Hosts Finland made a perfect start to the Championships by beating Denmark 1-0, at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.

Whilst Ukraine went down 2-0 to the Netherlands, in the opening games in Group A.


Group A        P  W  D  L  PTS

Netherlands   1  1   0  0   3
Finland          1  1   0  0   3
Denmark       1  0   0  1   0
Ukraine         1  0   0  1   0