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Euro 1980, Italy
The 1980 European Championships was the second time that Italy had hosted the finals, the first time being for Euro 1968.
The format had its biggest change so far, for this tournament.. Previously only 4 teams had taken part in the finals, but for this run out it was increased to 8 teams.
The qualifying campaign changed slightly as 31 teams took part due to Italy being given automatic qualification as the host nation of the Championship.
The eight teams that qualified were:
- Belgium
- Czechoslovakia
- England
- Greece
- Netherlands
- Italy (automatically qualified as hosts)
- Spain
- West Germany
To accommodate the increased number of teams in the final two groups of four were created where each team would play all the other teams in their group. The winners of each group would then go through to the final, this eliminated the need for semi finals.
1980 European Championship Final
The two teams that met in the final were Group A winners West Germany and the winners of Group B, Belgium. The final took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome watched by a crowd of 47,864.
Germany took an early lead from a goal from Hrubesch in the 10th minute and led until Belgium equalised in the 75th minute with a penalty taken by Vandereycken, however just 13 minutes Hrubesch scored his second of the game to give the West Germans they 2nd European Championship title.
Goal scorers of the tournament
As there were more matches being played than in the previous tournaments the record of goals scored was easily beat with 27 goals being recorded.
Top Goal Scorer
For the third European Championship in succession the honour of being the tournaments top goal scorer again went to a West Germa player, this time it went to striker, Klaus Allofs who scored three goals.
- Klaus Allofs (West Germany)
Scorers of two goals
- Horst Hrubesch(West Germany)
- Zdenek Nehoda (Czechoslovakia)
- Kees Kist (Netherlands)
Remaining Goals
The 18 other goals that were scored in the 1980 European Championship were each credited to individual players.
The 27 goals over gave an average of 1.93 goals per game.
Fastest Goal
The fastest goal of the tournament game in 6 minutes from Czechoslovakian player Antonin Panenka who scored it in the Czechoslovakia versus Greece match.