Wales at the UEFA European Championship

As founder members of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations), the governing body for all football in Europe, the Wales national football team has participated in all but one UEFA European Championship since it began as the European Nations' Cup in 1960. The tournament has been played every four years since then, with qualifying matches being played in the two years before each tournament.

Wales qualified for the finals in 2016 and 2020, and also progressed through qualifying to the quarter-finals in 1976, though this was played on a two-legged, home-and-away basis and is not considered part of the tournament proper. In 2016, Wales finished as runners-up in their qualifying group, before going on to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, where they lost to eventual winners Portugal. In 2020, they also finished second in their qualifying group to secure automatic qualification for the finals, and again reached the knockout stage, but lost to Denmark in the round of 16.


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