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UEFA Euro 1996

Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	8 June ? 30 June
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	64 (2.06 per match)
Attendance	1,275,857 (41,157 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan Shearer (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Matthias Sammer
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The UEFA Euro 1996 was the 10th UEFA European Football Championship tournament. Its formal name was the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship . It was held in 8 June to 30 June. All the European football teams could compete. The defending champion was Denmark . The tournament was hosted in England . 16 teams were qualified for the final group stage. The winner of the tournament was Germany after defeating Czech Republic .

Qualification [ change | change source ]

Qualification began in September 1994 and ended in December 1995. The following teams qualified:

Country	Qualified as
England	00 Hosts
Romania	10 Group 1 winner
France	05 Group 1 runners-up
Spain	13 Group 2 winner
Denmark	04 Group 2 runners-up
Switzerland	14 Group 3 winner
Turkey	15 Group 3 runners-up
Croatia	02 Group 4 winner
Italy	07 Group 4 runners-up
Czech Republic 3	03 Group 5 winner
Portugal	09 Group 6 winner
Germany 4	06 Group 7 winner
Bulgaria	01 Group 7 runners-up
Russia 5	11 Group 8 winner
Scotland	12 Group 8 runners-up
Netherlands	08 Play-off winner

Group stage [ change | change source ]

Group A [ change | change source ]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	4	?1	4
Scotland	3	1	1	1	1	2	?1	4
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	4	?3	1

Group B [ change | change source ]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Spain	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	3	4	?1	4
Romania	3	0	0	3	1	4	?3	0

Group C [ change | change source ]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	6	?1	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Russia	3	0	1	2	4	8	?4	1

Czech Republic was placed on top of Italy because of their previous match against each other (2 ? 1)

Group D [ change | change source ]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Croatia	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Denmark	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Turkey	3	0	0	3	0	5	?5	0

Knockout stage [ change | change source ]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 June
	France	0 (5)
					26 June
	Netherlands	0 (4)
					France	0 (5)
	23 June
					Czech Republic	0 (6)
	Czech Republic	1
									30 June
	Portugal	0
									Czech Republic	1
	23 June
									Germany	2
	Germany	2
					26 June
	Croatia	1
					Germany	1 (6)
	22 June
					England	1 (5)
	Spain	0 (2)
	England	0 (4)

UEFA Euro 1996 Winners
Germany 3rd title