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1988

West Germany
1988-06-10 → 1988-06-25
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Champion
Netherlands
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8
Teams
15
Matches
34
Total goals
2.27/match
849,844
Attendance
🥈
Soviet Union
Runner-up
🥇
Netherlands
Champion

Awards & marks

Top scorer
Marco van Basten
Netherlands · 5 goals

Squad composition — domestic vs foreign-based

Where each player's club is based. Sorted by % playing abroad. Pre-1990s WCs lean heavily domestic; modern CONMEBOL squads lean heavily abroad.

8 teams · club→country map covers ~72% of historical clubs
West Germany
100% abroad
0 dom · 20 abroadof 20
Republic of Ireland
100% abroad
0 dom · 20 abroadof 20
Denmark
60% abroad
8 dom · 12 abroadof 20
Netherlands
25% abroad
15 dom · 5 abroadof 20
England
20% abroad
16 dom · 4 abroadof 20
Italy
0% abroad
20 dom · 0 abroadof 20
Spain
0% abroad
20 dom · 0 abroadof 20
Soviet Union
0% abroad
20 dom · 0 abroadof 20
Derived from squad[i].club.country on GET /tournaments/1988

Confederation breakdown

8 qualifying teams

Netherlands's road to the title

Every match Netherlands played, group stage through the final
4W0D1L·8 GF3 GA·5 matches
  1. Group BLvs Soviet Union1988-06-120–1
  2. Group BWvs England1988-06-153–1
  3. Group BWvs Republic of Ireland1988-06-181–0
  4. SFWvs West Germany1988-06-212–1
  5. FinalWvs Soviet Union1988-06-252–0