1960 European Nations' Cup

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1960 European Nations' Cup

1960 UEFA European Nations' Cup
UEFA Championnat Européen du Football France 1960
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)	François Heutte Valentin Ivanov Viktor Ponedelnik Milan Galić Dražan Jerković (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 demoralised French 2–0 for third place.

In the final, Yugoslavia scored first, but the Soviet Union, led by legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, equalised 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.^[2]

1960 UEFA European Nations' Cup
UEFA Championnat Européen du Football France 1960
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)	François Heutte Valentin Ivanov Viktor Ponedelnik Milan Galić Dražan Jerković (2 goals each)

Qualification

Qualified teams


Team	Qualified as	Qualified on
France(host)	Second round winner	27 March 1960
Yugoslavia	Second round winner	22 May 1960
Czechoslovakia	Second round winner	29 May 1960
Soviet Union	Second round winner^[1]	29 May 1960

Venues


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

Squads

Match officials


Country	Referee
England	Arthur 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
6 July – Marseille
Czechoslovakia	0
Czechoslovakia	0	10 July – Paris
Soviet Union	3	10 July – Paris
Soviet Union	3	Soviet Union(a.e.t.)	2
6 July – Paris		Soviet Union(a.e.t.)	2
6 July – Paris		Yugoslavia	1
France	4	Yugoslavia	1
France	4
Yugoslavia	5
Yugoslavia	5	Third place play-off
		Third place play-off
		9 July – Marseille
		9 July – Marseille
		Czechoslovakia	2
		Czechoslovakia	2
		France	0

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

2 goals

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1 goal

[[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x|Czechoslovakia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Vlastimil Bubník
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[[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x|France|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Jean Vincent
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[[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]] Slava Metreveli
[[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Tomislav Knez
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Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament^[4]


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

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