Performances of host countries From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round, thus bypassing the preliminary round (group stages). As a result, the host's final rank would no worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight); however, from 1986 the host was made to compete in the preliminary round. However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low (14%, 3 of 18), as compared to the
FIFA World Cup's success rate of 22% (6 of 21); furthermore, no host has won the championship since
Yugoslavia won in
1970, and only one host since then has won any type of medal (
Turkey with a silver medal in
2010).
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