UEFA Euro 1988

1988 UEFA European Football Championship

Fußball-Europameisterschaft Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1988
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	10–25 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	34 (2.27 per match)
Attendance	849,844 (56,656 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marco van Basten (5 goals)
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The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in West Germany from 10 to 25 June 1988. It was the eighth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA. France were the defending champions, but failed to qualify. The tournament crowned the Netherlands as European champions for the first time.

Euro 1988 was a rare instance of a major football tournament ending without a single sending-off or goalless draw, nor any knockout matches going to extra time or penalties. This was the final European Championship to feature teams from West Germany and the Soviet Union, as the West and East Germans reunified to become Germany in 1990, and the Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 countries in 1991.