UEFA Euro 2008 Group D

Greece, Spain and Russia had all been drawn together in the same group in the previous European Championship as well.

They clinched the top spot after Russia beat Greece later that day, condemning the title holders to last place in the group.

The second quarter-final berth was to be decided by the Sweden–Russia match, with Sweden only needing to avoid defeat to go through.

Greece lost all three of their group games, thus finishing bottom without a single point, becoming the worst defending champion in the history of the European Championships.

In the quarter-finals, Man of the Match: David Villa (Spain)[1] Assistant referees:[2][3] Egon Bereuter (Austria) Markus Mayr (Austria) Fourth official: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) Reserve assistant referee: Carsten Kadach (Germany) Man of the Match: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)[4] Assistant referees:[5][3] Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Stéphane Cuhat (Switzerland) Fourth official: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Reserve assistant referee: Volker Wezel (Germany) Man of the Match: David Villa (Spain)[6] Assistant referees:[7][3] Adriaan Inia (Netherlands) Hans ten Hoove (Netherlands) Fourth official: Craig Thomson (Scotland) Reserve assistant referee: Martin Balko (Slovakia) Man of the Match: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia)[8] Assistant referees:[9][3] Alessandro Griselli (Italy) Paolo Calcagno (Italy) Fourth official: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) Reserve assistant referee: Roman Slyško (Slovakia) Man of the Match: Xabi Alonso (Spain)[10] Assistant referees:[11][3] Darren Cann (England) Mike Mullarkey (England) Fourth official: Stéphane Lannoy (France) Reserve assistant referee: Markus Mayr (Austria) Man of the Match: Andrei Arshavin (Russia)[12] Assistant referees:[13][3] Peter Hermans (Belgium) Alex Verstraeten (Belgium) Fourth official: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) Reserve assistant referee: Egon Bereuter (Austria)