1964 European Nations' Cup
Eurocopa España 1964 | |
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UEFA Euro 1964 official logo
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Tournament details | |
Host country | 23x15px Spain |
Dates | 17 June – 21 June |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | 23x15px Spain (1st title) |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 13 (3.25 per match) |
Attendance | 156,253 (39,063 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | 23x15px Jesús María Pereda![]() ![]() (2 goals each) |
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 Spain had withdrawn from the tournament in 1960 rather than play the Soviet Union, but on this occasion General Franco let his team play the Soviets.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.[1]
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Venues
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Madrid | |
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Santiago Bernabéu | |
Capacity: 110,000 | |
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Barcelona | |
Camp Nou | |
Capacity: 93,053 | |
Qualifying
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Qualified teams
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Country | Qualified as | Date of qualification | Previous appearances1 |
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Quarter-finals winner | 18 December 1963 | 0 (debut) |
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Quarter-finals winner | 23 May 1964 | 0 (debut) |
23x15px Spain (hosts) | Quarter-finals winner | 8 April 1964 | 0 (debut) |
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Quarter-finals winner | 27 May 1964 | 1 (1960) |
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1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Match officials
Country | Referee | Matches refereed |
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Arthur Blavier | Semi-final: Spain 2–1 Hungary |
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Arthur Holland | Final: Spain 2–1 Soviet Union |
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Concetto Lo Bello | Semi-final: Denmark 0–3 Soviet Union |
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Daniel Mellet | Third place play-off: Hungary 3–1 Denmark |
Finals tournament
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
17 June – Madrid | |||||||
23x15px Spain (aet) | 2 | ||||||
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21 June – Madrid | |||||||
23x15px Spain | 2 | ||||||
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Third place | |||||||
17 June – Barcelona | 20 June – Barcelona | ||||||
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Semi-finals
Third place play-off
20 June 1964
20:00 |
Hungary ![]() |
3–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Bene ![]() Novák ![]() |
Report | Bertelsen ![]() |
Final
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Statistics
Goalscorers
With two goals, Ferenc Bene, Dezső Novák, Jesús María Pereda are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 13 goals were scored by 10 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Carl Bertelsen
- 23x15px Amancio
- 23x15px Marcelino
Galimzyan Khusainov
Valery Voronin
Viktor Ponedelnik
Valentin Ivanov
Awards
- UEFA Team of the Tournament[2]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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23x15px Feliciano Rivilla | 23x15px Amancio Amaro | ![]() |
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23x15px Jesús María Pereda | |
23x15px Ignacio Zoco | 23x15px Luis Suárez | ![]() |
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23x15px Fernando Olivella |
- Golden Boot
Ferenc Bene
Dezső Novák
- 23x15px Jesús María Pereda
(2 goals)
References
External links
- Use dmy dates from May 2011
- Pages with broken file links
- UEFA European Championship tournaments
- 1964 European Nations' Cup
- 1963–64 in European football
- International association football competitions hosted by Spain
- 1963–64 in Spanish football
- 1964 in Soviet football
- 1963–64 in Hungarian football
- Denmark at the 1964 European Nations' Cup