Euro 2012 quarter-finalists: spot-kick history and paying penalties
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By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 21 June 2012 So the knockout stage of Euro 2012 has arrived and with it the prospect that matches might be settled on penalties. And fate has neatly paired the quarter-finalists according to their historical success in penalty shootouts. The two nations with 100 per cent records - in Euro and World Cup shootouts - are the Czechs (in all incarnations) and Portugal, having respectively won 3 out of 3 and 2 out of 2 shootouts. They meet on Thursday in Warsaw. The two nations with the worst records are England and Italy, having respectively won 1 of 6 and 2 of 7 shootouts. They meet on Sunday in Kiev. Two nations both have win-loss records of 3-3 from six shootouts each, and they are Spain and France, who meet in Donetsk on Saturday. Which leaves Germany, with a near perfect record of 5 shootout wins from 6 at World Cups and Euros, versus Greece, who technically have a perfect record having never lost a shootout (because they've never contested one). That pair meet in Gdansk on Friday. In the history of shootouts at major tournaments - and given this is a European event, we're counting World Cup finals and European Championships - there have been 35 penalty shootouts since the first shootout in 1976, when Czechoslovakia beat West Germany 5-4 to win Euro 76. For an overview of trends in those 35 shootouts see
Euro 2012 quarter-finalists: spot-kick history and paying penalties
Euro 2012 quarter-finalists: spot-kick…
Euro 2012 quarter-finalists: spot-kick history and paying penalties
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 21 June 2012 So the knockout stage of Euro 2012 has arrived and with it the prospect that matches might be settled on penalties. And fate has neatly paired the quarter-finalists according to their historical success in penalty shootouts. The two nations with 100 per cent records - in Euro and World Cup shootouts - are the Czechs (in all incarnations) and Portugal, having respectively won 3 out of 3 and 2 out of 2 shootouts. They meet on Thursday in Warsaw. The two nations with the worst records are England and Italy, having respectively won 1 of 6 and 2 of 7 shootouts. They meet on Sunday in Kiev. Two nations both have win-loss records of 3-3 from six shootouts each, and they are Spain and France, who meet in Donetsk on Saturday. Which leaves Germany, with a near perfect record of 5 shootout wins from 6 at World Cups and Euros, versus Greece, who technically have a perfect record having never lost a shootout (because they've never contested one). That pair meet in Gdansk on Friday. In the history of shootouts at major tournaments - and given this is a European event, we're counting World Cup finals and European Championships - there have been 35 penalty shootouts since the first shootout in 1976, when Czechoslovakia beat West Germany 5-4 to win Euro 76. For an overview of trends in those 35 shootouts see