"欧洲足球锦标赛（英语：UEFA European Championship），简称欧锦赛、欧洲杯，是一项由欧洲足联成员国间参加的最高级别国家级足球赛事，于1960年举行第一届，其后每四年举行一届。赛事创办时名称为欧洲国家杯（European Nations Cup；简称欧国杯），其后于1968年改名为现名欧洲足球锦标赛（European Football Championship）。"The UEFA European Championship, or simply The Euros, is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), determining the continental champion of Europe. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form ""UEFA Euro [year]""; this format has since been retroactively applied to earlier tournaments.

在比赛前的排位赛，所有球队会与主办国队伍(种子队)互相竞争，获得冠军的队伍将可以有机会参加国际足联联合杯，但不强制参加。Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process. The championship winners earn the opportunity to compete in the following FIFA Confederations Cup, but are not obliged to do so.

在经过14 次的欧洲锦标赛，已经有九个不同的国家曾经获冠军：德国和西班牙各赢得了三次的总冠军，法国赢得了两次的总冠俊，俄罗斯，义大利，捷克，荷兰，丹麦和希腊各赢得一次的总冠军。到目前为止，西班牙是历史上唯一一个曾蝉联冠军，在2008年和2012年。世界上除了世界杯，第二受瞩目的足球赛事就是欧洲杯。 2012年的欧洲杯全球大约有3亿的观众。The 14 European Championship tournaments have been won by nine different national teams: Germany and Spain each have won three titles, France has two titles, and Soviet Union, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Denmark and Greece have won one title each. To date, Spain are the only side in history to have won consecutive titles, doing so in 2008 and 2012. It is the 2nd most watched football tournament in the world after the World Cup. The Euro 2012 final was watched by a global audience of around 300 million.

最近一次的冠军是在2012年由波兰和乌克兰共同主办的欧洲杯在基辅，由西班牙夺冠，在决赛中以4-0击败义大利。下一次的欧洲杯将在法国举行。"The most recent championship, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine in 2012, was won by Spain, who beat Italy 4–0 at the final in Kiev. The next European Championship will be hosted in France."