Only four UEFA European Championships hosts have taken out the title in the competition's 60-year history, with Italy being the only nation to win two tournaments in front of local fans.
Spain was the first side to win a home Euros tournament, doing so in 1964 with a 2-1 win over the Soviet Union at the Santiago Bernabรฉu inย Madrid back when just four nations competed.
The title for the following Euros tournament, held in Italy in 1968, was claimed by the Azzurri, with their maiden championship win coming over Yugoslavia in the finals after a four-horse race that included England and the Soviet Union.
It would be another 16 years before another host nation took out the Euros as Italy won in Belgium in 1972 and the Czech Republic took out their first tournament in Yugoslavia four years later before West Germany was victorious in Italy in 1980.
The 1984 tournament saw France steer themselves to their first-ever Euros title, doing so in front of a home crowd.
Since then, only one host nation has won the Euros, with Italy breaking the deadlock at the 2020 tournament with a penalties win over England.
That final was held in Wembley however, with 11 nations sharing the hosting duties for the Euros to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Championship competition.
All of Italy, Azerbaijan, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Scotland and Spain hosted matches, with the shared system playing a part in ending the host nation curse.
Neither Azerbaijan nor Romania qualified for the 2020 Euros finals but remained hosts.
Three nations (Portugal in 2004, France in 2016 and England in 2020) fell one step short of claiming a home Euros title, making the final before falling on the big stage.
Germany has a chance to be the first standalone host nation to win the Euros since France in 1984 when they host the tournament this European summer.
The result of every host nation at the UEFA European Championships
Year | Host nation(s) | Finish |
1960 | France | Fourth place |
1964 | Spain | Champions |
1968 | Italy | Champions |
1972 | Belgium | Third place |
1976 | Yugoslavia | Fourth place |
1980 | Italy | Fourth place |
1984 | France | Champions |
1988 | West Germany | Semi-finals |
1992 | Sweden | Semi-finals |
1996 | England | Semi-finals |
2000 | Belgium | Group stage |
2000 | Netherlands | Semi-finals |
2004 | Portugal | Runners-up |
2008 | Austria | Group stage |
2008 | Switzerland | Group stage |
2012 | Poland | Group stage |
2012 | Ukraine | Group stage |
2016 | France | Runners-up |
2020 | Azerbaijan | Did not qualify |
2020 | Denmark | Semi-finals |
2020 | England | Runners-up |
2020 | Germany | Round of 16 |
2020 | Hungary | Group stage |
2020 | Italy | Champions |
2020 | Netherlands | Round of 16 |
2020 | Romania | Did not qualify |
2020 | Russia | Group stage |
2020 | Scotland | Group stage |
2020 | Spain | Semi-finals |