France France won the tournament, defeating Italy 2-1 in the final on a golden goal by David Trezeguet after Italy had equalized with a last-minute goal, and became the first team to win both the European and global championships. The victory also marked the beginning of the end for France's drought without either title or medal since its World Cup triumph in 1998.
Italy Had Won Before: No other country has ever won both the European Championship and the World Cup - except France and Italy themselves. Both countries have been champions of Europe on five occasions each. However, France is the only one to have done so while being world champion, having won in 1998 when Italy came in second place. The Golden Goal rule was used for the first time at a major tournament when France scored in the last minute of the final against Italy to claim their first championship in 32 years.
France had been beaten by Italy in their only previous meeting during the qualifying rounds for France 1998. In that game, French striker Olivier Giroud had given his side a first-half lead before Roberto Baggio scored twice in the last 15 minutes to earn his country a 2-2 draw. France went on to finish as winners that year.
There has been some debate as to whether France or Italy should be considered the true european champion.
France defeats Germany 2-0. Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann score the goals.
This is the first time that Germany has been defeated by a non-European team in any major competition. France was not expected to do well in Europe given that they were drawn against Portugal, England, and Italy in their group. However, manager Didier Deschamps opted not to pick French players for these games so that his team can qualify directly as winners of the group. He decided that it's better to go all out for victory than play it safe to reach the next stage.
Germany lost all three matches - against Portugal, England, and Italy - but didn't lose any by more than one goal. They played some excellent football throughout the tournament but weren't able to take advantage of their chances. Manager Joachim Löw said after the game that his team lacked killer instinct. He also admitted that he would have liked to have another chance to pick his best players. But anyway, this victory will help France move up into second place in the world rankings.
The match took place at the Stade de France in Paris.
Portugal Portugal won the event for the first time after defeating the host nation, France, 1-0 in extra time in the final at the Stade de France. The match went to penalties after 0-0 after 120 minutes of play.
France was appearing in its second consecutive final, having lost to Germany in 2014. This was also Portugal's first victory over France, which had been undefeated during the tournament until then.
The win gives Portugal its first major international title. It became the fifth country to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Brazil by winning the European Championship. The other four countries to have done so are France, Italy, Spain and England.
The Portuguese national team was playing in its third Euro finals appearance. It had previously lost to Greece in 1996 and Denmark in 2000.
In its first two appearances, Portugal had finished as runners-up. In 1994, it was defeated by Sweden 2-1 in the final game of the tournament. Four years later, it again faced Sweden in a championship match but this time it was the Swedes who prevailed 3-1.
There were nine nations that participated in the 1994 UEFA Euro tournament. They were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland and Norway.
Marseille and Monaco are the only French clubs to have reached the Champions League final, with Marseille winning the first competition in 1993 and Monaco losing to Porto in 2004. Otherwise, Marseille has not been successful, although Monaco has twice reached the semi-finals. In 1992–93, after beating Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, they lost to Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
The last French club to win the European Cup was Bordeaux in 1984. Since then no French team has even made it to the final. However, France has always been represented by at least one side during the finals since 1996, when Juventus defeated Arsenal 1-0. The last time that France had two teams playing in the final was in 1956 when Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea met up for what would be the last time until 2020 when the finals will return to Europe.
France has never won the Champions League but they have got close on several occasions. They were within a few minutes of victory in 2009 before being knocked out by their European rivals Germany. France also came very close in 1995 when they beat Scandinavian sides Copenhagen and Malmo 4-3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Milan at the same stage.
In the last 16, France has beaten Ukraine, Wales, Austria, Switzerland and Iceland.
EURO 2020 FINAL SCORE: 1-0 FRANCE vs. GERMANY.
Only Germany, Spain, and France have won the Euros more than once among the ten national teams. Ten national teams have won the European Championships in ten of the fifteen editions. With three titles each, Germany and Spain have the most. France and Italy are tied for second place with two championships apiece. Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden have each won one title.
The first European Championship was held in 1920, when only nations of Europe were allowed to participate. This restriction was removed in 1984. There have been fifteen tournaments up to and including 2016, when Portugal won its third title. As well as Germany and Spain, other countries who have won the tournament include Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, and Sweden. The USA qualified for the final round of competition on five occasions (1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1936) but never made it beyond the group stage. Brazil qualified for a single tournament in 2004 but did not advance past the first round.
Germany is the most successful nation at the Eurocups, having won the trophy three times. They beat France 2-1 in the final of the first ever championship. Two years later in Amsterdam, Germany defeated Yugoslavia 4-0 to win their second title.
France Antoine Griezmann scored twice in four minutes as France recovered from behind to defeat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 and advance to the Euro 2016 quarterfinals.
Griezmann opened the scoring after just five minutes when he converted a penalty kick to give his side an early lead. But Ireland responded quickly through Robbie Keane who scored his second goal of the tournament with a fine left-footed shot past Olivier Giroud.
Then came the moment everyone had been waiting for - Griezmann struck again. This time he netted a brace, giving France a comfortable win and sending them through to the last eight of the tournament.
Ireland will now face Germany in their next match on June 20th. The Germans qualified for the quarterfinals by winning 1-0 against Poland.
France advanced as they were the group's first-placed team.
Ireland went into the match as underdogs but managed to produce one of their best matches of the tournament. This means that Ireland will play Germany in the next round.
Germany advanced as they won their group.
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