UEFA has announced its 23 member Euro 2008 team of the tournament, and only three members from the Group of Death find a place in it. Dutch duo Wesley Sneijder and Edwin Van der Sar and Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon are the three in it, with no French or Romanian players finding a mention in it. Sneijder was Man of the Match against both Italy and France. Van der Sar, who shares the record for most European Championship appearances with Lilian Thuram, retired from football following the Netherlands' exit at the hands of Russia.

Spain dominate the Team of the Tournament, with as many as nine members of La Furia Roja finding a place in it. Out of the team that started for the final, only Sergio Ramos, David Silva and Joan Capdevila did not make it. For their opponents in the final- Germany, Philipp Lahm, Michael Ballack and Lukas Podolski figure in the list. Xavi was also named Player of the Tournament, while David Villa ended up as the top scorer with four goals.

UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers

Gianluigi Buffon ( Ita)

Iker Casillas ( Esp)

Edwin van der Sar ( Ned)

Defenders

Bosingwa ( Por)

Philipp Lahm ( Ger)

Carles Puyol ( Esp)

Carlos Marchena (Esp)

Pepe ( Por)

Yuri Zhirkov ( Rus)

Midfielders

Hamit Altintop ( Tur)

Michael Ballack ( Ger)

Luka Modric ( Cro)

Xavi ( Esp)

Andres Iniesta ( Esp)

Cesc Fabregas ( Esp)

Marcos Senna ( Esp)

Lukas Podolski ( Ger)

Wesley Sneijder ( Ned)

Konstantin Zyryanov (Rus)

Strikers

Andrei Arshavin ( Rus)

Roman Pavyluchenko (Rus)

Fernando Torres (Esp)

David Villa ( Esp)

By Nation :

Spain- 9

Russia-4

Germany-3

Holland-2

Portugal-2

Italy-1

Croatia-1

Turkey-1

A point worth mentioning is that all these 23 players are drawn from the teams that made it past the group stages.