Euro 1976 Championships - Review & History
The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 76) final tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 16 and June 20, 1976.
At the time, only four countries could play the final tournament which meant that there were only the semi-finals, the final and the third place match. This was the last edition to have this format, as the tournament was expanded to include eight teams four years later.
This was also the last edition in which the hosts had to qualify for the final stage.
Czechoslovakia won the final on 5-3 penalties as Antonin Panenka kept his cool with the most impudent of chips and the mighty West Germany's reign was over - for four years at least.
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Euro 1976 European Championship results (Held in Yugoslavia)
Semi-finals
Holland 1-3 Czechoslovakia
West Germany 4-2 Yugoslavia
Third place play-off
Holland 3-2 Yugoslavia (AET)
FINAL
Czechoslovakia 2-2 West Germany (AET)
(Czechoslovakia won 5-3 on penalties)
TOP SCORERS 1976
Dieter Muller (West Germany) 4
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