembourg all received byes into the last 16 and Greece also went through without playing after their opponents, Albania withdrew. The most stunning upset happened in the last 16 when Luxembourg beat Holland 3-2 over 2 legs.

The host name went on to meet the USSR in the final but this time, General Franco allowed his country to play (he refused to allow them to travel to the USSR 4 years earlier) and they beat the holders 2-1 in the Bernabeu, Madrid in front of 125,000 people.

1964 Tournament Statistics

Leading Scorer (finals only)
2 goals: Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Dezso Novak (Hungary), Jesus Maria Pereda (Spain)

Results

First Round	Spain	6-0 1-3	Romania
	Poland	0-2 0-2	Northern Ireland
	Ireland	4-2 1-1	Iceland
	Hungary	3-1 1-1	Wales
	East Germany	2-1 1-1	Czechoslovakia
	Bulgaria	3-1 1-3 1-0	Portugal
	Italy	6-0 1-0	Turkey
	Norway	0-2 1-1	Sweden
	Yugoslavia	3-2 1-0	Belgium
	Denmark	6-1 3-1	Malta
	Netherlands	3-1 1-1	Switzerland
	England	1-1 2-5	France
	Albania	bye	Greece
Last 16	Spain	1-1 1-0	Northern Ireland
	Austria	0-0 2-3	Ireland
	East Germany	1-2 3-3	Hungary
	Bulgaria	1-0 1-3	France
	USSR	2-0 1-1	Italy
	Yugoslavia	0-0 2-3	Sweden
	Denmark	4-0 0-1	Albania
	Netherlands	1-1 1-2	Luxembourg
Quarter Finals	Spain	5-1 2-0	Ireland
	Sweden	1-1 1-3	USSR
	France	1-3 1-2	Hungary
	Luxembourg	3-3 2-2 0-1	Denmark
Final Tournament
Semi Finals	Spain	2-1 (AET)	Hungary
	USSR	3-0	Denmark
Third Place Play-off	Hungary	3-1 (AET)	Denmark
Final	Spain	2-1	USSR