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It was the 10th edition of the European Football Championship , held every four years and endorsed by UEFA . The tournament's final stages took place between June 8 and June 30 , 1996 . The slogan of the tournament was "Football Comes Home." This was the very first edition to introduce the current format of 16 countries competing in the final tournament. Fifteen teams had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage. England qualified automatically as hosts of the event. The qualifying round was played throughout 1994 and 1995 . There were eight qualifying groups of six teams each, with the exception of group 3, which only had 5. The matches were played in a home-and-away basis. The winner and the runner-up of each group qualified automatically, with the exception of the two worst runners-up. These two teams had to play an additional playoff between them (single match in neutral ground), to determine the 16th team to join all others in the final tournament. This was between Republic Of Ireland and Holland at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool which the Dutch won 2-0. Continental power Germany reclaimed the title after their surprising '92 Finals loss to Denmark . QUALIFICATION The following teams participated in the final tournament: England automatically qualified for the tournament as host For details concerning the qualifying phase, check 1996 European Football Championship (qualifying) VENUES
SQUADS For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1996 European Football Championship (squads) . FIRST ROUND Note: All times local ( BST ), with half-time scores in brackets. Group A
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