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1996: European Championship in England

The 1996's European Championship was held in England.

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 to the European Championship 1996 in England. 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
 

 

Past editions index
1960 France
1964 Spain
1968 Italy
1972 Belgium
1976 Yugoslavia
1980 Italy
1984 France
1988 West Germany
1992 Sweden
1996 England
2000 Belgium and Netherlands
2004 Portugal
2008 Austria and Switzerland

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