UEFA European Championship
Association football tournament
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- The UEFA European Football Championship , less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros , is the primary association football tournament organised by UEFA.
- It is the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup.
- The competition has generally been held every four years, scheduled to be in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments.
- Before entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.
- The seventeen European Championship tournaments have been won by ten national teams: Spain has won four titles; Germany has won three; Italy and France have won two titles; and the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, and Portugal have won one title each.
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WikipediaThe UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition is contested by members' senior men's national teams, determining the continental champion of Europe. It is the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup. It was originally called the European Nations' Cup before changing to its current name in 1968.
The competition has generally been held every four years, scheduled to be in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments. It is staggered on an alternating two-year cycle with the UEFA Nations League. Before entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process. From the 2020 edition onwards, the winner competes in the CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions.
The seventeen European Championship tournaments have been won by ten national teams: Spain has won four titles; Germany has won three; Italy and France have won two titles; and the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, and Portugal have won one title each. To date, Spain is the only team to have won consecutive titles, doing so in 2008 and 2012.
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