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1960 European Nations' Cup

European association football championship

1960 European Nations' Cup

European association football championship

FieldValue
tourney_nameEuropean Nations' Cup
year1960
other_titlesCoupe d'Europe des nations de football
France 1960
**
imageUEFA Euro 1960 logo.svg
size200px
countryFrance
dates6–10 July
num_teams4
venues2
cities2
championURS
count1
secondYUG
thirdTCH
fourthFRA
matches4
goals17
attendance78958
top_scorerFrançois Heutte
Valentin Ivanov
Viktor Ponedelnik
Milan Galić
Dražan Jerković
(2 goals each)
nextseason[1964](1964-european-nations-cup)

France 1960 ** Valentin Ivanov Viktor Ponedelnik Milan Galić Dražan Jerković (2 goals each) The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the inaugural tournament of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised 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, with just 17 teams entering. There were some notable absences, including West Germany, Italy, Netherlands and England, each of whom had voted against the creation of the tournament in 1957. The entrants 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 Francoist rule, refused to travel to the Soviet Union for political reasons. After a proposal to play the tie over one leg at a neutral venue were rejected by the Soviets, Spain were disqualified: accordingly, three of the final four teams were from communist countries: the 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 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.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying

Venues

{{Location map+Francefloat=centerwidth=300caption=places=ParisMarseille
Parc des PrincesStade Vélodrome
Capacity: **40,000**Capacity: **40,000**
[[File:1932 Le parc des princes.png200px]][[File:Le Stade vélodrome de Marseille, le 13 juin 1937.jpg200px]]

Squads

Main article: 1960 European Nations' Cup squads

Match officials

CountryReferee
ENG EnglandArthur Ellis
BEL BelgiumGaston Grandain
ITA ItalyCesare Jonni

Final tournament

Main article: 1960 European Nations' Cup 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

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: 1960 European Nations' Cup final

Statistics

Goalscorers

  • François Heutte

  • Valentin Ivanov

  • Viktor Ponedelnik

  • Milan Galić

  • Dražan Jerković

  • Vlastimil Bubník

  • Ladislav Pavlovič

  • Jean Vincent

  • Maryan Wisniewski

  • Slava Metreveli

  • Tomislav Knez

  • Ante Žanetić

Awards

;UEFA Team of the Tournament

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Lev YashinLadislav Novák
Vladimir DurkovićJosef Masopust
Valentin Ivanov
Igor NettoSlava Metreveli
Viktor Ponedelnik
Milan Galić
Bora Kostić
Dragoslav Šekularac

References

References

  1. (2 September 2011). "The Joy of Six: European Championship qualifiers".
  2. Муртазин, Салават. (10 July 2020). "Первая и последняя победа сборной СССР на Евро. Как это было".
  3. Malone, Emmet. (21 April 2016). "Euro Moments: General Franco pulls Spain from 1960 tournament". The Irish Times.
  4. Rostance, Tom. (21 May 2012). "BBC Sport - Euro 1960: Lev Yashin leads Soviets to glory in France". BBC Sport.
  5. (1 January 2020). "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations.
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