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 | 1980 Italy | 2012  Poland / Ukraine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edition | #null | #null | #null |
| Champion |  Soviet Union |  West Germany |  Spain |
| Runner-up |  Yugoslavia |  Belgium | Italy |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | — |
| Teams | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Matches | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| Total goals | 17 | 27 | 76 |
| Goals / match | 4.25 | 1.93 | 2.45 |
| Top scorer | François Heutte (2) | Klaus Allofs (3) |  Mario Mandžukić (3) |
| Best player | — | — | Andrés Iniesta |
| Total attendance | 78,958 | 345,463 | 1,440,896 |
| Avg attendance | 19,740 | 24,676 | 46,481 |