10 hours agoEuro-2024, no match for 3rd place.
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)England and Spain will begin preparations for the Euro-2024 final in Berlin on Sunday, while defeated semifinals Holland and France are heading straight home. Unlike World Cups, there is no match for third place in the European Championship, and this year's tournament in Germany is no exception. The governing body of [...]
England and Spain will begin preparations for the Euro-2024 final in Berlin on Sunday, while defeated semifinals Holland and France are heading straight home.
Unlike World Cups, there is no match for third place in the European Championship, and this year's tournament in Germany is no exception.
European football's governing body U The EFA explains the third-place match was cancelled as part of a shift in tour format from 1980 to 1984.
” The event was not considered attractive and has not been part of the euro since then”, W said today EFA.
Also, there are no plans to reintroduce a match like this.
In 1980, Czechoslovakia defeated host Italy with penalty in its final match for third place in a European championship, while Germany took the title.
