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 | 1972 Belgium | 1988 West Germany | 1996 England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edition | #null | #null | #null | #null |
| Champion |  Soviet Union | West Germany |  Netherlands |  Germany |
| Runner-up |  Yugoslavia | Soviet Union | Soviet Union |  Czech Republic |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia | Belgium | — | — |
| Teams | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Matches | 4 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| Total goals | 17 | 10 | 34 | 64 |
| Goals / match | 4.25 | 2.50 | 2.27 | 2.06 |
| Top scorer | François Heutte (2) | Gerd Müller (4) | Marco van Basten (5) | Alan Shearer (5) |
| Best player | — | — | — | Matthias Sammer |
| Total attendance | 78,958 | 121,880 | 849,844 | 1,275,857 |
| Avg attendance | 19,740 | 30,470 | 56,656 | 41,157 |