Sentence:  The win made <WSD>Germany</WSD> the first European team to prevail in a World Cup in the Americas and gave the Germans, who have made it to the knockout stage in 16 consecutive World Cups, their first trophy since 1990. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (Q183) The Central European state formed by West Germany's 1990 absorption of East Germany, with its capital in Berlin.