00:00 Germany vs Czech Republic Group C Matchday 1
03:31 Russia vs Germany Group C Matchday 2
06:08 Italy vs Germany Group C Matchday 3
09:26 Germany vs Croatia QuarterFinal
13:30 Germany vs England SemiFinal
18:50 Czech Republic vs Germany Final

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Germany won the tournament, beating the Czech Republic 2–1 in the final with a golden goal during extra time; this was the first major competition to be decided using this method. This was also Germany's first major title won as a unified nation, adding to the two European Championship titles won by West Germany prior to reunification.

The Czechs lost to Germany, the eventual group winners, in their opener, but then defeated Italy and drew with Russia. Italy's defeat meant they had to beat Germany in their final game to progress, but the World Cup finalists could only manage a 0–0 draw and were eliminated.

Jürgen Klinsmann opened the scoring for Germany in their match against Croatia. A 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 semifinal was a repeat of the 1990 World Cup semifinal between Germany and England. Alan Shearer headed in after three 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 fractionally missed a cross from Shearer in front of the empty goal, Darren Anderton hit the post, and Kuntz had a goal disallowed for pushing. Neither team was able to find a second goal. In 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.

The final saw the Czech Republic hoping to repeat Euro 1976 when Czechoslovakia defeated West Germany; the Germans were aiming to win their third European Championship. Patrik Berger scored from a penalty in 59th minute to put the Czechs ahead. German substitute Oliver Bierhoff scored in the 73rd minute to make it 1–1. Five minutes into extra time, 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 again, but for the first time as a unified country.

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Euro 96 Germany team:

12 Oliver Kahn
1 Andreas Köpke
22 Oliver Reck
14 Markus Babbel
5 Thomas Helmer
15 Jürgen Kohler
2 Stefan Reuter
16 René Schneider
13 Mario Basler
21 Dieter Eilts
4 Steffen Freund
10 Thomas Häßler
7 Andreas Möller
6 Matthias Sammer
8 Mehmet Scholl
19 Thomas Strunz
23 Jens Todt
17 Christian Ziege
20 Oliver Bierhoff
9 Fredi Bobic
3 Marco Bode
18 Jürgen Klinsmann
11 Stefan Kuntz

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Berti Vogts

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