Qualification England qualified automatically as hosts of the event. This was the first European Championship to introduce the current format of 16 countries competing in the final tournament.
The following teams participated in the final tournament:
Venues
Match officials
 Austria
 Belgium
 Belarus
 Bulgaria
 Czech Republic
|  Denmark
 England
 France
 Germany
|  Hungary
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Scotland
|  Spain
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Turkey
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Seeding
Summary
First roundThe hosts, England, got off to a slightly disappointing start in their opening match, drawing 1–1 with the Swiss when Alan Shearer’s 23rd minute goal was equalled by a late penalty kick. England defeated rival Scotland 2–0 in their next game and then produced one of their finest performances ever with a 4–1 win over the Netherlands.
Quarter-finals and semi-finals first quarter-final between the hosts and Spain ended goalless, although England had several major calls go their way as the Spanish had two goals disallowed and two valid claims for a penalty denied . The English progressed 4–2 on spot kicks. Stuart Pearce after he scored England’s third penalty, erasing the memory of his miss in the 1990 World Cup semi-final. France and the Netherlands also played out a drab 0–0 draw with France winning the penalty shootout 5–4. A great goal from Davor Šuker evened the score after 51 minutes before Matthias Sammer of Germany scored eight minutes later and the game ended 2–1 to Germany. The Czech Republic progressed after beating Portugal 1–0.
he first semi-final, featuring France and the Czech Republic, resulted in yet another 0–0 draw and penalties were required again. Reynald Pedros was the lone player to miss in the shootout as the Czech Republic won 6–5. The other semi-final was a repeat of the 1990 World Cup semi-final between Germany and England. Alan Shearer headed in after 3 minutes to give his side the lead but Stefan Kuntz evened the score less than 15 minutes later and the score remained 1–1 after 90 minutes. In extra-time, Paul Gascoigne came very close to scoring a Golden Goal but missed a cross from Shearer by mere inches, Darren Anderton hit the crossbar and Kuntz had a goal disallowed for pushing. Neither team was able to find a second goal and another knockout game in this competition required penalties. Both sides scored their first five kicks but in the sixth round, Gareth Southgate had his penalty saved, allowing Andreas Möller to score the winning goal.
FinalThe final saw the upstart Czech Republic hoping to repeat the dramatics of Euro 76 when Czechoslovakia defeated West Germany; the Germans were aiming to secure their third European Championship. A repeat of 1976 looked possible when Patrick Berger scored from a penalty in 59th minute to put the Czech ahead. However, German substitute Oliver Bierhoff scored to make it 1–1, sending the game to extra-time. Five minutes into the extra frame, Bierhoff’s shot was mishandled by Czech goalkeeper Kouba and the ball ended up in the back of the net for the first Golden Goal in the history of the competition. Germany were European champions once again.
Results
First round
Group A
[edit] Group B
[edit] Group C
[edit] Group D
[edit] Knockout stages
[edit] Quarter-finals
[edit] Semi-finals
| Euro 1996 Champions | 
Germany
Third title |
Statistics
Goalscorers 5 goals 3 goals 2 goals [edit] UEFA Team of the Tournament UEFA Tournament Golden Boot Award UEFA Player of the Tournament [edit] Fastest goal 3 minutes : Alan Shearer (England vs Germany); Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria vs Romania) [edit] Average goals 2.06 goals per game
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