One has to say that this was probably the biggest shock in the history of European football championships. However, there were clues that a new football talent was emerging when Czechoslovakia beat England. For the English this was much like the way that Hungary caused a surprise when they beat England in 1953.
Apart from the champions, the other semi-finalists were the form teams, Germany, Holland and Yugoslavia.
Question: One football team is sometimes shown in the records as Montenegro and Serbia, what is that team also known as?
Top scorer overall: Givens (Ireland) 8 goals
Top scorer final tournament: D.M?ler (West Germany) 4 goals
European Football Championship – 1976 Final
| Czechoslovakia | 2-2 | Germany |
| Penalties Czechoslovakia | 5-3 | Germany |
Svehl? 8, Dobi? 25 D.M?ler 28, H?zenbein 89
Czechoslovakia: Viktor, Pivarn?, Ondrus, Capkovic, G?h, Dobi? (94 Vesely), M?er, Panenka, Masny, Svehl? (79 Jurkemik), Nehoda
Semi Finals
| Czechoslovakia | 3-1 | Holland |
| Germany | 4-2 | Yugoslavia |
Quarter Finals
Wales were a surprise team and played some good football.
| Yugoslavia | 3-1 | Wales | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 4-2 | USSR | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Germany | 3-1 | Spain | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Holland | 7-1 | Belgium | 5-0 | 2-1 |
Group Stages
Italy failed to qualify in a particularly tough group.
| Group 1 | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |||||
| Czechoslovakia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Portugal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Cyprus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Group 2 | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |||||
| Wales | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Hungary | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Austria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Group 3 | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sweden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||||
| Norway | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Group 4 | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |||||
| Spain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| Romania | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Scotland | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Denmark | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Group 5 | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |||||
| Holland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Poland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Italy | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Finland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Group 6 | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |||||
| USSR | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Republic of Ireland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Turkey | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| Switzerland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Group 7 | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |||||
| Belgium | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| German (East) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| France | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Iceland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Group 8 | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |||||
| Germany | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Greece | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| Bulgaria | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Malta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 2 | ||||
