1996

England

1996-06-08 → 1996-06-30

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Champion

Germany

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Teams

Matches

Total goals

2.06/match

1,275,857

Attendance

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Czech Republic

Runner-up

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Germany

Champion

Awards & marks

Top scorer

Alan Shearer

England · 5 goals

Best player

Matthias Sammer

Germany

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.

16 teams · club→country map covers ~72% of historical clubs

Switzerland

100% abroad

0 dom · 22 abroadof 22

France

100% abroad

0 dom · 22 abroadof 22

Portugal

100% abroad

0 dom · 22 abroadof 22

Bulgaria

73% abroad

6 dom · 16 abroadof 22

Croatia

64% abroad

8 dom · 14 abroadof 22

Romania

55% abroad

10 dom · 12 abroadof 22

Russia

52% abroad

10 dom · 11 abroad · 1 unkof 22

Scotland

45% abroad

12 dom · 10 abroadof 22

Denmark

41% abroad

13 dom · 9 abroadof 22

Czech Republic

32% abroad

15 dom · 7 abroadof 22

Netherlands

27% abroad

16 dom · 6 abroadof 22

England

9% abroad

20 dom · 2 abroadof 22

Germany

9% abroad

21 dom · 2 abroadof 23

Italy

5% abroad

21 dom · 1 abroadof 22

Spain

0% abroad

22 dom · 0 abroadof 22

Turkey

0% abroad

22 dom · 0 abroadof 22

Derived from squad[i].club.country on GET /tournaments/1996

Confederation breakdown

16 qualifying teams

Germany's road to the title

Every match Germany played, group stage through the final

4W2D0L·10 GF3 GA·6 matches

Group CWvs Czech Republic1996-06-092–0
Group CWvs Russia1996-06-163–0
Group CDvs Italy1996-06-190–0
QFWvs Croatia1996-06-232–1
SFDvs England1996-06-261–1AET
FinalWvs Czech Republic1996-06-302–1AET