1960 European Nations' Cup

1960 European Nations' Cup
Coupe d'Europe des nations de football
France 1960
(in French)
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates6–10 July
Teams4
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 played4
Goals scored17 (4.25 per match)
Attendance78,958 (19,740 per match)
Top scorer(s)France François Heutte
Soviet Union Valentin Ivanov
Soviet Union Viktor Ponedelnik
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Galić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražan Jerković
(2 goals each)

The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first ever edition of the UEFA European Championship. The tournament was played in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 after extra time in the final.

Only 17 countries entered the tournament's qualifying round. Countries who decided to not enter included West Germany, Italy, Netherlands and England.[1]

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on
 France (host)Quarter-finals winner27 March 1960
 YugoslaviaQuarter-finals winner22 May 1960
 Soviet UnionQuarter-finals winner[A]28 May 1960
 CzechoslovakiaQuarter-finals winner29 May 1960
  1. ↑ Won by walkover after Spain withdrew.

Venues

Paris Marseille
Parc des Princes Stade Vélodrome
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000

Match officials

Country Referee
England England Arthur Ellis
Belgium Belgium Gaston Grandain
Italy 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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 July – Marseille
 
 
 Czechoslovakia0
 
10 July – Paris
 
 Soviet Union3
 
 Soviet Union (aet)2
 
6 July – Paris
 
 Yugoslavia1
 
 France4
 
 
 Yugoslavia5
 
Third place play-off
 
 
9 July – Marseille
 
 
 Czechoslovakia2
 
 
 France0

Semi-finals

France 4–5 Yugoslavia
 Report
Attendance: 26,370
Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)
Czechoslovakia 0–3 Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 25,184
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Third place play-off

Czechoslovakia 2–0 France
 Report
Attendance: 9,438
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Final

Soviet Union 2–1 (a.e.t.) Yugoslavia
 Report
Attendance: 17,966
Referee: Arthur Ellis (England)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament[2]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Soviet Union Lev Yashin Czechoslovakia Ladislav Novák
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Durković		 Czechoslovakia Josef Masopust
Soviet Union Valentin Ivanov
Soviet Union Igor Netto		 Soviet Union Slava Metreveli
Soviet Union Viktor Ponedelnik
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Galić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragoslav Šekularac

References

  1. ↑ Murray, Scott (2 September 2011). "The Joy of Six: European Championship qualifiers". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2023. At a Uefa congress in 1957, a motion to set up a European championship was finally put to the floor. Predictably, the British associations acted like a petulant child, just as it had done three decades earlier with the World Cup. Fearing such a tournament would interfere with the Home Internationals, it abstained, though this time it was by no means the only offender: seven other countries voted against, including West Germany, Italy and Holland.
  2. ↑ "1960 team of the tournament". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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