European Championship 2008

The European Championship 2008 was played in Austria and Switzerland (7–29 June). 16 teams played 31 matches and scored 77 goals — 2.48 per match; 1,143,990 spectators attended.

Spain won the title, beating Germany in the final (0–1) at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, referee Roberto Rosetti.

Top scorer: David Villa with 4 goals.

Player of the tournament: Xavi (Spain).

Knockout matches

Final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
29 June 2008	Germany – Spain	0–1	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Semi-final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
25 June 2008	Germany – Türkiye	3–2	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
26 June 2008	Russia – Spain	0–3	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Quarter-final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
19 June 2008	Portugal – Germany	2–3	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20 June 2008	Croatia – Türkiye	1–1 (pens 1–3)	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
21 June 2008	Netherlands – Russia	1–3 (a.e.t.)	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
22 June 2008	Spain – Italy	0–0 (pens 4–2)	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Groups and tables

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	5–3	6
2	Türkiye	3	2	0	1	5–5	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	4–6	3
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3–3	3

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	4–1	9
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	4–2	6
3	Austria	3	0	1	2	1–3	1
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	1–4	1

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9–1	9
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	3–4	4
3	Romania	3	0	2	1	1–3	2
4	France	3	0	1	2	1–6	1

Group D

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	8–3	9
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	4–4	6
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	3–4	3
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	1–5	0

Top scorers

Player	Team	Goals
David Villa	Spain	4
Hakan Yakin	Switzerland	3
Lukas Podolski	Germany	3
Roman Pavlyuchenko	Russia	3
Semih Şentürk	Türkiye	3
Andrey Arshavin	Russia	2
Arda Turan	Türkiye	2
Bastian Schweinsteiger	Germany	2
Dani Güiza	Spain	2
Fernando Torres	Spain	2
Ivan Klasnić	Croatia	2
Michael Ballack	Germany	2
Miroslav Klose	Germany	2
Nihat Kahveci	Türkiye	2
Robin van Persie	Netherlands	2

Stadiums

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