The
2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as
UEFA Euro 2008 or simply
Euro 2008, was the 13th
UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial
football tournament contested by European nations. It took place in Austria and Switzerland (both hosting the tournament for the first time) from 7 to 29 June 2008. The second jointly hosted finals in the competition's history, the tournament was eventually won by
Spain, defeating
Germany 1–0 in the
final; becoming only the second nation to win all their group stage fixtures and win the European Championship itself; an accomplishment matched by France in
1984. Spain were also the first team since Germany in
1996 to win the tournament undefeated.