In which country was the 1996 European Football Championship held?
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organized by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 June 1996.
It was the first European Championship to feature 16 finalists, following UEFA's decision to expand the tournament from eight teams. Games were staged in eight cities and, although not all games were sold out, the tournament holds the European Championship's second-highest aggregate attendance (1,276,000) and average per game (41,158) for the 16-team format, surpassed only in 2012.
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Fred Keogh
Ilias Tsiabardas, WEMBLEY Stadium
Richard D. Boyle
Louis Michael Durocher,, One of the reasonable expectations when correcting someone else is that your correction can withstand a fact check. Better luck next time.
Ilias Tsiabardas
1996 UEFA EUROPEAN FOOTBALL FINALS ,(England ) final game Germany VS Czech republic Germany won 2-1 Webley Stadium London Date 30 of June ⚽
deborahpmercer
Publicola, Yes, I've checked over and over and it was England, and anyway, as a UK resident I remember it - and "Football's Coming Home" has to be one of the most insidious ear-worms ever penned!
Publicola
Louis Michael Durocher,, Every source I've seen says it was in England. What's your source?