NB: groups drawn on Mar 20, 1970, in Roma (Italy) Group 1 [Romania] Czechoslovakia 1-1 Finland 1.ROMANIA 6 4 1 1 11- 2 9 Romania 3-0 Finland 2.Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 11- 4 9 Wales 0-0 Romania 3.Wales 6 2 1 3 5- 6 5 Wales 1-3 Czechoslovakia 4.Finland 6 0 1 5 1-16 1 Czechoslovakia 1-0 Romania Finland 0-1 Wales Finland 0-4 Czechoslovakia Finland 0-4 Romania Wales 3-0 Finland Czechoslovakia 1-0 Wales Romania 2-1 Czechoslovakia Romania 2-0 Wales Group 2 [Hungary] Norway 1-3 Hungary 1.HUNGARY 6 4 1 1 12- 5 9 France 3-1 Norway 2.Bulgaria 6 3 1 2 11- 7 7 Bulgaria 1-1 Norway 3.France 6 3 1 2 10- 8 7 Hungary 1-1 France 4.Norway 6 0 1 5 5-18 1 Bulgaria 3-0 Hungary Norway 1-4 Bulgaria Norway 1-3 France Hungary 2-0 Bulgaria France 0-2 Hungary Hungary 4-0 Norway France 2-1 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2-1 France Group 3 [England] Malta 1-1 Greece 1.ENGLAND 6 5 1 0 15- 3 11 Greece 0-1 Switzerland 2.Switzerland 6 4 1 1 12- 5 9 Malta 1-2 Switzerland 3.Greece 6 1 1 4 3- 8 3 Malta 0-1 England 4.Malta 6 0 1 5 2-16 1 England 3-0 Greece Switzerland 5-0 Malta England 5-0 Malta Switzerland 1-0 Greece Greece 2-0 Malta Switzerland 2-3 England England 1-1 Switzerland Greece 0-2 England Group 4 [Soviet Union] Spain 3-0 Northern Ireland 1.SOVIET UNION 6 4 2 0 13- 4 10 Cyprus 0-3 Northern Ireland 2.Spain 6 3 2 1 14- 3 8 Northern Ireland 5-0 Cyprus 3.Northern Ireland 6 2 2 2 10- 6 6 Cyprus 0-2 Spain 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2-26 0 Soviet Union 2-1 Spain Soviet Union 6-1 Cyprus Soviet Union 1-0 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1-1 Soviet Union Spain 0-0 Soviet Union Cyprus 1-3 Soviet union Spain 7-0 Cyprus Northern Ireland 1-1 Spain Group 5 [Belgium] Denmark 0-1 Portugal 1.BELGIUM 6 4 1 1 11- 3 9 Scotland 1-0 Denmark 2.Portugal 6 3 1 2 10- 6 7 Belgium 2-0 Denmark 3.Scotland 6 3 0 3 4- 7 6 Belgium 3-0 Scotland 4.Denmark 6 1 0 5 2-11 2 Belgium 3-0 Portugal Portugal 2-0 Scotland Portugal 5-0 Denmark Denmark 1-2 Belgium Denmark 1-0 Scotland Scotland 2-1 Portugal Scotland 1-0 Belgium Portugal 1-1 Belgium Group 6 [Italy] Ireland 1-1 Sweden 1.ITALY 6 4 2 0 12- 4 10 Sweden 1-0 Ireland 2.Austria 6 3 1 2 14- 6 7 Austria 1-2 Italy 3.Sweden 6 2 2 2 3- 5 6 Italy 3-0 Ireland 4.Ireland 6 0 1 5 3-17 1 Ireland 1-2 Italy Sweden 1-0 Austria Ireland 1-4 Austria Sweden 0-0 Italy Austria 1-0 Sweden Italy 3-0 Sweden Austria 6-0 Ireland Italy 2-2 Austria Group 7 [Yugoslavia] Netherlands 1-1 Yugoslavia 1.YUGOSLAVIA 6 3 3 0 7- 2 9 East Germany 1-0 Netherlands 2.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 18- 6 7 Luxembourg 0-5 East Germany 3.East Germany 6 3 1 2 11- 6 7 Netherlands 6-0 Luxembourg 4.Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 1-23 1 Yugoslavia 2-0 Netherlands East Germany 2-1 Luxembourg East Germany 1-2 Yugoslavia Luxembourg 0-2 Yugoslavia Netherlands 3-2 East Germany Yugoslavia 0-0 East Germany Yugoslavia 0-0 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-8 Netherlands (in Eindhoven, Netherlands) Group 8 [West Germany] Poland 3-0 Albania 1.WEST GERMANY 6 4 2 0 10- 2 10 West Germany 1-1 Turkey 2.Poland 6 2 2 2 10- 6 6 Turkey 2-1 Albania 3.Turkey 6 2 1 3 5-13 5 Albania 0-1 West Germany 4.Albania 6 1 1 4 5- 9 3 Turkey 0-3 West Germany Albania 1-1 Poland West Germany 2-0 Albania Poland 5-1 Turkey Poland 1-3 West Germany Albania 3-0 Turkey West Germany 0-0 Poland Turkey 1-0 Poland NB: knock-out stage drawn on Jan 12, 1972, in Zürich (Switzerland) QUARTERFINALS [Apr 29, London] England 1-3 West Germany [Lee 77; U.Hoeneß 26, Netzer 85pen, G.Müller 89] [May 13, Berlin] West Germany 0-0 England [Apr 29, Milano] Italy 0-0 Belgium [May 13, Bruxelles] Belgium 2-1 Italy [Van Moer 23, Van Himst 72; Riva 85pen] [Apr 29, Budapest] Hungary 1-1 Romania [Branikovits 11; Satmareanu 55] [May 14, Bucuresti] Romania 2-2 Hungary [Dobrin 14, Neagu 82; Szöke 5, Kocsis 35] [May 17, Beograd] Hungary 2-1 Romania [Kocsis 27, 89; Neagu 34] [Apr 30, Beograd] Yugoslavia 0-0 Soviet Union [May 13, Moskva] Soviet Union 3-0 Yugoslavia [Kolotov 53, Banishevski 74, Kozinkevich 90]
SEMIFINALS
Antwerpen, June 14, Bosuil
West Germany 2-1 Belgium
[G.Müller 24, 71; Polleunis 83]
[ref: Mullen (Scotland); att: 56,000]
West Germany: Maier, Höttges, Beckenbauer, Schwarzenbeck, Breitner, U.Hoeneß
(Grabowski 58), Wimmer, Netzer, Heynckes, G.Müller, E.Kremers
Belgium: Piot, Heylens, Van den Daele, Thissen, Dolmans, Dockx, Verheyen,
M.Martens (Polleunis 70), Semmeling, Van Himst, Lambert
Brussel, June 14, Astridpark
Soviet Union 1-0 Hungary
[Konkov 53] [missed penalty: Zámbö 85 (saved)]
[ref: Glöckner (East Germany); att: 2,000]
Soviet Union: Rudakov, Dzodzuashvili, Kaplichny, Istomin, Khurtsilava, Kolotov,
Troshkin, Baidachni, Banishevski (70 G.Nodia), Konkov, Onishenko
Hungary: Géczi, Fábián, Páncsics, Bálint, P.Juhász, I.Juhász, Kocsis (60 Albert),
Kü, Szöke, Bene (60 A.Dunai), Zámbö
MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE
Ličge, June 17, Stade Sclessin
Belgium 2-1 Hungary
[Lambert 24, Van Himst 28, Kü 53pen]
[ref: Boström (Sweden); att: 9,000]
Belgium: Piot, Heylens, Van den Daele, Thissen, Dolmans, Dockx, Verheyen,
Polleunis, Semmeling, Van Himst, Lambert
Hungary: Géczi, Fábián, Páncsics, Bálint, P.Juhász, I.Juhász, Kü, Abert,
Kozma, A.Dunai, Zámbö (46 Szücs)
FINAL
Bruxelles, June 18, Stade Heysel
West Germany 3-0 Soviet Union
[G.Müller 27, 58, Wimmer 52]
[ref: Marschall (Austria), att: 50,000]
West Germany: Maier, Höttges, Beckenbauer, Schwarzenbeck, Breitner, U.Hoeneß,
Wimmer, Netzer, Heynckes, G.Müller, E.Kremers
Soviet Union: Rudakov, Dzodzuashvili, Kaplichny, Istomin, Khurtsilava, Kolotov,
Troshkin, Baidachni, Banishevsky (66 Kozinkevich), Konkov (46 Dolmatov),
Onishenko
Topscorer overall: G.Müller (West Germany) 11 goals
Topscorer final tournament: G.Müller (West Germany) 4 goals
European Championship Overview File
1972 European Championship Final Tournament Details
1972 (details qualifying and final tournament)
Thanks to Darko Terzic for information on date of draws
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