Also in this year: 1984
European Champion Clubs' Cup winners: Liverpool FC (1-1 aet, 4-2 pens, v AS Roma)
European Footballer of the Year: Michel Platini (Juventus)
Eurovision Song Contest winner: Herreys (Sweden) singing Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley
European Golden Boot winner: Ian Rush (Liverpool FC)
Nobel Peace Prize winner: Desmond Tutu (anti-apartheid campaigner, South Africa)
Men's Olympic 100m champion: Carl Lewis (United States) running 9.99 seconds
Formula 1 world champion: Niki Lauda (Austria) driving a McLaren
Oscar for best picture: Amadeus
Key events
European Footballer of the Year: Michel Platini (Juventus)
Eurovision Song Contest winner: Herreys (Sweden) singing Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley
European Golden Boot winner: Ian Rush (Liverpool FC)
Nobel Peace Prize winner: Desmond Tutu (anti-apartheid campaigner, South Africa)
Men's Olympic 100m champion: Carl Lewis (United States) running 9.99 seconds
Formula 1 world champion: Niki Lauda (Austria) driving a McLaren
Oscar for best picture: Amadeus
Key events
14 February – Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are crowned Olympic ice skating champions at the winter games in Sarajevo after recording a perfect score
8 May – Soviet Union announces decision to pull out of the forthcoming Olympic Games in Los Angeles
31 October – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, is assassinated in New Delhi
History
Top scorers
| 9 | Michel Platini - France |
| 3 | Frank Arnesen - Denmark |
| 2 | Antonio Maceda Frances - Spain |
| 2 | Jean-François Domergue - France |
| 2 | Preben Elkjær - Denmark |
| 2 | Rudi Völler - West Germany |
| 2 | Rui Jordão - Portugal |
Team of the Tournament
- Harald Schumacher »
- João Domingos Silva Pinto »
- Karlheinz Förster »
- Morten Olsen »
- Andreas Brehme »
- Fernando Chalana »
- Alain Giresse »
- Jean Tigana »
- Frank Arnesen »
- Michel Platini »
- Rudi Völler »
Mascot
Two weeks of scintillating football made the 1984 UEFA European Championship the best yet, and a large percentage of the talent on display belonged to the flamboyant hosts. Michel Hidalgo's team had world-class ability between the posts in goalkeeper Joël Bats while tough midfielder Luis Fernandez joined creative trio Michel Platini, Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana to compose "Le Carré Magique" – the magic square.
Platini contributed the only goal in France's opening day 1-0 win over Denmark and he followed up with hat-tricks against Belgium and Yugoslavia as Les Bleus ran out 5-0 and 3-2 winners to top Group 1 before scoring the extra-time winner in a 3-2 success against Portugal in an epic semi-final encounter. Platini also found the net in the final, his ninth of the tournament, as France duly overcame Spain 2-0. More >>