The final tournament of the 1964 European Nations' Cup was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the quarter-finals. There were two rounds of matches: a semi-final stage leading to the final to decide the champions. The final tournament began with the semi-finals on 17 June and ended with the final on 21 June at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. Spain won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over the Soviet Union.
All times Central European Time (UTC+1)
Format Any game in the final tournament that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). If scores were still level, a coin toss would be used in all matches but the final. If the final finished level after extra time, a replay would take place at a later date to decide the winner.
Teams Team Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance Quarter-final winner 18 December 1963 1st — Debut Quarter-final winner 23 May 1964 1st — Debut Quarter-final winner 27 May 1964 2nd 1960 Winners (1960) (host) Quarter-final winner 8 April 1964 1st — Debut
Bracket
Semi-finals
Spain vs Hungary
GK 1 José Ángel IribarRB 2 Feliciano RivillaLB 3 Ferran Olivella (c)RH 4 Isacio CallejaCH 5 Ignacio ZocoLH 6 Josep Maria FustéOR 7 AmancioIR 8 Chus PeredaCF 9 Marcelino MartínezIL 10Luis SuárezOL 11Carlos LapetraManager:José Villalonga GK 1 Antal SzentmihályiRB 2 Sándor MátraiLB 4 László SárosiRH 3 Kálmán MészölyCH 5 István NagyLH 6 Ferenc SiposOR 7 Ferenc BeneIR 8 Imre KomoraCF 9 Flórián AlbertIL 10Lajos Tichy (c)OL 11Máté FenyvesiManager:Lajos Baróti
Denmark vs Soviet Union
GK 1 Leif NielsenRB 2 Jens Jørgen HansenLB 3 Kaj HansenRH 4 Bent HansenCH 5 Birger LarsenLH 6 Erling NielsenOR 7 Carl BertelsenIR 8 Ole SørensenCF 9 Ole Madsen (c)IL 10Kjeld ThorstOL 11John DanielsenManager:Poul Petersen GK 1 Lev YashinRB 2 Viktor ShustikovCB 3 Albert ShesternyovCB 4 Eduard MudrikLB 6 Viktor AnichkinCM 5 Valery VoroninCM 10Gennadi GusarovRW 7 Igor ChislenkoLW 11Galimzyan KhusainovCF 9 Viktor PonedelnikCF 8 Valentin Ivanov (c)Manager:Konstantin Beskov
Third place play-off
GK 1 Antal SzentmihályiRB 2 Dezső NovákLB 3 Kálmán MészölyRH 4 Kálmán IhászCH 5 Ernő SolymosiLH 6 Ferenc Sipos (c)OR 7 János FarkasIR 8 Zoltán VargaCF 10Ferenc BeneIL 9 Flórián AlbertOL 11Máté FenyvesiManager:Lajos Baróti GK 1 Leif NielsenRB 2 Bent WolmarLB 3 Kaj HansenRH 4 Bent HansenCH 5 Birger LarsenLH 6 Erling NielsenOR 7 Carl BertelsenIR 8 Ole SørensenCF 9 Ole Madsen (c)IL 10Kjeld ThorstOL 11John DanielsenManager:Poul Petersen
Final
See also Denmark at the UEFA European Championship Hungary at the UEFA European Championship Soviet Union at the UEFA European Championship Spain at the UEFA European Championship
References
External links
1964 European Nations' Cup official history