UEFA Euro 2012 two consecutive European Championships, and also three straight major tournaments (Euro 2008, 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012). Spain had already gained entry to the 2013 Confederations Cup by winning the 2010 World Cup, so runners-up Italy qualified instead. As at Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, both 2012 host nations were eliminated in the group stage. The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia–Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland–Ukraine, and Turkey. In November 2005, after an initial consideration of the bid data by UEFA, both the Greek and Turkish bids were eliminated from the
UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals The UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals were the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1976. They were contested by the eight group winners of the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying tournament. The winners of each of four home and away ties qualified for the final tournament in Yugoslavia. The matches were played on 24/25 April and 22 May 1976. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament. <section begin=Matches /> The eight matches took