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Background |
West Germany won the right to host the tournament with five votes
ahead of a joint bid from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, who gained 1 vote,
and a bid from England. |
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The Build-Up |
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Group Two Table |
|
Team |
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
GD
|
Pts
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USSR |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
5 |
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Netherlands |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
4 |
|
Republic of Ireland |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
3 |
|
England |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
0 |
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12 June 1988
all times BST |
3.30pm
England 0 Republic
of Ireland 1
[0-1]
Neckarstadion,
Stuttgart
(51,373) |
Houghton |
8.15pm
Netherlands 0 USSR 1 [0-0]
Mungersdorfer Stadion, Köln
(54,336) |
Rats |
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15 June 1988 |
5.15pm
England 1 Netherlands
3 [0-0]
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf (63,940) |
Robson
van Basten (3) |
8.15pm
Republic of Ireland 1 USSR 1 [1-0]
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
(38,308) |
Whelan
Protasov |
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18 June 1988
both 3.30pm
|
England 1 USSR 3
[1-2]
Waldstadion,
Frankfurt
(48,335) |
Adams
Aleinikov, MikhaIlićhenko, Pasulko |
Republic of Ireland 0 Netherlands 1 [1-0]
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
(64,731) |
Kieft |
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ENGLAND ARE ELIMINATED |
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Group One Table |
|
Team |
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
GD
|
Pts
|
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West Germany |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
+4 |
5 |
|
Italy |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
5 |
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Spain |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
2 |
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Denmark |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
0 |
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Semi-Finals |
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21 June 1988
both 8.15pm
|
West Germany 1 Netherlands 2
[0-0]
Volksparkstadion,
Hamburg (56,115) |
Matthëus
R.Koeman, Van Basten |
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22 June 1988 |
USSR 2 Italy 0
[0-0]
Neckarstadion,
Stuttgart
(61,606) |
Lytovchenko, Protasov |
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The
1988 Final |
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25 June 1988 |
USSR 0 Netherlands 2
[0-1]
Olympiastadion, München
(62,770) |
Gullit, Van Basten |
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England
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