Champions, runners-up, third places
Total goals
Goals scored across the tournament
Goals per match
Scoring rate
Total attendance
Fans through the gates
Tournament size
Qualifying teams
Top scorer per tournament
Goals scored by the Golden-Boot winner
Full breakdown
| Metric | 1960 France | 1968 Italy | 2008  Austria / Switzerland | 2012  Poland / Ukraine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edition | #null | #null | #null | #null |
| Champion |  Soviet Union | Italy |  Spain | Spain |
| Runner-up |  Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia |  Germany | Italy |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia |  England | — | — |
| Teams | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 |
| Matches | 4 | 5 | 31 | 31 |
| Total goals | 17 | 7 | 77 | 76 |
| Goals / match | 4.25 | 1.40 | 2.48 | 2.45 |
| Top scorer | François Heutte (2) | Dragan Džajić (2) | David Villa (4) |  Mario Mandžukić (3) |
| Best player | — | — | Xavi | Andrés Iniesta |
| Total attendance | 78,958 | 260,916 | 1,143,990 | 1,440,896 |
| Avg attendance | 19,740 | 52,183 | 36,903 | 46,481 |