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The Italians finished level on points with Denmark and Sweden but went out because they scored the fewest goals in the games between the three sides.
At a Uefa congress in 1957, a motion to set up a European championship was finally put to the floor. Predictably, the British associations acted like a petulant child, just as it had done three decades earlier with the World Cup. Fearing such a tournament would interfere with the Home Internationals, it abstained, though this time it was by no means the only offender: seven other countries voted against, including West Germany, Italy and Holland.
The Italians finished level on points with Denmark and Sweden but went out because they scored the fewest goals in the games between the three sides.
