| Eurocopa España 1964 | |
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UEFA Euro 1964 official logo |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Spain |
| Dates | 17 June – 21 June |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Spain (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Soviet Union |
| Third place | Hungary |
| Fourth place | Denmark |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 13 (3.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 156,253 (39,063 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jesús María Pereda Ferenc Bene Dezső Novák (2 goals) |
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The 1964 UEFA European Nations Cup was the second European Football Championship. The final tournament was held in Spain. It was won by the hosts 2–1 over defending champions Soviet Union.
The tournament was a knockout competition; 29 teams entered (Greece withdrew after being drawn with Albania). The Soviet Union, Austria, and Luxembourg received byes into the second round. The teams played home-and-away matches until the semi-finals; the final four teams would move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known.
Luxembourg proved to be the giant-killers of the qualifying rounds; they beat the Netherlands 3–2 on aggregate (1–1 and 2–1), and then drew with Denmark 3–3 and 2–2, before losing the replay 1–0. Denmark thus became the most surprising of the qualifiers for the final tournament, joining the Soviet Union, Spain, and Hungary.
In the semi-finals, the Soviet Union defeated the Danes 3–0 in Barcelona and Spain beat Hungary 2–1 in extra time in Madrid, the winning goal being scored by Amancio. Spain had withdrawn from the tournament in 1960 rather than play the Soviet Union, but on this occasion General Franco let his team play the Soviets. In front of more than 79,000 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, the hosts won 2–1 after a late goal from Marcelino.
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| Madrid | Barcelona |
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| Santiago Bernabéu | Camp Nou |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 100,000 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 17 June – Madrid | |||||||
| Hungary | 1 | ||||||
| Spain (aet) | 2 | ||||||
| 21 June – Madrid | |||||||
| Spain | 2 | ||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 17 June – Barcelona | 20 June – Barcelona | ||||||
| Denmark | 0 | Hungary (aet) | 3 | ||||
| Soviet Union | 3 | Denmark | 1 | ||||
| 17 June 1964 20:00 |
Spain | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Hungary | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 34,713 Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium) |
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| Pereda 35' Amancio 115' |
Report | Bene 84' |
| 17 June 1964 22:30 |
Denmark | 0–3 | Soviet Union | Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 38,556 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) |
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| Report | Voronin 19' Ponedelnik 40' Ivanov 87' |
| 20 June 1964 20:00 |
Hungary | 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Denmark | Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland) |
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| Bene 11' Novák 107' (pen.), 110' |
Report | Bertelsen 82' |
| 21 June 1964 18:30 |
Spain | 2–1 | Soviet Union | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 79,115 Referee: Arthur Holland (England) |
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| Pereda 6' Marcelino 84' |
Report | Khusainov 8' |
There were 13 goals scored in 4 games, for an average of 3.25 goals per game.
6 minutes: Jesús María Pereda (Spain vs USSR)
3.25 goals per game
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