Wales at the UEFA European Championship
This is a record of Wales' results at the UEFA European Championship. The UEFA European Championship, previously known at European Nations' Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the administrative body for association football in Europe. The championship has been awarded every four years, since the first tournament in 1960.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the UEFA Euro Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 24 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month.
Wales have only qualified once for a UEFA European Championship — the Euro 2016 tournament. They directly qualified after securing the second spot in their qualifying group, with one group match left.[1] For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4.[2] In their first tournament, Wales reached the semi-finals before losing 0–2 to Portugal, who went on to win the final.
Overview
| In finals | In qualifying competition | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1960 |
Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 1964 | Did not qualify | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
 1968 | Did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 1972 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
 1976 | Did not qualify | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1980 | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1984 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
 1988 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||
 1992 | Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
 1996 | Did not qualify | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||||||||
 2000 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||
 2004 | Did not qualify | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||
  2008 | Did not qualify | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | ||||||||
  2012 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2016 | Semi-finals | 3rd/24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |
| Total | 1/20 | 1 Semi-final | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 111 | 41 | 18 | 42 | 122 | 133 | |
- * Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
| Wales's European Championship record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First match |  Wales 2–1 Slovakia  (Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; 11 June 2016) | ||||
| Biggest win |  Russia 0–3 Wales (Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France; 20 June 2016) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | Portugal 2–0 Wales (Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu, France; 6 July 2016) | ||||
| Best result | Semi-finals at the 2016 European Championship | ||||
| Worst result | |||||
| Top goalscorer | Gareth Bale (3) at the 2016 European Championship | ||||
Record vs each country
| UEFA European Championship finals matches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponents | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Euro 2016
| | |
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wales |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | England |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Russia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Knockout phase
- Round of 16
- Quarter-finals
- Semi-finals
References
- ↑ "Wales qualify despite Bosnia and Herzegovina loss". UEFA. 10 Oct 2015. Retrieved 12 Dec 2015.
- ↑ "UEFA EURO 2016 draw pots take shape". UEFA. 14 Oct 2015. Retrieved 14 Oct 2015.
- ↑ "Full Time Summary – Wales v Slovakia" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "Full Time Summary – England v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ↑ "Full Time Summary – Russia v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ↑ "Full Time Summary – Wales v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ↑ "Full Time Summary – Wales v Belgium" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ "Full Time Summary – Portugal v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.