UEFA European Championship

Last Updated: 10 november 2025

The UEFA European Championship (UEFA Euro) is the main competition for national men’s football teams, run by UEFA.  The competition has taken place every four years since 1960, in between World Cups.

History of the European Women’s Football Championship began in 1984.

Since 1968, the tournament has been officially recognized and renamed UEFA European Championship instead of the European Nations Cup.

UEFA Euro 2028

The premier European football tournament in 2028 will be held in several countries: the United Kingdom and Ireland. This means that the games will be held in different stadiums in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

A quick overview:

• The tournament will take place from June 9 to July 9, 2028.
• It will feature the 24 best teams in Europe.
• The host countries will not qualify automatically and will have to qualify like everyone else.
• However, if two of them fail to qualify, they will be given additional spots.
• The final game will be held at Wembley Stadium in London.

History of the European Football Championship

Henri Delaunay is a man who has often proposed the idea of European championships for national teams. His idea was taken up by a number of individuals such as Ottorino Barassi (later to become President of the Italian Football Federation), Jose Kraay (Secretary General of the Belgian Royal Union). The 1952 meeting in Zurich discussed the formation of a European Union. It was only two years later, in 1954, that another conference adopted the decision to create the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). This decision marked the start of preparations for the first UEFA European Championship.

Only 17 teams took part in the first tournament in 1960. The final was played in Paris. The USSR team went down in history as the first country to win the 1960 European Nations’ Cup, scoring the decisive goal against Yugoslavia in extra time in the 114th minute.

Results of the previous UEFA European Championships

2032 UEFA European Football Championship

It is already known that the EURO 2032 matches will be held in Turkey and Italy in June-July 2032.

Keep an eye on the dates of the Euro UEFA and other events in our Sports events calendar.

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