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  "name": "UEFA EURO 2012 (champions - Spain)",
  "summary": "EURO 2012 ended with Spain beating Italy 4-0 in Kyiv on 1 July 2012 - the most emphatic win in a EURO final - through Silva, Alba, Torres and Mata, against an Italy reduced to ten after Motta's injury. It completed Spain's unprecedented EURO-World Cup-EURO treble.",
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  "questions": [
    "Who won Euro 2012?",
    "What is the biggest win in a EURO final?",
    "Which team won three major tournaments in a row?"
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      "text": "Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the EURO 2012 final at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv on 1 July 2012 - the most emphatic win in a European Championship final - with goals from David Silva (14th, header), Jordi Alba (his first international goal, before half-time), and substitutes Fernando Torres and Juan Mata late on.",
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      "text": "Italy played the last 28 minutes with ten men after Thiago Motta was carried off with all substitutions used; Torres's late goal and assist won him the Golden Boot, and the title completed Spain's unprecedented run of EURO 2008, the 2010 World Cup and EURO 2012.",
      "sources": [
        "uefa-euro-2012-final-report"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.95
    }
  ],
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  "faqs": [],
  "evidence_tier": "primary",
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  "moat_flag": false,
  "winning_edge": "The record final margin, the Motta ten-men detail and the treble framing bound to UEFA's own report - closing the Spain-era arc that this graph reopens with 2024 and 2026.",
  "confidence": 0.95,
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