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Courtesy of 'Off the Ball'
An Overview
44 years, 11 tournaments, two names changes, a dozen format
modifications and eight different winners; the European Championships
is the poor man's answer to the World Cup, except that it only
involves teams from Europe (unless you count Russia, Croatia,
Switzerland and Bulgaria if you want to get all political).
Some stats for prats. The Germans have been in the final five times
and have have won the trophy on three different occasions. OK, not
bad.
The French have won it twice (pas mal) and the Russians have appeared
in the final four times, but have won it only once, which suggests
they are bottle merchants.
The host nations of the tournaments through the years have won the
trophy three times and have never lost in a final match.
England have never won it (although they won the World Cup in 1966).
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