UEFA Euro 1996

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

 Country Qualified as  England 00Hosts  10Group 1 winner  05Group 1 runners-up  13Group 2 winner  04Group 2 runners-up  Switzerland 14Group 3 winner  15Group 3 runners-up  02Group 4 winner  07Group 4 runners-up 3 03Group 5 winner  09Group 6 winner 4 06Group 7 winner  01Group 7 runners-up 5 11Group 8 winner  12Group 8 runners-up  08Play-off winner

 Group stage 
Key to colours in group tablesTeam advanced to the quarter-finals

 Group A 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts England321072+57 Netherlands311134–14 Scotland311112–14 Switzerland301214–31

 Group B 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts France321052+37 Spain312043+15 Bulgaria311134–14 Romania300314–30

 Group C 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Germany321050+57 Czech Republic311156–14 Italy31113304 Russia301248–41

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

 Group D 
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Portugal321051+47 Croatia320143+16 Denmark31114404 Turkey300305–50

 Knockout stage 


Category:1996 events