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The UEFA Euro 2004 (or just Euro 2004) was the twelfth edition of UEFA's quadriennial European Football Championship and was held in Portugal, for the first time, between 12 June and 4 July 2004. Like in the previous two editions, in England and Netherlands/Belgium, sixteen teams contested the final tournament after going through a qualification round which began in 2002. The tournament took place in ten venues located in eight cities — Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, Leiria, Porto and Lisbon.
During the tournament there were several surprises: the German, Italian and Spanish national football teams were knocked out during the group stage; the title-holders France were eliminated in the quarter-finals by unfancied Greece, and the Portuguese hosts managed a winning streak towards the final, following their opening defeat, by beating Spain, England and Netherlands along the way. For the first time, the final featured the same teams as the opening match, with the hosts losing both of them also for the first time. Portugal was beaten by Greece on both occasions. Greece's triumph was even more outstanding considering that in their only other appearance, back in 1980, they did not win a single game.
During the opening ceremony, the Portuguese portrayed a ship, symbolizing the voyages of the Portuguese explorers, sailing through a sea which gave place to the flags of all competing countries.[1] Such was the enthusiasm that overtook the Greek fans that the ship became the symbol of the Greek victory, as Greeks chanted for the "Pirate Ship" (πειρατικό), as the Greek National Team was instantly named.
Qualifying
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Qualification for the tournament took place from September 2002 to November 2003. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups of five and each team played two matches against each other, on a home-and-away basis. The first-placed teams from each group qualified automatically and the runners-up took part in a two-match play-off to select the remaining five teams that would join the host nation in the final tournament.
Teams
The sixteen teams that participated in the final tournament were:
Venues
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Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon
Capacity: 65,000
Club: SL Benfica |
Estádio do Dragão
Location: Porto
Capacity: 52,000
Club: FC Porto |
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Estádio José Alvalade
Location: Lisbon
Capacity: 52,000
Club: Sporting CP |
Estádio Algarve
Location: Faro/Loulé
Capacity: 30,000
Club: S.C. Farense/Louletano D.C. |
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Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Location: Coimbra
Capacity: 30,000
Club: Académica |
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Location: Guimarães
Capacity: 30,000
Club: Vitória SC |
Estádio do Bessa Século XXI
Location: Porto
Capacity: 30,000
Club: Boavista FC |
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Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Location: Leiria
Capacity: 30,000
Club: UD Leiria |
Estádio Municipal de Braga
Location: Braga
Capacity: 30,000
Club: SC Braga |
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
Location: Aveiro
Capacity: 30,000
Club: SC Beira-Mar |
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Match officials
Twelve referees were selected for the tournament:[2]
Mascot
The tournament's official mascot was a boy named Kinas (derived from quinas (English: inescutcheons), one of the symbols of the Portuguese national flag) who wore a Portuguese kit (red shirt and green shorts) and was constantly playing with a football.
Squads
- For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2004 UEFA European Football Championship squads.
Results
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).
First round
Tie-breaking criteria
- For teams that finish level on points, the following tie-breakers are used:[3]
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- greater number of points in the matches between the teams in question;
- greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
- greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
- greater goal difference in all group games;
- greater number of goals scored in all group games;
- higher coefficient derived from EURO 2004 and 2002 World Cup qualifiers (points obtained divided by number of matches played);
- fair play conduct in EURO 2004;
- drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
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The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament involving the eight teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Final. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw was followed by up to thirty minutes of extra time (two fifteen minute halves); if a team scored in the first half of extra time and were still leading after 15 minutes extra time, the team leading would win on a silver goal, if no player scored in the first half of extra time, the full half-hour would be played. If scores were still level after 30 minutes extra time there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. Scores after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t.), and penalty shoot outs are indicated by (pen.).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
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Greece
First title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
Euro 2004 Top Scorers [4]
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- 1 goal (continued)
- Own goals
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Fastest goal
2 minutes: Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia vs Greece)
Awards
- UEFA Team of the Tournament
- Golden Boot
- UEFA Player of the Tournament
See also
References
External links
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