 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wales yakatanga kupinda muEuropean Championship muna 1964, payakanga ichiri kuzivikanwa seEuropean Nations Cup, mushure mekuramba kutora chikamu mumakwikwi e1960. Matimu matatu pamakumi maviri nemapfumbamwe akapinda Austria, Luxembourg neSoviet Union akagamuchira byes kumativi gumi nematanhatu, nepo mamwe makirabhu makumi maviri nematanhatu achikwikwidza mumatanho maviri ekutanga kune dzimwe nzvimbo gumi nenhatu. Wales yakatarisana neHungary mumutambo wavo wekutanga wekukwikwidza kubvira chikamu cheboka re1958 FIFA World Cup. Mutambo wokutanga wakaitwa muna November 1962 uye wakaona Hungary ichikunda 31 paNépstadionmuBudapest; Flórián Albert akavhura zvibodzwa muminiti yechishanu, Terry Medwin asati aenzanisa Wales isingasviki kota yeawa gare gare, chete nekuda kwezvinangwa zvaLajos Tichy muminiti yechi34 naKároly Sándor muminiti yechi48 kupa Hungary kukunda. Mutambo wechipiri wakatambwa mwedzi mina gare gare paNinian Park muCardiff, uye Wales yakazviwana zvakare mu tie apo Cliff Jones akashandura chirango pakati pehafu yekutanga; zvisinei, Tichy akaenzana kubva panzvimbo yechirango muminiti ye77 uye Hungary yakakunda tie 42 pahuwandu. 