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This is a record of Wales' results at the UEFA European Championship. The UEFA European Championship, previously known at European Nations' Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the administrative body for association football in Europe. The championship has been awarded every four years, since the first tournament in 1960.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the UEFA Euro Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 24 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month.

Wales have only qualified once for a UEFA European Championship — the Euro 2016 tournament. They directly qualified after securing the second spot in their qualifying group, with one group match left.[1] For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4.[2] In their first tournament, Wales reached the semi-finals before losing 0–2 to Portugal, who went on to win the final.

Overview

In finals In qualifying competition
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain 1964 Did not qualify 1 0 0 1 2 4
Italy 1968 Did not qualify 6 1 2 3 6 12
Belgium 1972 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 5 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Did not qualify 7 5 0 2 14 7
Italy 1980 Did not qualify 6 3 0 3 11 8
France 1984 Did not qualify 6 2 3 1 7 6
West Germany 1988 Did not qualify 6 2 2 2 7 5
Sweden 1992 Did not qualify 6 4 1 1 8 6
England 1996 Did not qualify 10 2 2 6 9 19
Netherlands 2000 Did not qualify 8 3 0 5 7 16
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify 9 4 1 4 13 11
AustriaSwitzerland 2008 Did not qualify 12 4 3 5 18 19
PolandUkraine 2012 Did not qualify 8 3 0 5 6 10
France 2016 Semi-finals 4th/24 6 4 0 2 10 6 10 6 3 1 11 4
Total 1/20 1 Semi-final 6 4 0 2 10 6 111 41 18 42 122 133
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Record vs each country

Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group B

Template:UEFA Euro 2016 Group B table



Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout phase
Round of 16
Wales 1–0 Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 44,342[3]
Quarter-finals
Wales 3–1 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 45,936[4]
Semi-finals
Portugal 2–0 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 55,679[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wales qualify despite Bosnia and Herzegovina loss". UEFA. 10 Oct 2015. Retrieved 12 Dec 2015.
  2. ^ "UEFA EURO 2016 draw pots take shape". UEFA. 14 Oct 2015. Retrieved 14 Oct 2015.
  3. ^ "Full Time Summary – Wales v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Full Time Summary – Wales v Belgium" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Full Time Summary – Portugal v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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