UNCHARTED waters may lie ahead as Euro 2012 gets under way on Friday.

No country has ever won three consecutive major tournament finals but that is what Spain are aiming to achieve in Poland and Ukraine.

Just four nations have won back-to-back titles. Germany were European champions in 1972 and World Cup winners in 1974 but lost the final of Euro '76 on penalties.

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