UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals

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Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. If the aggregate scores were level at the end of the tie, a third leg had to be played at a neutral venue. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament.

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The quarter-final draw was conducted in Paris on 16 January 1968. At that time only 7 out of eight group winners were known, as the crucial match of Group 8 involving Scotland and England was scheduled on February 24. There were no seeds. The teams were drawn in the following order:

• England/Scotland - Spain
• France - Yugoslavia
• Hungary - USSR
• Bulgaria - Italy

The semifinals would be:

• Winner QF1 - Winner QF2
• Winner QF3 - Winner QF4.

In the same meeting, it was decided that Italy was the first choice to host the final tournement in June 1968, second choice was the winner between England and Scotland, third choice was Spain. The final tournement had to be hosted in one of the qualified Countries.[https://uurl.kbr.be/1612758/ Le Soir, 17 January 1968 – La France opposée à la Yougoslavie]

The eight matches took place over two legs, taking place in April and May 1968.

{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v Italy

|date = 6 April 1968

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Bulgaria|1967}}

|score = 3–2

|report = http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/matches/round=174/match=3931/index.html

|team2 = {{fb|Italy}}

|goals1 =

• Kotkov {{goal|11|pen.}}
• Dermendzhiev {{goal|66}}
• Zhekov {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

• Penev {{goal|60|o.g.}}
• Prati {{goal|83}}

|stadium = Vasil Levski, Sofia

| attendance = 57,689

| referee = Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Italy v Bulgaria

|date = 20 April 1968

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Italy}}

|score = 2–0

|report = http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/matches/round=174/match=3932/index.html

|team2 = {{fb|Bulgaria|1967}}

|goals1 =

• Prati {{goal|14}}
• Domenghini {{goal|55}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadio San Paolo, Naples

| attendance = 83,830

| referee = Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

}}

Italy won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1968.

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{{Football box

|id=Hungary v Soviet Union

|date = 4 May 1968

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Hungary}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|Soviet Union}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/matches/round=174/match=3934/index.html

|goals1 =

• Farkas {{goal|21}}
• Göröcs {{goal|85}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Népstadion, Budapest

| attendance = 71,556

| referee = Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Soviet Union v Hungary

|date = 11 May 1968

|time = 19:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Soviet Union}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|Hungary}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/matches/round=174/match=3936/index.html

|goals1 =

• Solymosi {{goal|22|o.g.}}
• Khurtsilava {{goal|59}}
• Byshovets {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

| attendance = 91,129

| referee = Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

}}

Soviet Union won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1968.

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{{Football box

|id=England v Spain

|date = 3 April 1968

|time = 19:45

|team1 = {{fb-rt|England}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|Spain|1945}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/matches/round=174/match=3929/index.html

|goals1 =

• B. Charlton {{goal|84}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Wembley Stadium, London

| attendance = 94,586

| referee = Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Spain v England

|date = 8 May 1968

|time = 20:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Spain|1945}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|England}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/matches/round=174/match=3935/index.html

|goals1 =

• Amancio {{goal|47}}

|goals2 =

• Peters {{goal|54}}
• Hunter {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

| attendance = 66,994

| referee = Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

}}

England won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1968.

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{{Football box

|id=France v Yugoslavia

|date = 6 April 1968

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|France}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|Yugoslavia}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/matches/round=174/match=3930/index.html

|goals1 =

• Di Nallo {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

• Musemić {{goal|66}}

|stadium = Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

| attendance = 35,423

| referee = Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Yugoslavia v France

|date = 24 April 1968

|time = 16:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Yugoslavia}}

|score = 5–1

|team2 = {{fb|France}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/matches/round=174/match=3933/index.html

|goals1 =

• Petković {{goal|3||32}}
• Musemić {{goal|13||79}}
• Džajić {{goal|14}}

|goals2 =

• Di Nallo {{goal|33}}

|stadium = Stadion JNA, Belgrade

| attendance = 47,747

| referee = Paul Schiller (Austria)

}}

Yugoslavia won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 1968.

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• {{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114202531/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2012|title=1968 UEFA European Championship|publisher=UEFA|access-date=13 August 2014}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tables/68e-fulldet.html|title=European Championship 1968|publisher=rsssf.com|access-date=13 August 2014}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• {{cite book |first=J. |last=Robinson |title=The European Football Championships 1958–1996|publisher=Soccer Book Publishing |year=1996 |isbn=0-947808-69-8}}

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