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1980 UEFA EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Hrubesch's goals see Germans triumphant again

There was a slight change to the 1980 European Championship Finals - UEFA decided that eight rather than four teams would qualify.

From the two groups of four there would not be semi-finals but rather the group runners-up would meet in a play-off for third place, whilst the group winners competed for the trophy.

After disappointment in 1976, England qualified from their group to take their place in the tournament.

West Germany won Group A and took their place in the Final with ease, winning a repeat of the 1976 Final against Czechoslovakia (1-0) before beating Holland 3-2.

The Germans' 0-0 draw with Greece meant that the winners of the Czechoslovakia v Holland match would go through into the third place play-off. In the event a 1-1 draw sent defending champions Czechoslovakia through.

In Group B, England had been placed with Belgium, Italy and Spain in what looked to be a tough group. England had qualified in style for the Finals, were top of the qualifying statistics and were therefore rightly considered one of the favourites for the trophy.

However, a stuttering start saw England only draw 1-1 with Belgium after a brilliantly taken Ray Wilkins goal had been cancelled out by Jan Ceulemans.

The crucial game, therefore, was the match against Italy. Poor defending and sloppy passing meant that Italy outclassed England and took the match with Tardelli's goal ten minutes from time.

Belgium and Italy's 1-1 draw meant that England couldn't qualify, despite their winning 2-1 against Spain with goals from Trevor Brooking and Tony Woodcock.

In the Final, Germany took the initiative early on by taking the lead through Horst Hrubesch. Bernd Pfaff in the Belgian goal could only parry Muller's shot away for a corner but the Germans only had to wait another six minutes before they opened the scoring.

Bernd Schuster exchanged passes with Klaus Allofs before knocking the ball on to Hrubesch who took the ball on his chest and hit a sweet shot past Pfaff for a nicely taken goal.

At this stage Belgium were struggling to get into the match and if tuth be told they could have been one or two goals further behind when the half-time whistle went.

Briegel went off injured early in the second half and with his departure, Germany started to look a little less confident in their midfield play.

With Belgian sensing that they could get back in the match, Stielike fouled van der Elst on the edge of the area, and though Jupp Derwall's players tried to convince the referee that the offence had taken place outside the area, the ref pointed to the spot.

Rene Van der Eycken duly equalised and suddenly a shock was on the cards.

Then, with extra time looming, the Germans came through once again, winning 2-1 through a second Hrubesch goal.

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1980 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING

Italy qualified as hosts. Group winners qualified for finals.

Group 1

24/05/1978               Denmark   3 - 3   Ireland               (1-2)   
20/09/1978               Denmark   3 - 4   England               (2-2)   
20/09/1978               Ireland   0 - 0   Northern_Ireland      (0-0)   
11/10/1978               Denmark   2 - 2   Bulgaria              (1-1)   
25/10/1978               Ireland   1 - 1   England               (1-1)   
25/10/1978      Northern_Ireland   2 - 1   Denmark               (0-0)   
29/11/1978              Bulgaria   0 - 2   Northern_Ireland      (0-1)   
07/02/1979               England   4 - 0   Northern_Ireland      (1-0)   
02/05/1979               Ireland   2 - 0   Denmark               (1-0)   
02/05/1979      Northern_Ireland   2 - 0   Bulgaria              (2-0)   
19/05/1979              Bulgaria   1 - 0   Ireland               (0-0)   
06/06/1979              Bulgaria   0 - 3   England               (0-1)   
06/06/1979               Denmark   4 - 0   Northern_Ireland      (2-0)   
12/09/1979               England   1 - 0   Denmark               (1-0)   
17/10/1979               Ireland   3 - 0   Bulgaria              (1-0)   
17/10/1979      Northern_Ireland   1 - 5   England               (0-2)   
31/10/1979              Bulgaria   3 - 0   Denmark               (1-0)   
21/11/1979      Northern_Ireland   1 - 0   Ireland               (0-0)   
22/11/1979               England   2 - 0   Bulgaria              (1-0)   
06/02/1980               England   2 - 0   Ireland               (1-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   ENGLAND                   8     7     1     0    22     5   +17    15   93.8
2   Northern_Ireland          8     4     1     3     8    14    -6     9   56.2
3   Ireland                   8     2     3     3     9     8    +1     7   43.8
4   Bulgaria                  8     2     1     5     6    14    -8     5   31.2
5   Denmark                   8     1     2     5    13    17    -4     4   25.0

Group 2

30/08/1978                Norway   0 - 2   Austria               (0-2)   
20/09/1978               Austria   3 - 2   Scotland              (1-0)   
20/09/1978               Belgium   1 - 1   Norway                (0-1)   
11/10/1978              Portugal   1 - 1   Belgium               (1-1)   
25/10/1978              Scotland   3 - 2   Norway                (1-1)   
15/11/1978               Austria   1 - 2   Portugal              (0-1)   
29/11/1978              Portugal   1 - 0   Scotland              (1-0)   
28/03/1979               Belgium   1 - 1   Austria               (1-0)   
02/05/1979               Austria   0 - 0   Belgium               (0-0)   
09/05/1979                Norway   0 - 1   Portugal              (0-1)   
07/06/1979                Norway   0 - 4   Scotland              (0-3)   
29/08/1979               Austria   4 - 0   Norway                (1-0)   
12/09/1979                Norway   1 - 2   Belgium               (1-1)   
17/10/1979               Belgium   2 - 0   Portugal              (0-0)   
17/10/1979              Scotland   1 - 1   Austria               (0-1)   
01/11/1979              Portugal   3 - 1   Norway                (1-1)   
21/11/1979               Belgium   2 - 0   Scotland              (1-0)   
21/11/1979              Portugal   1 - 2   Austria               (1-1)   
19/12/1979              Scotland   1 - 3   Belgium               (0-3)   
26/03/1980              Scotland   4 - 1   Portugal              (2-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   BELGIUM                   8     4     4     0    12     5    +7    12   75.0
2   Austria                   8     4     3     1    14     7    +7    11   68.8
3   Portugal                  8     4     1     3    10    11    -1     9   56.2
4   Scotland                  8     3     1     4    15    13    +2     7   43.8
5   Norway                    8     0     1     7     5    20   -15     1    6.2

Group 3

04/10/1978            Yugoslavia   1 - 2   Spain                 (1-2)   
25/10/1978               Romania   3 - 2   Yugoslavia            (0-1)   
15/11/1978                 Spain   1 - 0   Romania               (1-0)   
13/12/1978                 Spain   5 - 0   Cyprus                (2-0)   
01/04/1979                Cyprus   0 - 3   Yugoslavia            (0-1)   
04/04/1979               Romania   2 - 2   Spain                 (0-0)   
13/05/1979                Cyprus   1 - 1   Romania               (1-1)   
10/10/1979                 Spain   0 - 1   Yugoslavia            (0-1)   
31/10/1979            Yugoslavia   2 - 1   Romania               (0-0)   
14/11/1979            Yugoslavia   5 - 0   Cyprus                (1-0)   
18/11/1979               Romania   2 - 0   Cyprus                (0-1)   
09/12/1979                Cyprus   1 - 3   Spain                 (0-2)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   SPAIN                     6     4     1     1    13     5    +8     9   75.0
2   Yugoslavia                6     4     0     2    14     6    +8     8   66.7
3   Romania                   6     2     2     2     9     8    +1     6   50.0
4   Cyprus                    6     0     1     5     2    19   -17     1    8.3

Group 4

06/09/1978               Iceland   0 - 2   Poland                (0-1)   
20/09/1978           Netherlands   3 - 0   Iceland               (1-0)   
04/10/1978          East_Germany   3 - 1   Iceland               (2-1)   
11/10/1978           Switzerland   1 - 3   Netherlands           (1-1)   
15/11/1978           Netherlands   3 - 0   East_Germany          (1-0)   
15/11/1978                Poland   2 - 0   Switzerland           (1-0)   
28/03/1979           Netherlands   3 - 0   Switzerland           (0-0)   
18/04/1979          East_Germany   2 - 1   Poland                (0-1)   
02/05/1979                Poland   2 - 0   Netherlands           (1-0)   
05/05/1979           Switzerland   0 - 2   East_Germany          (0-1)   
22/05/1979           Switzerland   2 - 0   Iceland               (1-0)   
09/06/1979               Iceland   1 - 2   Switzerland           (0-0)   
05/09/1979               Iceland   0 - 4   Netherlands           (0-0)   
12/09/1979               Iceland   0 - 3   East_Germany          (0-0)   
12/09/1979           Switzerland   0 - 2   Poland                (0-1)   
26/09/1979                Poland   1 - 1   East_Germany          (0-0)   
10/10/1979                Poland   2 - 0   Iceland               (0-0)   
13/10/1979          East_Germany   5 - 2   Switzerland           (3-1)   
17/10/1979           Netherlands   1 - 1   Poland                (0-1)   
21/11/1979          East_Germany   2 - 3   Netherlands           (2-1)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   NETHERLANDS               8     6     1     1    20     6   +14    13   81.2
2   Poland                    8     5     2     1    13     4    +9    12   75.0
3   East_Germany              8     5     1     2    18    11    +7    11   68.8
4   Switzerland               8     2     0     6     7    18   -11     4   25.0
5   Iceland                   8     0     0     8     2    21   -19     0    0.0

Group 5

01/09/1978                France   2 - 2   Sweden                (0-0)   
04/10/1978                Sweden   1 - 3   Czechoslovakia        (1-1)   
07/10/1978            Luxembourg   1 - 3   France                (0-1)   
25/02/1979                France   3 - 0   Luxembourg            (1-0)   
04/04/1979        Czechoslovakia   2 - 0   France                (0-0)   
01/05/1979            Luxembourg   0 - 3   Czechoslovakia        (0-1)   
07/06/1979                Sweden   3 - 0   Luxembourg            (2-0)   
05/09/1979                Sweden   1 - 3   France                (1-1)   
10/10/1979        Czechoslovakia   4 - 1   Sweden                (3-0)   
23/10/1979            Luxembourg   1 - 1   Sweden                (1-0)   
17/11/1979                France   2 - 1   Czechoslovakia        (0-0)   
24/11/1979        Czechoslovakia   4 - 0   Luxembourg            (3-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   CZECHOSLOVAKIA            6     5     0     1    17     4   +13    10   83.3
2   France                    6     4     1     1    13     7    +6     9   75.0
3   Sweden                    6     1     2     3     9    13    -4     4   33.3
4   Luxembourg                6     0     1     5     2    17   -15     1    8.3

Group 6

24/05/1978               Finland   3 - 0   Greece                (1-0)   
20/09/1978               Finland   2 - 1   Hungary               (1-0)   
20/09/1978              U.S.S.R.   2 - 0   Greece                (1-0)   
11/10/1978                Greece   8 - 1   Finland               (5-0)   
11/10/1978               Hungary   2 - 0   U.S.S.R.              (1-0)   
29/10/1978                Greece   4 - 1   Hungary               (0-0)   
02/05/1979               Hungary   0 - 0   Greece                (0-0)   
19/05/1979              U.S.S.R.   2 - 2   Hungary               (1-1)   
04/07/1979               Finland   1 - 1   U.S.S.R.              (0-1)   
12/09/1979                Greece   1 - 0   U.S.S.R.              (1-0)   
17/10/1979               Hungary   3 - 1   Finland               (2-0)   
31/10/1979              U.S.S.R.   2 - 2   Finland               (0-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   GREECE                    6     3     1     2    13     7    +6     7   58.3
2   Hungary                   6     2     2     2     9     9     0     6   50.0
3   Finland                   6     2     2     2    10    15    -5     6   50.0
4   U.S.S.R.                  6     1     3     2     7     8    -1     5   41.7

Group 7

25/10/1978                 Wales   7 - 0   Malta                 (3-0)   
29/11/1978                 Wales   1 - 0   Turkey                (0-0)   
25/02/1979                 Malta   0 - 0   West_Germany          (0-0)   
18/03/1979                Turkey   2 - 1   Malta                 (1-0)   
01/04/1979                Turkey   0 - 0   West_Germany          (0-0)   
02/05/1979                 Wales   0 - 2   West_Germany          (0-1)   
02/06/1979                 Malta   0 - 2   Wales                 (0-1)   
17/10/1979          West_Germany   5 - 1   Wales                 (4-0)   
28/10/1979                 Malta   1 - 2   Turkey                (0-2)   
21/11/1979                Turkey   1 - 0   Wales                 (0-0)   
22/12/1979          West_Germany   2 - 0   Turkey                (1-0)   
27/02/1980          West_Germany   8 - 0   Malta                 (3-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   WEST_GERMANY              6     4     2     0    17     1   +16    10   83.3
2   Turkey                    6     3     1     2     5     5     0     7   58.3
3   Wales                     6     3     0     3    11     8    +3     6   50.0
4   Malta                     6     0     1     5     2    21   -19     1    8.3

Statistics

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   England                   8     7     1     0    22     5   +17    15   93.8
2   Netherlands               8     6     1     1    20     6   +14    13   81.2
3   Poland                    8     5     2     1    13     4    +9    12   75.0
4   Belgium                   8     4     4     0    12     5    +7    12   75.0
5   East_Germany              8     5     1     2    18    11    +7    11   68.8
6   Austria                   8     4     3     1    14     7    +7    11   68.8
7   West_Germany              6     4     2     0    17     1   +16    10   83.3
8   Czechoslovakia            6     5     0     1    17     4   +13    10   83.3
9   Spain                     6     4     1     1    13     5    +8     9   75.0
10  France                    6     4     1     1    13     7    +6     9   75.0
11  Portugal                  8     4     1     3    10    11    -1     9   56.2
12  Northern_Ireland          8     4     1     3     8    14    -6     9   56.2
13  Yugoslavia                6     4     0     2    14     6    +8     8   66.7
14  Greece                    6     3     1     2    13     7    +6     7   58.3
15  Scotland                  8     3     1     4    15    13    +2     7   43.8
16  Ireland                   8     2     3     3     9     8    +1     7   43.8
17  Turkey                    6     3     1     2     5     5     0     7   58.3
18  Wales                     6     3     0     3    11     8    +3     6   50.0
19  Romania                   6     2     2     2     9     8    +1     6   50.0
20  Hungary                   6     2     2     2     9     9     0     6   50.0
21  Finland                   6     2     2     2    10    15    -5     6   50.0
22  U.S.S.R.                  6     1     3     2     7     8    -1     5   41.7
23  Bulgaria                  8     2     1     5     6    14    -8     5   31.2
24  Denmark                   8     1     2     5    13    17    -4     4   25.0
25  Sweden                    6     1     2     3     9    13    -4     4   33.3
26  Switzerland               8     2     0     6     7    18   -11     4   25.0
27  Norway                    8     0     1     7     5    20   -15     1    6.2
28  Luxembourg                6     0     1     5     2    17   -15     1    8.3
29  Cyprus                    6     0     1     5     2    19   -17     1    8.3
30  Malta                     6     0     1     5     2    21   -19     1    8.3
31  Iceland                   8     0     0     8     2    21   -19     0    0.0

1980 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - ITALY

First Round

Group A

11/06/1980           Netherlands   1 - 0   Greece                (0-0)   
11/06/1980          West_Germany   1 - 0   Czechoslovakia        (0-0)   
14/06/1980        Czechoslovakia   3 - 1   Greece                (2-1)   
14/06/1980          West_Germany   3 - 2   Netherlands           (1-0)   
17/06/1980        Czechoslovakia   1 - 1   Netherlands           (1-0)   
17/06/1980          West_Germany   0 - 0   Greece                (0-0)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   WEST_GERMANY              3     2     1     0     4     2    +2     5   83.3
2   CZECHOSLOVAKIA            3     1     1     1     4     3    +1     3   50.0
3   Netherlands               3     1     1     1     4     4     0     3   50.0
4   Greece                    3     0     1     2     1     4    -3     1   16.7

Group B

12/06/1980               Belgium   1 - 1   England               (1-1)   
12/06/1980                 Italy   0 - 0   Spain                 (0-0)   
15/06/1980                 Italy   1 - 0   England               (0-0)   
15/06/1980                 Spain   1 - 2   Belgium               (1-1)   
18/06/1980                 Italy   0 - 0   Belgium               (0-0)   
18/06/1980                 Spain   1 - 2   England               (0-1)   

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   BELGIUM                   3     1     2     0     3     2    +1     4   66.7
2   ITALY                     3     1     2     0     1     0    +1     4   66.7
3   England                   3     1     1     1     3     3     0     3   50.0
4   Spain                     3     0     1     2     2     4    -2     1   16.7

3rd/4th Playoff

21/06/1980                 Italy   1 - 1   Czechoslovakia        (0-0)    PEN: 9-8 (AET: 1-1, FT: 1-1)

Final

22/06/1980          West_Germany   2 - 1   Belgium               (1-0)

1 West_Germany
2 Belgium
3 Italy
4 Czechoslovakia

Statistics

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   West_Germany              4     3     1     0     6     3    +3     7   87.5
2   Italy                     4     1     3     0     2     1    +1     5   62.5
3   Czechoslovakia            4     1     2     1     5     4    +1     4   50.0
4   Belgium                   4     1     2     1     4     4     0     4   50.0
5   Netherlands               3     1     1     1     4     4     0     3   50.0
6   England                   3     1     1     1     3     3     0     3   50.0
7   Spain                     3     0     1     2     2     4    -2     1   16.7
8   Greece                    3     0     1     2     1     4    -3     1   16.7

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