The Euro Cup 1960, known as European Nations Cup was the first European Football Championship. The
Euro Cup 1960 Participating Teams had to play knock-out games. There were 17
Euro Cup 1960 Participating Teams. The final match of Euro Cup 1960 was held in France. The final phase of Euro Cup 1960 was held from 6th July to 10th July 1960.
Among the teams of Euro Cup 1960, France acquired place automatically as it was the host of the tournament. The other teams of Euro Cup 1960 were:
USSR
Yugoslavia
Portugal
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Bulgaria
France
Turkey
Spain
- Hungary
- Republic of Ireland
- East Germany
- Poland
- Romania
- Austria
- Denmark
The teams of Czechoslovakia and the Republic of Ireland played in the preliminary round for qualifying and Czechoslovakia had won the match 4-2 on aggregate. Since Spain rejected to tour to USSR, the final tournament had the teams of Czechoslovakia, USSR, and Yugoslavia along with the host nation of France.
After the preliminary round there were Eighth-finals which were played among the teams of:
- USSR vs. Hungary
- Greece vs. France
- Turkey vs. Romania
- Austria vs. Norway
- Bulgaria vs. Yugoslavia
- Portugal vs. East Germany
- Spain vs. Poland
- Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia
In the Eighth-Finals the paired teams played twice with each other. The quarter finals were played between:
- France vs. Austria
- Portugal vs. Yugoslavia
- Romania vs. Czechoslovakia
The quarter-final matches were also played twice among the paired teams.
The Semi-final matches were played among:
- USSR vs. Czechoslovakia
- France vs. Yugoslavia
The final match was played on 10th July 1960 between Yugoslavia and USSR and the first Euro 1960 Champions was USSR. The match for the third position was played between France and Czechoslovakia on 9th July 1960.
