UEFA_Euro_1996_Group_C

UEFA Euro 1996 Group C

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Group C of UEFA Euro 1996 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 9 June and was completed on 19 June. The group consisted of Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Russia.^[1]^[2]

The match between the Czech Republic and Germany, commemorated on an Azerbaijani postage stamp

Using FIFA World Rankings as a measure of the strength of the teams, The Guardian calculated in 2007 that the strongest "Group of Death" of all time was the Euro 1996 Group C. The teams (and world rankings) were Germany (2), Russia (3), Italy (7) and the Czech Republic (10).^[3]^[4]^[5] This record was surpassed by the May 2012 rankings for Euro 2012 Group B, with Germany (2), the Netherlands (4), Portugal (5) and Denmark (10),^[6] but not the June rankings immediately before the tournament (3, 4, 10 and 9 respectively).^[7]^[8]

Germany won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with the Czech Republic. Italy and Russia failed to advance.

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From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

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From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

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From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

[table_hth_CZE0.14196209383288-12] Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 2–1 Italy.

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Draw position	Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings May 1996
C1 (seed)	Germany^{[nb 1]}	Group 7 winner	15 November 1995	7th	1992	Winners (1972, 1980)	2
C2	Czech Republic^{[nb 2]}	Group 5 winner	15 November 1995	4th	1980	Winners (1976)	10
C3	Italy	Group 4 runner-up (1st best runner-up)	15 November 1995	4th	1988	Winners (1968)	7
C4	Russia^{[nb 3]}	Group 8 winner	15 November 1995	7th	1992	Winners (1960)	3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

UEFA_Euro_1996_Group_C

UEFA Euro 1996 Group C

Teams

Standings

Matches

Germany vs Czech Republic

Italy vs Russia

Czech Republic vs Italy

Russia vs Germany

Russia vs Czech Republic

Italy vs Germany

See also

References

External links

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