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Euro 2008, Austria and Switzerland
The 14th edition of the UEFA European Football Championship was co-hosted by two countries for the second time in the tournaments history. It took place in Austria and Switzerland from the 7th - 29th June 2008.
The qualification process for Euro 2008 began in August 2004 and the x countries that were taking part were split into seven groups. The winners and runners of each of those groups would then qualify for the tournament, the remaining 2 spaces of the 16 team European Championships were filled by the host nations.
The full list of qualified teams was as follows:
- Austria (Co-hosts and First Appearance)
- Czech Republic
- Croatia
- France
- Germany
- Greece (Holders)
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Poland (First Appearance)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland (Co-hosts)
- Turkey
2008 European Championship Final
The final of the tournament took place between Germany and Spain on the 29th June 2008. The venue used for the final was the Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna in Austria, and it was watched by a crowd of 51,428.
A solitary goal during the first half of the match by Fernando Torres was enough to give Spain their second European Championship title.
Goal scorers of the tournament
For the second year in succession there were 77 goals scored during the finals to again give the tournament an average of 2.48 goals per game.
Golden Boot
The golden boot award was given to Spain's David Villa who scored 4 goals during the tournament.
The following players were hot on David Villa's tally:
3 Goals Scored
- Lukas Podolski (Germany)
- Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia)
- Hakan Yakin (Switzerland)
- Semih Senturk (Turkey)
A further 13 players managed to score goals for their countries and 35 more players got on the score sheets with a solitary goal and there were no own goals scored this tournament.
Euro 2008 Television Advert
The following was shown in the run up to Euro 2008 coverage on ESPN