The 1968 tournament changed dramatically from it's previous format. It was renamed the European Football Championships and although only 4 teams still took part in the finals, the knock-out qualifying was replaced by group matches. The hosts were not decided until after it was known which 4 teams had qualified. There were 8 groups with the winners of each group going through.
If you think penalties are an unfair way to decide a game, spare a thought for USSR who lost their semi final to Italy on the toss of a coin.
1968 Tournament Statistics
Leading Scorer (finals only)
2 goals: Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia)
Results
| Quarter Finals | Bulgaria | 3-2 0-2 |
Italy |
| Hungary | 2-0 0-3 |
USSR | |
| England | 1-0 2-1 |
Spain | |
| France | 1-1 1-5 |
Yugoslavia | |
| Final Tournament | |||
| Semi Finals | Italy | 0-0 (Italy won a coin toss) |
USSR |
| Yugoslavia | 1-0 | England | |
| Third Place Play-off | England | 2-0 | USSR |
| Final | Italy | 1-1 (AET) 2-0 |
Yugoslavia |
Portugal
Turkey
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Croatia
Germany
Austria
Poland
Netherlands
Italy
Romania
France
Spain
Russia
Sweden
Greece