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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
2024 2 24 Runners-up 7 3 3 1 8 6 +2 9

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 1960-2024
Rank

Team

 First Second Third Fourth Finalist Semi-finalist
1 Spain 4 1 1 0 5 6
2 Germany/
West Germany		 3 3 3 0 6 9
3 Italy 2 2 1 1 3 6
4 France 2 1 2 1 3 6
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 5 0 1 6
9 Denmark 1 0 2 1 1 4
10 Greece 1 0 0 0 1 1
11 England 0 2 2 0 2 4
12 Yugoslavia 0 2 0 1 2 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 1960-2024
Rank Team P W D L F A GD Pts FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1

West Germany
/Germany

58

 30

14

 14 89 59 +30 74

1.534

 1.017 63.8 +16
2 Spain 53 28 15 10 83 46 +37 71 1.566 0.868 66.98 +18
3 Italy 49 22 19 8 55 36 +19 63 1.122 0.735 64.3 +14
4 France 49 23 15 11 73 53 +20 61 1.49 1.082 62.2 +12
5 Netherlands 45 23 9 13 75 48 +27 55 1.667 1.067 61.1 +10
6 Portugal 44 21 12 11 61 41 +20 54 1.386 0.932 61.4 +10
7 England 45 18 16 11 59 43 +16 52 1.311 0.956 57.8 +7
8 Czechoslovakia
/Czech Republic		 40 15 8 17 51 52 -1 38 1.275 1.30 47.5 -2
9 USSR/Russia 36 13 7 16 40 52 -12 33 1.111 1.444 45.8 -3
10 Denmark 37 10 9 18 44 54 -10 29 1.189 1.459 39.2 -8
11 Belgium 26 12 3 11 33 30 +3 27 1.269 1.154 51.9 +1
12 Croatia 25 9 8 8 33 34 -1 26 1.32 1.36 52.0 +1
13 Switzerland 23 5 11 7 24 28 -4 21 1.043 1.217 45.7 -2
14 Sweden 24 7 7 10 30 28 +2 21 1.25 1.167 43.8 -3
15 Turkey 23 7 2 14 22 38 -16 16 0.957 1.652 34.8 -7
16 Greece 16 5 3 8 14 20 -6 13 0.875 1.25 40.6 -3
17 Poland 17 2 8 7 14 21 -7 12 0.824 1.235 35.3 -5
18 Wales 10 5 1 4 13 12 +1 11 1.30 1.20 55.0 +1
19 Austria 14 4 2 8 8 14 -6 10 0.571 1.00 35.7 -4
20 Hungary 14 3 4 7 16 25 -9 10 1.143 1.786 35.7 -4
21 Romania 20 2 6 12 14 27 -13 10 0.70 1.35 25.0 -10
22 Ukraine 14 4 1 9 10 23 -13 9 0.714 1.643 32.1 -5
23 Slovakia 11 3 2 6 9 18 -9 8 0.818 1.636 36.4 -2
24 Yugoslavia 14 3 2 9 22 39 -17 8 1.571 2.786 28.6 -5
25 Scotland 12 2 3 7 7 17 -10 7 0.583 1.417 29.2 -5
26 Iceland 5 2 2 1 8 9 -1 6 1.60 1.80 30.0 +1
27 Republic of Ireland 10 2 2 6 6 17 -11 6 0.60 1.70 30.0 -4
28 Slovenia 6 0 5 1 6 7 -1 5 1.00 1.167 41.7 -1
29 Albania 6 1 1 4 4 8 -4 3 0.667 1.333 25.0 -3
30 Bulgaria 6 1 1 4 4 13 -9 3 0.667 2.167 25.0 -3
31 Georgia 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3 3 1.25 2.00 37.5 -1
32 Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 =0 3 0.333 0.333 50.0 =0
33 Northern Ireland 4 1 0 3 2 3 -1 2 0.50 0.75 25.0 -2
34 Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2 2 0.33 1.00 33.3 -1
35 Serbia 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2 0.333 0.667 33.3 -1
36 Latvia 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1 0.333 1.667 16.7 -2
37 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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