UEFA Euro 2012 Final

UEFA Euro 2012 Final

Event	UEFA Euro 2012
Spain Italy 4 0
Date	1 July 2012
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Kiev
Man of the Match	Andrés Iniesta (Spain)
Referee	Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Attendance	63,170
Weather	Clear night 26 °C (79 °F) 42% humidity[1]
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The UEFA Euro 2012 Final was a football match that took place on 1 July 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2012.^[2] Spain, who defeated Germany 1–0 to win Euro 2008, successfully defended their title with a 4–0 win over Italy, becoming the first team to win two consecutive European Championships, and the first team to win three consecutive major tournaments – Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012.^[3][4][5] It was the greatest margin of victory in the history of the European Championship finals, and the fourth time in European Championship history that teams who played each other in the group stage played each other again in the final (1988, 1996 and 2004).
Usually, the winner of the European Championship gains entry to the Confederations Cup, to be played next in Brazil in 2013. However, since Spain already qualified as the 2010 World Cup champions, Italy qualified automatically as the UEFA representative, with their win in the semi-final against Germany, despite losing in the final to Spain.^[6]