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England's European Championship Final Tournament Rankings
Year Rank Teams Stage Reached P W D L F A GD Pts
1960 Did not enter competition
1964 Failed to qualify for finals
1968 3 4 Semi-final and Third Place Match 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2
1972 Failed to qualify for finals
1976
1980 6 8 First Phase Group 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 3
1984 Failed to qualify for finals
1988 =7 8 First Phase Group 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0
1992 7 8 First Phase Group 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2
1996 =3 16 Semi-final 5 2 3 0 8 3 +5 9
2000 11 16 First Phase Group 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
2004 =5 16 Quarter-final 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 7
2008 Failed to qualify for finals
2012 =5 16 Quarter-final 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 6
2016 =10 24 Round of sixteen 4 1 2 1 4 4 =0 4
2020 2 24 Runners-up 7 5 2 1 11 2 +9 12

Notes

England did not enter the first European Nations Cup of 1960 and failed to qualify for the European Nations Cup final tournament of 1964 and the European Championship final tournaments of 1972, 1976 and 1984. 

A final match has determined first and second place throughout the tournament's history.  To and including the 1980 tournament, a third-place match determined third and fourth place, but it has not been held in later tournaments.  For those later tournaments, we have credited both semi-finalists failing to reach the final match with a third-place finish, and thus we have given England a shared third place in the 1996 tournament.  Rankings beyond those determined by final and third-place matches are unofficial and are based on, in order,  stage of the competition reached, points earned, goal difference and number of goals scored. 

To and including the 1992 final tournament, two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw.  In the later tournaments, a win earned three points and a draw one.  

Matches ending with the score level after extra time are recorded as draws under accepted custom.  The ensuing penalty kicks contest determines only which team advances to the competition's next stage, not the result of the match.
 

European Championship Final Tournament Ranking by Merit 1960-2020
Rank

Team

First Second Third Fourth Finalist Semi-finalist
1 Germany/
West Germany
3 3 3 0 6 9
2 Spain 3 1 1 0 4 5
3 Italy 2 2 1 1 3 6
4 France 2 1 1 1 3 5
5 USSR/Russia 1 3 1 1 4 6
=6 Czech Republic/
Czechoslovakia
1 1 3 0 2 5
Portugal 1 1 3 0 2 5
8 Netherlands 1 0 4 0 1 5
9 Denmark 1 0 2 1 1 4
10 Greece 1 0 0 0 1 1
11 Yugoslavia 0 2 0 1 2 3
12 England 0 1 2 0 1 3
13 Belgium 0 1 1 0 1 2
14 Hungary 0 0 1 1 0 2
15= Sweden 0 0 1 0 0 1
Turkey 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wales 0 0 1 0 0 1

Notes

Because the third place match was discontinued beginning with the 1984 tournament, we have credited a third place finish to both semi-finalists failing to reach the final match in all the competitions since 1984.

European Championship Final Tournament Ranking by Points 1960-2020
Rank Team P W D L F A GD Pts FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1

West Germany
/Germany

53

27

13

13 78 55 +23 67

1.472

1.038 63.2 +14
2 Italy 45 21 18 6 52 31 +21 60 1.156 0.689 66.7 +15
3 Spain 46 21 15 10 68 42 +26 57 1.478 0.913 62.0 +11
4 France 43 21 12 10 69 50 +19 54 1.605 1.174 62.3 +11
5 Portugal 39 19 10 10 56 38 +18 48 1.436 0.974 61.5 +9
6 Netherlands 38 19 8 11 65 41 +24 46 1.711 1.079 60.5 +8
7 England 38 15 13 10 51 37 +14 43 1.342 0.974 56.6 +5
8 Czechoslovakia
/Czech Republic
37 15 7 15 48 47 +1 37 1.297 1.27 50.0 =0
9 USSR/Russia 36 13 7 16 40 52 -12 33 1.111 1.444 45.8 -3
10 Denmark 33 10 6 17 42 50 -8 26 1.273 1.515 39.4 -7
11 Croatia 22 9 6 7 30 28 +2 24 1.364 1.273 54.5 +2
12 Belgium 21 11 2 9 31 26 +5 23 1.476 1.238 54.8 +2
13 Sweden 24 7 7 10 30 28 +2 21 1.25 1.167 43.8 -3
14 Switzerland 18 3 8 7 16 24 -8 14 0.889 1.333 38.9 -4
15 Greece 16 5 3 8 14 20 -6 13 0.875 1.25 40.6 -3
16 Wales 10 5 1 4 13 12 +1 11 1.30 1.20 55.0 +1
17 Poland 14 2 7 5 11 15 -4 11 0.786 1.071 39.3 -3
18 Turkey 18 4 2 12 14 30 -16 10 0.778 1.667 27.8 -8
19 Hungary 11 2 4 5 14 20 -6 8 1.273 1.818 36.4 -3
20 Yugoslavia 14 3 2 9 22 39 -17 8 1.571 2.786 28.6 -5
21 Romania 16 1 5 10 10 21 -11 7 0.625 1.313 21.9 -9
22 Scotland 9 2 2 5 5 10 -5 6 0.556 1.111 33.3 -3
23 Iceland 5 2 2 1 8 9 -1 6 1.60 1.80 30.0 +1
=24 Austria 10 2 2 6 7 12 -5 6 0.70 1.20 30.0 -4
Republic of Ireland 10 2 2 6 6 17 -11 6 0.60 1.70 30.0 -4
26 Ukraine 11 3 0 8 8 19 -11 6 0.727 1.727 27.3 -5
27 Bulgaria 6 1 1 4 4 13 -9 3 0.667 2.167 25.0 -3
28 Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 =0 3 0.333 0.333 50.0 =0
29 Northern Ireland 4 1 0 3 2 3 -1 2 0.50 0.75 25.0 -2
=31 Albania 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2 2 0.33 1.00 33.3 -1
Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2 2 0.33 1.00 33.3 -1
Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5 2 0.667 2.333 33.3 -1
34 Slovenia 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2 1.333 1.667 33.3 -1
35 Latvia 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1 0.333 1.667 16.7 -2
36 North Macedonia 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6 0 0.667 2.667 0 -3

Notes

The points totals have been calculated on the basis of two points for a win and one point for a draw, the practice in European Championship tournaments to and including 1992, rather than three points for a win and one for a draw, the practice beginning with the 1996 tournament.  Again, matches ending with the score level after extra time are recorded as draws under accepted custom since the ensuing penalty kicks contest determines only which team advances to the competition's next stage, not the result of the match.

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