The final tournament of UEFA Euro 1976 was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the quarter-finals. There were two rounds of matches: a semi-final stage leading to the final to decide the champions. The final tournament began with the semi-finals on 16 June and ended with the final on 20 June at the Stadion Crvena zvezda in Belgrade. Czechoslovakia won the tournament with a 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory over West Germany. [1]
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Any game in the final tournament that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round.
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Czechoslovakia | Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 2nd | 1960 | Third place (1960) |
 Netherlands | Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 1st | — | Debut |
 West Germany | Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 2nd | 1972 | Winners (1972) |
 Yugoslavia (host) | Quarter-final winner | 22 May 1976 | 3rd | 1968 | Runners-up (1960, 1968) |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 16 June – Zagreb | ||||||
| Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| 20 June – Belgrade | ||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia (p) | 2 (5) | |||||
| 17 June – Belgrade | ||||||
| West Germany | 2 (3) | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||
| West Germany (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 19 June – Zagreb | ||||||
| Netherlands (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||
       Czechoslovakia [2] |      Netherlands |
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| Yugoslavia | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
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     Yugoslavia [2] |    West Germany [2] |
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| Netherlands | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia |
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Netherlands | Yugoslavia [2] |
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| Czechoslovakia | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
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| 5–3 | ||
 Czechoslovakia [2] | West Germany [2] |
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