UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament

The final tournament of UEFA Euro 1972 was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the quarter-finals. There were two rounds of matches: a semi-final stage leading to the final to decide the champions. The final tournament began with the semi-finals on 14 June and ended with the final on 18 June at Heysel Stadium in Brussels. West Germany won the tournament with a 3–0 victory over the Soviet Union.[1]

All times Central European Time (UTC+1)

Format

Any game in the final tournament that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round.

Teams
Team Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance
 Belgium (host)Quarter-final winner13 May 19721st—Debut
 HungaryQuarter-final winner17 May 19722nd1964Third place (1964)
 Soviet UnionQuarter-final winner13 May 19724th1968Winners (1960)
 West GermanyQuarter-final winner13 May 19721st—Debut

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 June – Antwerp
 
 
 Belgium1
 
18 June – Brussels
 
 West Germany2
 
 West Germany3
 
14 June – Brussels
 
 Soviet Union0
 
 Hungary0
 
 
 Soviet Union1
 
Third place play-off
 
 
17 June – Liège
 
 
 Hungary1
 
 
 Belgium2

Semi-finals

Hungary vs Soviet Union
Hungary 0–1 Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 1,659
Hungary
Soviet Union
GK1István Géczi
SW3Miklós Páncsics
CB2Tibor Fábián
CB6László Bálint
CB4Péter Juhász
CM12István Juhász
CM8Lajos Kocsis 60'
CM10Lajos Kű
RW7István Szőke
CF9Ferenc Bene (c) 60'
LW11Sándor Zámbó
Substitutions:
FW15Antal Dunai 60'
MF24Flórián Albert 60'
Manager:
Rudolf Illovszky
GK1Yevhen Rudakov
SW3Murtaz Khurtsilava (c)
CB2Revaz Dzodzuashvili
CB12Volodymyr Kaplychnyi
CB13Yuriy Istomin
CM14Anatoliy Konkov
CM7Volodymyr Troshkin
CM6Viktor Kolotov
RW8Anatoly Baidachny
CF9Anatoliy Banishevskiy 70'
LW18Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Substitutions:
FW16Givi Nodia 70'
Manager:
Oleksandr Ponomarov

Belgium vs West Germany
Belgium 1–2 West Germany
 Report
Attendance: 55,669
Belgium
West Germany
GK1Christian Piot
SW5Erwin Vandendaele 17'
CB2Georges Heylens
CB4Jean Thissen
CB3Léon Dolmans
RM7Léon Semmeling
CM11Jan Verheyen
CM6Jean Dockx
LM8Maurice Martens 70'
CF9Raoul Lambert
CF10Paul Van Himst (c)
Substitutions:
FW14Odilon Polleunis 70'
Manager:
Raymond Goethals
GK1Sepp Maier
SW5Franz Beckenbauer (c)
CB2Horst-Dieter Höttges
CB4Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
RM6Herbert Wimmer
CM10Günter Netzer
CM8Uli Hoeneß 59'
LM3Paul Breitner
RW9Jupp Heynckes
CF13Gerd Müller
LW11Erwin Kremers
Substitutions:
FW7Jürgen Grabowski 59'
Manager:
Helmut Schön

Third place play-off
Hungary 1–2 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 6,184
Hungary
Belgium
GK1István Géczi
SW3Miklós Páncsics (c)
CB2Tibor Fábián
CB6László Bálint
CB4Péter Juhász
CM12István Juhász
CM24Flórián Albert
CM10Lajos Kű
RW20Mihály Kozma
CF15Antal Dunai
LW11Sándor Zámbó 46'
Substitutions:
FW5Lajos Szűcs 46'
Manager:
Rudolf Illovszky
GK1Christian Piot
RB2Georges Heylens
CB4Jean Thissen
CB5Erwin Vandendaele
LB3Léon Dolmans
CM11Jan Verheyen
CM6Jean Dockx
CM14Odilon Polleunis
RW7Léon Semmeling
CF9Raoul Lambert
LW10Paul Van Himst (c)
Manager:
Raymond Goethals

Final
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 Final
West Germany 3–0 Soviet Union
 Report
Attendance: 43,066[2]
West Germany
Soviet Union
GK1Sepp Maier
SW5Franz Beckenbauer (c)
CB2Horst-Dieter Höttges
CB4Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
CB3Paul Breitner
DM6Herbert Wimmer
CM8Uli Hoeneß
CM10Günter Netzer
RW9Jupp Heynckes
LW11Erwin Kremers
CF13Gerd Müller
Manager:
Helmut Schön
GK1Yevhen Rudakov
RB2Revaz Dzodzuashvili
CB3Murtaz Khurtsilava (c)
CB12Volodymyr Kaplychnyi 43'
LB13Yuriy Istomin
CM7Volodymyr Troshkin
CM6Viktor Kolotov
CM14Anatoliy Konkov 46'
RF8Anatoly Baidachny
CF9Anatoliy Banishevskiy 66'
LF18Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Substitutions:
MF15Oleg Dolmatov 46'
FW11Eduard Kozynkevych 66'
Manager:
Oleksandr Ponomarov

References
  1. "Müller the menace in German masterclass". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. "European Football Championship 1972 FINAL". euro2000.org. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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