1964 European Nations' Cup

1964 UEFA European Nations' Cup

Eurocopa España 1964
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	17 June – 21 June
Teams	4
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	13 (3.25 per match)
Attendance	156,253 (39,063 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jesús María Pereda Ferenc Bene Dezső Novák (2 goals each)
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The 1964 UEFA European Nations' Cup was the second European Football Championship. The final tournament was held in Spain. It was won by the hosts 2–1 over defending champions Soviet Union.

The tournament was a knockout competition; 29 teams entered (Greece withdrew after being drawn with Albania). The Soviet Union, Austria, and Luxembourg received byes into the second round. The teams played home-and-away matches until the semi-finals; the final four teams would move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known.

Luxembourg proved to be the giant-killers of the qualifying rounds; they beat the Netherlands 3–2 on aggregate (1–1 and 2–1), and then drew with Denmark 3–3 and 2–2, before losing the replay 1–0. Denmark thus became the most surprising of the qualifiers for the final tournament, joining the Soviet Union, Spain, and Hungary.

In the semi-finals, the Soviet Union defeated the Danes 3–0 in Barcelona and Spain beat Hungary 2–1 in extra time in Madrid, the winning goal being scored by Amancio. Spain had withdrawn from the tournament in 1960 rather than play the Soviet Union, but on this occasion General Franco let his team play the Soviets. In front of more than 79,000 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, the hosts won 2–1 after a late goal from Marcelino.

Venues

	Madrid
	Santiago Bernabéu
	Capacity: 110,000
	Barcelona
	Camp Nou
	Capacity: 93,053

Qualifying

Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying

Qualified teams

See also: 1964 European Nations' Cup squads

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearances1
Denmark	Quarter-finals winner	18 December 1963	0 (debut)
Hungary	Quarter-finals winner	23 May 1964	0 (debut)
Spain (hosts)	Quarter-finals winner	8 April 1964	0 (debut)
Soviet Union	Quarter-finals winner	27 May 1964	1 (1960)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

Match officials

Country	Referee	Matches refereed
Belgium	Arthur Blavier	Semi-final: Spain 2–1 Hungary
England	Arthur Holland	Final: Spain 2–1 Soviet Union
Italy	Concetto Lo Bello	Semi-final: Denmark 0–3 Soviet Union
Switzerland	Daniel Mellet	Third place play-off: Hungary 3–1 Denmark

Finals tournament

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 June – Madrid
	Spain (aet)	2
	Hungary	1
					21 June – Madrid
					Spain	2
					Soviet Union	1
					Third place
	17 June – Barcelona			20 June – Barcelona
	Denmark	0		Hungary (aet)	3
	Soviet Union	3			Denmark	1

Semi-finals

17 June 1964 (1964-06-17) 20:00	Spain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hungary	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 34,713 Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)
	Pereda  35' Amancio  112'	Report	Bene  84'

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17 June 1964 (1964-06-17) 22:30	Denmark	0–3	Soviet Union	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 38,556 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
		Report	Voronin  19' Ponedelnik  40' Ivanov  87'

Third place play-off

20 June 1964 (1964-06-20) 20:00	Hungary	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)
	Bene  11' Novák  107' (pen.), 110'	Report	Bertelsen  82'

Final

Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup Final

21 June 1964 (1964-06-21) 18:30	Spain	2–1	Soviet Union	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 79,115 Referee: Arthur Holland (England)
	Pereda  6' Marcelino  84'	Report	Khusainov  8'

Statistics

Goalscorers

With two goals, Ferenc Bene, Dezső Novák, Jesús María Pereda are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 13 goals were scored by 10 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

2 goals

• Ferenc Bene
• Dezső Novák
• Jesús María Pereda

1 goal

• Carl Bertelsen
• Amancio
• Marcelino
• Galimzyan Khusainov
• Valery Voronin
• Viktor Ponedelnik
• Valentin Ivanov

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Lev Yashin	Feliciano Rivilla	Amancio Amaro	Ferenc Bene
	Dezső Novák	Valentin Ivanov	Jesús María Pereda
	Ignacio Zoco	Luis Suárez	Flórián Albert
	Fernando Olivella

Golden Boot

• Ferenc Bene
• Dezső Novák
• Jesús María Pereda
  (2 goals)

External links

• 1964 European Nations' Cup at Union of European Football Associations

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