Belgium at the UEFA European Championship process. Belgium have participated in five UEFA European Championships finals, those held in 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000 and 2016. As of 1 July 2016, they have played 17 matches: 7 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses. Belgium hosted the European Championship twice, as they were chosen amongst the four semi-finalists to host the event, and ended third by beating Hungary. Under the guidance of manager Guy Thys, Belgium achieved their best European result at the 1980 edition in Italy. After finishing first in the group phase, before football nations Italy, England and Spain, Belgium stood in the final against West
Croatia at the UEFA European Championship Croatia at the UEFA European Championship This is a record of Croatia's results at the UEFA European Football Championship. The European Championship is one of the major competitive international football tournaments, first played in 1960, whose finals stage has been held every four years, with the 14th staging of the competition occurring in 2012. The Croatia national football team did not enter the competition until 1996, having been part of SFR Yugoslavia up until the qualifying stages for the 1992 edition. Croatia has competed in the qualifying competition every time since, for a total of five tournaments, although has failed