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UEFA European Championship
Published or Updated June 6, 2016
Location: Ukraine
Sport: Soccer
Level: Professional
Sport: Soccer
Level: Professional
Event Type: Team Championship
First Held: 1960
Next Up: 6/10/2016-7/10/2016
First Held: 1960
Next Up: 6/10/2016-7/10/2016
When and Where: every four years at rotating sites throughout Europe

If the FIFA World Cup has a symbolic home, it would have to be Europe. The game planted serious roots there, and those roots have grown a truly global fruit.
So in the off years between world cups, it’s understandable that the continent would need a little football to tide them over – enter the UEFA European Championship – Europe’s answer to the off years.
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The idea for a European tournament was first propsed in 1927. It didn't come to fruition until 1960.