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UEFA Euro 1972

Field	Value
tourney_name	UEFA European Football Championship
year	1972
other_titles	Europees kampioenschap voetbal België 1972
Championnat d'Europe de football Belgique 1972
Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien 1972
image	UEFA Euro 1972 logo.svg
size	200px
country	Belgium
dates	14–18 June
num_teams	4
venues	4
cities	3
champion	FRG
count	1
second	URS
third	BEL
fourth	HUN
matches	4
goals	10
attendance	121880
top_scorer	Gerd Müller (4 goals)
prevseason	1968
nextseason	1976

Championnat d'Europe de football Belgique 1972 Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien 1972 The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. This was the fourth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 14 and 18 June 1972.

Only four countries played in the final tournament, with the tournament consisting of the semi-finals, a third place play-off, and the final.

The hosts were only announced after the qualifying round, which meant all teams had to participate in the qualification process for the final stage. Belgium was chosen among three candidates; the other bids came from England and Italy, whose teams did not reach the semi-finals.

West Germany won the tournament, beating the Soviet Union 3–0 in the final, with goals coming from Gerd Müller (twice) and Herbert Wimmer at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels.

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying

The qualifying round was played throughout 1970 and 1971 (group phase), and 1972 (quarter-finals). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each, with matches played on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, played in two legs, home and away. The winners of the quarter-finals went through to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

Venues

Brussels	Liège	{{Location map+	Belgium	float=center	width=410
Heysel Stadium	Stade Émile Versé	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 35,000
[[File:Stade Roi Baudouin.JPG	200px]]	[[File:3564constantVandenStockStadium.jpg	200px]]	[[File:Standard liege kaerjeng02.jpg	200px]]
Bosuilstadion
Capacity: 60,000
[[File:20110720 bosuil.jpg	200px]]

Squads

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 squads

Match officials

Country	Referee
SWE Sweden	Johan Einar Boström
GDR East Germany	Rudi Glöckner
AUT Austria	Ferdinand Marschall
SCO Scotland	William Mullan

Final tournament

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament

At the final tournament, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1)

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third-place play-off

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Gerd Müller
Raoul Lambert
Odilon Polleunis
Paul Van Himst
Lajos Kű
Anatoliy Konkov
Herbert Wimmer

Awards

;UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Yevhen Rudakov	Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Franz Beckenbauer
Paul Breitner	Uli Hoeneß
Günter Netzer
Herbert Wimmer	Raoul Lambert
Jupp Heynckes
Gerd Müller

References

Henson, Mike. (12 May 2012). "Euro 1972: West Germany sweep the continent on finals debut". BBC Sport.
(14 March 1972). "Sportflitsen". De Tijd.
(3 October 2003). "Müller strikes twice as West Germany beat USSR in 1972 EURO final". Union of European Football Associations.
"1972 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations.

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