1960 European Nations' Cup

1960 UEFA European Nations' Cup
UEFA Championnat Européen du Football France 1960
UEFA Euro 1960 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	6 – 10 July
Teams	4
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	17 (4.25 per match)
Attendance	78,958 (19,740 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Milan Galić François Heutte Valentin Ivanov Dražan Jerković Viktor Ponedelnik (2 goals each)

The 1960 UEFA European Nations' Cup was the first European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris after extra time.

The tournament was a knockout competition; just 17 teams entered with some notable absences, West Germany, Italy and England among them. The teams would play home-and-away matches until the semi-finals; the final four teams would then move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known.

In the quarter-finals, Spain, who were under Francisco Franco's far-right dictatorship at the time, refused to travel to the Soviet Union (the main supporter of the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War) for the first leg. Spain were disqualified and, accordingly, three of the final four teams were from communist countries: USSR, Czechoslovakia, and SFR Yugoslavia, to go with hosts France.

In the semi-finals, the Soviets made easy work of the Czechoslovaks in Marseille, beating them 3–0. The other match saw a nine-goal thriller as Yugoslavia came on top 5–4 after coming back from a two-goal deficit twice. Czechoslovakia beat the demoralized French 2–0 for third place.

In the final, Yugoslavia scored first, but the Soviet Union, led by legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, equalized in the 49th minute. After 90 minutes the score was 1–1, and Viktor Ponedelnik scored with seven minutes left in extra time to give the Soviets the inaugural European Championship.^[1]

Venues

Paris Marseille

Capacity: 40,000

Capacity: 40,000

Qualifying

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured
Czechoslovakia	Quarter-finals winner	000000001960-05-29-000029 May 1960
France (hosts)	Quarter-finals winner	000000001960-03-27-000027 March 1960
Soviet Union	Quarter-finals winner^{[upper-alpha 1]}	000000001960-05-29-000029 May 1960
Yugoslavia	Quarter-finals winner	000000001960-05-22-000022 May 1960

Notes

↑ The Soviet Union advanced to the main tournament as Spain were disqualifed after they refused to travel to the USSR for the first leg of their quarter-final.

Match officials

Country	Referee
England	Arthur Edward Ellis
Belgium	Gaston Grandain
Italy	Cesare Jonni

Final tournament

1960 European Nations' Cup finalists.

In all matches but the final, extra time and a coin toss were used to decide the winner if necessary. If the final remained level after extra time, a replay would be used to determine the winner.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

6 July – Marseille

Czechoslovakia	0
		10 July – Paris
Soviet Union	3
		Soviet Union (a.e.t.)	2
6 July – Paris
		Yugoslavia	1
France	4

Yugoslavia	5
		Third place play-off

		9 July – Marseille

		Czechoslovakia	2

		France	0

Semi-finals

France v Yugoslavia

6 July 1960
20:00

France	4–5	Yugoslavia
Vincent 12' Heutte 43', 62' Wisnieski 53'	Report	Galić 11' Žanetić 55' Knez 75' Jerković 78', 79'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 26,370
Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)

Czechoslovakia v Soviet Union

6 July 1960
21:30

Czechoslovakia	0–3	Soviet Union
	Report	Ivanov 34', 56' Ponedelnik 66'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 25,184
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Third place play-off

Czechoslovakia v France

9 July 1960
21:30

Czechoslovakia	2–0	France
Bubník 58' Pavlovič 88'	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 9,438
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Final

Soviet Union v Yugoslavia

10 July 1960
21:30

Soviet Union	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Metreveli 49' Ponedelnik 113'	Report	Galić 43'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 17,966^[2]
Referee: Arthur Ellis (England)

Statistics

Goalscorers

With two goals, Valentin Ivanov, Viktor Ponedelnik, Milan Galić, Dražan Jerković, François Heutte are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, there were 17 goals scored by 12 different players in 4 games, for an average of 4.25 goals per game. None of the goals were credited as own goal.

2 goals

1 goal

Fastest goal

11 minutes: Milan Galić (Yugoslavia vs France)

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament^[3]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Lev Yashin	Vladimir Durković	Igor Netto
	Ladislav Novák	Josef Masopust	Milan Galić
		Valentin Ivanov	Viktor Ponedielnik
			Dragoslav Šekularac
			Bora Kostić

References

↑ Rostance, Tom (21 May 2012). "BBC Sport - Euro 1960: Lev Yashin leads Soviets to glory in France". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
↑ "Soviet Union 2–1 Yugoslavia". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
↑ "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2012.

External links

1960 Nations Cup Review with images and video from the tournament

1960 European Nations' Cup
Stages	Qualification Final tournament Final
General information	Squads

1960 European Nations' Cup finalists
Champions	Soviet Union
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	France

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