The European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by the UEFA. The (Union of European Football Associations( UEFA ) is the administrative and controlling body for European football.The first ever Euro competition took place in 1960 under the name of European Nations' Cup and included four teams that won a qualifying phase held over 2 years. The name of the tournament was changed to UEFA European Championship in 1968, also the year when the actual qualifying format was adopted. Euro Championshp is held every 4 years, two years from the World cup. From an obscure football tournament, the euro became a very important competition, the most important national team tournament in Europe.The Euro has a very challenging qualifying round that stretches over two years and in which 50 national teams are divided in seven groups, six of them consisting of seven countries and one of eight. The countries hosting the championship will be automatically qualified for the event. The end of the qualifying round see the winners of the groups go straight to the tournament and the runner's up have to participate in a knock out. The Euro 2008 will take place in Austria and Switzerland and will start on 7 June 2008 and will end with the final on 29 June.
Ten countries have clinched Europe's most valuable football trophies: Soviet Union 1960, Spain1964, Italy 1968, Germany 1972 & 1980 & 1996, Czechoslovakia 1976, France 1984 & 2000, Netherlands 1988, Denmark 1992 and Greece 2004.
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