UEFA Euro 1988

Also known as 1988 European Championships, Euro 1988, Euro 88, 1988 UEFA European Football Championship

8th European association football championship

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UEFA Euro 1988 was the 8th European championship tournament for association football (soccer). It determined the continental champion among Europe's national teams during that edition of the competition.

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Official website: www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/1988
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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.