UEFA EURO 2012 (champions - Spain)
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.
Why this wins its question: 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.
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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.
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.