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1996: European Championship in England

The 1996's European Championship was held in Sweden.

As usual, the whole competition was divided in two phases: the first one was a qualifying phase and the second phase was a final tournament with the qualified teams.

Howewer, the 1996's edition brought some main changes in the format of the competition. After the fall of Soviet Union, a number of newly formed countries emerged. Obviously, the number of national teams increased too.

A record number of 47 national teams entered the qualifying. The final tournament doubled up, with 16 teams involved.

The 47 participants were divided into 8 groups with the winning teams qualified for the final phase. Also the six best runners-up were qualified to the final event, while the two worst had to play a play-off on a neutral ground to determine the last qualified team.

Thanks to the extended format of the final phase, all the major national teams were able to gain a spot in the final Championship.

The other relevant change concerned the point's system in the group's stages. A win giving now 3 points (instead of 2), and a draw still giving 1 point.

Qualifying Groups - Final standings
Group A
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Romania Romania
10
21
6
3
1
18
9
+9
2 France France
10
20
5
5
0
22
2
+20
3 Slovakia Slovakia
10
14
4
2
4
14
18
-4
4 Poland Poland
10
13
3
4
3
14
12
+2
5 Israel Israel
10
12
3
3
4
13
13
-
6 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
10
1
0
1
9
2
29
-27
Group B
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Spain Spain
10
26
8
2
0
25
4
+21
2 Denmark Denmark
10
21
6
3
1
19
9
+10
3 Belgium Belgium
10
15
4
3
3
17
13
+4
4 Macedonia Macedonia
10
7
1
4
5
9
18
-9
5 Cyprus Cyprus
10
7
1
4
5
6
20
-14
6 Armenia Armenia
10
5
1
2
7
5
17
-12
Group C
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Switzerland Switzerland
8
17
5
2
1
15
7
+8
2 Turkey Turkey
8
15
4
3
1
16
8
+8
3 Sweden Sweden
8
9
2
3
3
9
10
-1
4 Hungary Hungary
8
8
2
2
4
7
13
-6
5 Iceland Iceland
8
5
1
2
5
6
12
-6
Group D
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Croatia Croatia
10
23
7
2
1
22
5
+17
2 Italy Italy
10
23
7
2
1
20
6
+14
3 Lithuania Lithuania
10
16
5
1
4
13
12
+1
4 Ukraine Ukraine
10
16
4
1
5
11
15
-4
5 Slovenia Slovenia
10
13
3
2
5
13
13
-
6 Estonia Estonia
10
11
0
0
10
3
31
-28
Group E
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Germany Czech Republic
10
21
6
3
1
21
6
+15
2 Netherlands Netherlands
10
20
6
2
2
23
5
+18
3 Norway Norway
10
20
6
2
2
17
7
+10
4 Belarus Belarus
10
11
3
2
5
8
13
-5
5 Luxembourg Luxembourg
10
10
3
1
6
3
21
-18
6 Malta Malta
10
2
0
2
8
2
22
-18
Group F
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Portugal Portugal
10
23
7
2
1
29
7
+22
2 Ireland Republic of Ireland
10
17
5
2
3
17
11
+6
3 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
10
17
5
2
3
20
15
+5
4 Austria Austria
10
16
5
1
4
29
14
+15
5 Latvia Latvia
10
12
4
0
6
11
20
-9
6 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
10
1
0
1
9
1
40
-39
Group G
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Germany Germany
10
25
8
1
1
27
10
+17
2 Bulgaria Bulgaria
10
22
7
1
2
24
10
+14
3 Georgia Georgia
10
15
5
0
5
14
13
+1
4 Moldova Moldova
10
9
3
0
7
11
27
-16
5 Wales Wales
10
8
2
2
6
9
19
-10
6 Albania Albania
10
8
2
2
6
10
16
-6
Group H
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Russia Russia
10
26
8
2
0
34
5
+29
2 Scotland Scotland
10
23
7
2
1
19
3
+16
3 Greece Greece
10
18
6
0
4
23
9
+14
4 Finland Finland
10
15
5
0
5
18
18
-
5 Faroe Island Faroe Island
10
6
2
0
8
10
35
-25
6 San Marino San Marino
10
0
0
0
10
2
36
-34
Play-off (worst runners-up)
13.12.1995 Netherlands Netherlands Ireland Republic of Ireland
2
0
 

 

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