what has been your favourite European Championship tournament so far?

I did enjoy Euro '96 a lot. it was great seeing a major football tournanment over here and the way it captured the nation. Just a shame with the final outcome.

Agreed with that and wasn't Euro 2000 pretty good with loads of goals and drama?

Euro 2000 except for the final 2 minutes, which broke my heart into a million pieces and are my second most painful sporting memory (after the Bayern Munich CL loss to ManUnited in 1999)

Overall, probably Euro 2008.

Cracking tournament with some brilliant matches.

In the group stage Turkey's win over the Czechs, Croatia's win over Germany. Then the way the Dutch took apart both Italy and France only to be beaten by Russia in the QF in an outstanding match.

The Turkey/Croatia QF, the Germany/Portugal QF, the Germany/Turkey Semi-final. All brilliant.

BIB - I still think that was a bought match (the Russia one)

2000 and 2008 for the actual football, 1996 for the nostalgia.

1996, as I just remember being amazed at Sammer, as I had never really seen a libero or a sweeper before, and he played that role very well I thought.

England playing as well as they did against Holland was also obviously a highlight.

Euro 96

Sammer was an incredible player. Real shame how his career was cut short. One thing that always bugged me though was that as a Dortmund LEGEND he would sell out and go to Bayern. I'm not complaining, I just thought how sad it was that people can be bought so easily.

On a side note, I had a huge crush on Bierhoff as a teenager after Euro 96. He was so pretty!

Probably 1996, although i do have fond memories of 1992, 1988 and 1980.

sorry guys, old.....1984. Platini got 9 goals in (I think) 5 matches. France were electric. The semi final vs Portugal was something else.

The thing I remember about 1988 is I was ill and had a week off school so I was able to watch the afternoon games. One of the very few times where I was happy to be ill! Although England didn't help with their dismal showing.

A stat about Euro '88 to bore your mates with - it didn't have one sending off, or one goalless draw, or any penalty shoot-out.

the end to the Turkey v Croatia match was mental. Croats scoring in the last minute of extra time and thinking they had won only for the Turks to score in injury time.

that was a brilliant tournament and I remember how much I weirdly enjoyed it without England being there.

1976 - total football and the (West) Germans losing on penalties.

I was not born yet, but my father claims the German Euro 1972 team (with Netzer as the main star) was the best German team he has ever seen

As a Dutchman I have to say 1988.

1984, that France team was wonderful to watch and we weren't distracted by England bringing everything down.

It was a fantastic tournament I agree without England. The Dutch were scintillating in the group stage absolutely demolishing France and Italy. Then there was Turkey who always seemed to be involved in some sort of drama. We had the group stage match against Switzerland which somehow wasn't abandoned despite the pitch being in an awful state due to torrential rain. Then there was the comeback from 2-0 to beat the Czechs 3-2 in a group match that would have gone to penalties had it finished in a draw as both teams had identical records. Then the Croatia win on penalties and of course the semi final against Germany will be remembered more for the fact that the whole world lost pictures for quite some time due to a lightning strike and BBC One had to switch to radio commentary with no pictures . A very memorable tournament indeed.

Agree with all of this plus Russia played some great stuff when Arshavin came back into the team. Their disposing of the Dutch was quite impressive. And then you had Spain finally getting the monkey off their back. Not only did they play some entertaining stuff but they were the best team as well. It was an excellent tournament.

I wanted Italy to win as well, hated the French team (bar Zidane) for beating Brazil in 98. Looking back now though, even though Italy probably deserved to win that game, that French team was quite brilliant. Portugal and Netherlands also deserve special mention for Euro 2000, both played some good stuff.

The game that stands out though is the Spain v Yugoslavia game, another cracker from the Euros. That moment when Alfonso scores in the last minute is a favourite in our household.

That French Euro 2000 team is probably the best team I have ever seen in my lifetime. It was like a machine with stars in every position and of course Zidane. They were magnificent (even though I was supporting Italy of
course ).

The Italy v Netherlands semi-final was completely insane as well with that absolutely brilliant beauty of a Dutch team missing 5 penalties with 2 of them in regular time. That Dutch team was so gorgeous with their golden generation all at their best. I've read a journalist describe the Italy v Netherlands game as "a beautiful Lamborghini getting stuck on an ugly speed bump". Sadly a far cry from the Dutch team of today...

It is one of the great international teams of recent time. They had Vieira, Zidane and Henry all at the peak of their game during that tournament.

True. That was a phenomenal team and better than their 1998 or 2006 teams

For me Euro 2000 is the best, and only just pipped by the two 1980s World Cups for best tournament I have seen. Sadly, Euro 84 wasn't televised in the UK, so I've only seen a few of the goals.

That was a magnificent tournament if only Italy had won it....