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1964 European Nations' Cup

1964 European Nations’ Cup

The1964 UEFA European Nations’ Cupwas the second European Championship. The final tournament was held in Spain. It was won by the hosts 2–1 over defending champions Soviet Union.[2]

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 inMadrid, the winning goal being scored by Amancio. Spain had withdrawn from the tournament in1960rather than play the Soviet Union, but on this occasionGeneral Francolet his team play the Soviets. In front of more than 79,000 at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, the hosts won 2–1 after a late goal from Marcelino.[3]

1964 UEFA European Nations’ Cup
Eurocopa España 1964
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates 17–21 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) HungaryFerenc Bene
HungaryDezső Novák
SpainJesús María Pereda
(2 goals each)

Qualification

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[1]
Denmark Second round winner 18 December 1963 0 (debut)
Spain(host) Second round winner 8 April 1964 0 (debut)
Hungary Second round winner 23 May 1964 0 (debut)
Soviet Union Second round winner 27 May 1964 1 (1960)

Venues

1964 European Nations' Cup is located in Spain

Barcelona
Barcelona
 Madrid Barcelona
Santiago Bernabéu Camp Nou
Capacity:110,000 Capacity:93,053
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu 05.jpg Camp Nou FC Barcelona.JPG

Squads

Match officials

Country Referee Matches refereed
BelgiumBelgium Arthur Blavier Semi-final: Spain 2–1 Hungary
EnglandEngland Arthur Holland Final: Spain 2–1 Soviet Union
ItalyItaly Concetto Lo Bello Semi-final: Denmark 0–3 Soviet Union
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Daniel Mellet Third place play-off: Hungary 3–1 Denmark

Final tournament

1964 European Nations' Cup finalists.

1964 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
17 June – Madrid
**Spain(a.e.t.)** 2
17 June – Madrid
Hungary 1
**Spain** 2
17 June – Barcelona
Soviet Union 1
Denmark 0
**Soviet Union** 3
Third place play-off
17 June – Barcelona
**Hungary(a.e.t.)** 3
Denmark 1

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

2 goals

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x|Hungary|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Ferenc Bene

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x|Hungary|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Dezső Novák

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x|Spain|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Jesús María Pereda

1 goal

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x|Denmark|h15|w20|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Carl Bertelsen

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x|Soviet Union|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Valentin Ivanov

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x|Soviet Union|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Galimzyan Khusainov

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x|Soviet Union|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Viktor Ponedelnik

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x|Soviet Union|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Valery Voronin

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x|Spain|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Amancio Amaro

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x|Spain|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Marcelino Martínez

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament[5]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Soviet UnionLev Yashin Dezső Novák
SpainFerran Olivella
Feliciano Rivilla
SpainIgnacio Zoco		 Soviet UnionValentin Ivanov
SpainAmancio Amaro
Luis Suárez		 HungaryFlórián Albert
HungaryFerenc Bene
SpainJesús María Pereda

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