The championships have been dominated by Germany, who have three titles to their name, two as West Germany and a third as a unified nation at Euro 96.

But in 1976, the West Germans were upstaged by Czechoslovakia in the final at Red Star Stadium in Belgrade.

Group One winners Czechoslovakia scored 15 goals during the old group format, played a year before the finals, including a 5-0 win over Cyprus.

Indeed, they had gone 20 games without defeat by the time they reached the final, but Helmut Schon's 1974 World Cup-winning team remained firm favourites.

Strikes from Jan Svehlik and Karol Dobias put the underdogs into a two-goal lead, but a Dieter Muller effort and Bernd Holzenbein's late equaliser sent the tie into extra-time.

With the teams cancelling each other out, the final went to penalties for the first time in the tournament's history.

Bayern Munich midfielder Uli Hoeness - now the club's general manager - blasted high over Ivo Viktor's crossbar at 4-3 to present the Czechoslovakians with a spot-kick to win the tournament.

Antonin Panenka stepped up and nonchalantly chipped the ball into Sepp Maier's net after sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.

Panenka's penalty has gone down in footballing history as one of the greatest ever and Zinedine Zidane imitated the strike in the 2006 World Cup final against Italy'sGianluigi Buffon.

West Germany redeemed themselves four years later in Italy, beating outsiders Belgium 2-1 in the final.

Euro 92 threw up the biggest upset in the history of the tournament when Denmark defeated Germany 2-0 in the final at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Having failed to qualify for the tournament, Denmark were invited back after Yugoslavia were disqualified with the country in the midst of civil war.

Denmark qualified from Group A despite losing to hosts Sweden thanks to a goalless draw against England and a 2-1 win over Michel Platini's France.

A semi-final against a star-studded Holland side needed penalties when the match finished 2-2 after extra-time and the Danes held their nerve to edge the shoot-out 7-6.

To top things off Denmark achieved the feat minus influential playmaker and former Barcelona and Real Madrid midfielder Michael Laudrup who dropped out of the squad after a reported argument with coach Richard Moller-Nielsen.

Current reigning champions Greece complete the trio of underdog victors.

The Greeks topped qualifying Group 6 ahead of Spain and Ukraine with a great run of results after losing their first two qualifiers to those same countries.

The determined squad went on the rampage, winning their next six games including an impressive 1-0 win away against 1964 champions Spain, with Bolton Wanderers' 2003 Greek Footballer of the Year Stelios Giannakopoulos grabbing the game's only goal.

Once at the finals the Greeks turned heads with a 2-1 defeat of hosts Portugal which saw them top the table after the opening game.

In the quarter-finals Angelos Charisteas scored as they defeated holders and pre-tournament favourites France 1-0 to set up a semi-final against the Czech Republic.

A goalless ninety minutes needed a Traianos Dellas' silver goal to decide the match and send the pre-tournament rank outsiders into a dream final to face hosts Portugal once again.

A third straight 1-0 win at the Estádio da Luz, Lisbon thanks to a goal from Charisteas, was enough to seal the only major tournament win for the Greeks to date.

Five of Otto Rehhagel's team were selected in the team of the tournament and Theo Zagorakis was named player of the tournament.

The 2004 European champions' no-nonsense approach and direct football was less glamorous than a Portugal team consisting of international superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco and Luís Figo, but Rehhagel's tactics prevailed.

Euro 2008 has already been rocked by England's failure to qualify, and with eight of the 16 countries to play having never won the competition, there may just be another upset on the cards.

Since the inaugural championships in 1960, nine different countries have lifted the Henri Delaunay Trophy, named in memory of the tournament founder and UEFA's first General Secretary.