UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals

The UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals was the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1968. It was contested by the eight group winners of the qualifying tournament. The winners of each of four home-and-away ties qualified for the final tournament in Italy. The matches were played in April and May 1968.

Qualification[edit]

Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. If the aggregate scores were level at the end of the tie, a third leg had to be played at a neutral venue. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament.

Draw[edit]

The quarter-finals draw was conducted in Paris on 16 January 1968. At that time only 7 out of eight group winners were known, as the crucial match of Group 8 involving Scotland and England was scheduled on February 24. There were no seeds. The teams were drawn in the following order: Winner group 8 - Spain, France - Yugoslavia, Hungary - USSR, Bulgaria - Italy. The semifinals would be: Winner QF1 - Winner QF2, Winner QF3 - Winner QF4.
In the same meeting it was decided that Italy was the first choice to host the final tournament in June 1968.

Summary[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bulgaria	3–4	Italy	3–2	0–2
Hungary	2–3	Soviet Union	2–0	0–3
England	3–1	Spain	1–0	2–1
France	2–6	Yugoslavia	1–1	1–5

Matches[edit]

The eight matches took place over two legs, taking place in April and May 1968.

6 April 1968

17:00

Bulgaria	3–2	Italy
Kotkov 11' (pen.) Dermendzhiev 66' Zhekov 73'	Report	Penev 60' (o.g.) Prati 83'

Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 57,689

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

20 April 1968

16:00

Italy	2–0	Bulgaria
Prati 14' Domenghini 55'	Report

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 83,830

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Italy won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1968.

4 May 1968

17:00

Hungary	2–0	Soviet Union
Farkas 21' Göröcs 85'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 71,556

Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)

11 May 1968

19:30

Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary
Solymosi 22' (o.g.) Khurtsilava 59' Byshovets 73'	Report

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 91,129

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Soviet Union won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1968.

3 April 1968

19:45

England	1–0	Spain
B. Charlton 84'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 94,586

Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

8 May 1968

20:30

Spain	1–2	England
Amancio 47'	Report	Peters 54' Hunter 81'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 66,994

Referee: Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

England won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1968.

6 April 1968

16:00

France	1–1	Yugoslavia
Di Nallo 78'	Report	Musemić 66'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 35,423

Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

24 April 1968

16:30

Yugoslavia	5–1	France
Petković 3', 32' Musemić 13', 79' Džajić 14'	Report	Di Nallo 33'

Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 47,747

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Yugoslavia won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1968.

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 24 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

3 goals

Vahidin Musemić

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Dimitar Penev (against Italy)
Ernő Solymosi (against Soviet Union)

References[edit]

"1968 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
"European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.^{[dead link]}
Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958–1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.

External links[edit]

UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying