Euro Quiz: 25 European Championship Questions and Answers, 1960 to 2024

This Euro quiz has 25 European Championship questions with answers, from the first tournament in 1960 to Spain’s record-breaking Euro 2024. They are split into easy, medium and hard rounds, followed by the stories that come up in almost every Euros quiz and a quick record sheet. Every answer is settled, so you can use the set at a quiz night years from now.

Key takeaways

• Spain lead the roll of honour with four titles, one ahead of Germany.
• Cristiano Ronaldo holds the big player records: 14 goals, 30 matches and six tournaments.
• Euro 2024 set new marks: Spain’s seven wins out of seven, their 15 goals and Lamine Yamal’s goal at 16.
• Three finals were decided in ways you can no longer see: a coin toss in the semis, a replay and golden goals.

How to use this Euro quiz

Read each question out, give everyone ten seconds and then reveal the answer. In teams, score one point for the easy round, two for the medium round and three for the hard round. “Germany” includes West Germany unless the question says otherwise, and Euro 2020 means the tournament played in summer 2021.

If you want a wider mix of leagues and tournaments afterwards, try our football quiz questions with answers.

Easy round: 8 questions

1. Which country won Euro 2024? — Spain
2. Which country hosted Euro 2024? — Germany
3. Who beat England on penalties in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley? — Italy
4. Which country won Euro 2016, beating hosts France 1-0 after extra time? — Portugal
5. Which country has won the most European Championships? — Spain, with four
6. Which outsiders won Euro 2004, beating hosts Portugal in the final? — Greece
7. Who is the European Championship’s all-time top scorer, with 14 goals? — Cristiano Ronaldo
8. How often is the European Championship played? — Every four years

Medium round: 9 questions

1. Which country won the first European Championship, in 1960? — The Soviet Union
2. Which Frenchman scored a record nine goals at a single Euros, in 1984? — Michel Platini
3. Which country won Euro 1992 after being called in late to replace Yugoslavia? — Denmark
4. Who scored Portugal’s winner in the Euro 2016 final? — Éder
5. Which Spaniard was named Player of the Tournament at Euro 2024? — Rodri
6. Lamine Yamal became the youngest scorer in Euros history at 16 years and 362 days. Against which country did he score? — France, in the semi-final
7. Who scored Greece’s winner in the Euro 2004 final? — Angelos Charisteas
8. Which tournament was the first with 24 teams? — Euro 2016
9. Which country, at its first major tournament, knocked England out of Euro 2016 with a 2-1 win in Nice? — Iceland

Hard round: 8 questions

1. Which Czechoslovakia player chipped the winning penalty down the middle in the Euro 1976 final shoot-out against West Germany? — Antonín Panenka
2. Who scored the golden goal that won the Euro 1996 final for Germany against the Czech Republic? — Oliver Bierhoff
3. Who scored France’s golden goal against Italy in the Euro 2000 final? — David Trezeguet
4. Italy reached the Euro 1968 final after their semi-final against the Soviet Union was decided how? — By the toss of a coin, after a 0-0 draw
5. Which Albania player scored the fastest goal in Euros history, after 23 seconds against Italy in 2024? — Nedim Bajrami
6. Six players shared the Euro 2024 top scorer award with three goals each. Name any three. — Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, Georges Mikautadze, Ivan Schranz, Dani Olmo, Cody Gakpo
7. In how many countries was Euro 2020 played? — 11
8. How many goals were scored at Euro 2024, in 51 matches? — 117

Euro stories worth knowing

A few tournaments come up in almost every Euros quiz, so it pays to know them in some detail.

1968: a coin toss and a replay

Italy and the Soviet Union drew 0-0 in their semi-final in Naples, and with no penalty shoot-outs yet, a coin toss sent Italy through. The final against Yugoslavia finished 1-1, so it was replayed two days later, and Italy won 2-0.

1976: the Panenka

Czechoslovakia and West Germany drew 2-2 in Belgrade, and the final went to the first shoot-out in the tournament’s history. Antonín Panenka won it with a soft chip down the middle, and every penalty taken that way since carries his name.

1992: Denmark from the beach

Denmark had not qualified. When Yugoslavia were excluded ten days before the tournament, the Danes were called in, beat the Netherlands on penalties in the semi-final and then Germany 2-0 in the final in Gothenburg.

2004: Greece’s shock

Greece, who had never won a match at a major tournament before, beat hosts Portugal in the opening game and again in the final, 1-0 in Lisbon. Angelos Charisteas headed the winner.

2024: Spain’s perfect run

Spain won all seven of their matches, scored 15 goals, a record for one team at a single Euros, and beat England 2-1 in Berlin. Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal scored in the final, Cole Palmer equalised for England in between, and the title took Spain to four, one more than Germany.

Quick record sheet (after Euro 2024)

• Most titles: Spain, 4 (1964, 2008, 2012, 2024)
• Back-to-back winners: Spain, 2008 and 2012, the only team to retain the title
• Most goals overall: Cristiano Ronaldo, 14
• Most matches and tournaments: Cristiano Ronaldo, 30 matches at six Euros (2004 to 2024)
• Most goals at one tournament: Michel Platini, 9 (1984)
• Most goals by a team at one tournament: Spain, 15 (2024)
• Youngest scorer: Lamine Yamal, 16 years 362 days (2024)
• Fastest goal: Nedim Bajrami, 23 seconds (2024)

For the bigger stage, our World Cup quiz runs from 1930 to 2022, and the hardest football trivia questions include a few Euros teasers of their own.

Play the Euros with friends

National-team questions are at their best head to head, when two people both think they know the answer. Our guide to a football quiz for friends has formats and scoring for that, and the football pub quiz rounds work for a bigger group.

To keep going on your phone, GolVix has a National teams topic and a Tournaments topic with single choice, multiple choice and crossword questions and a short “Why?” after every answer. Create a 1v1 or 4-player room, share the five-digit code, and everyone gets the same question at the same moment.