The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by Sweden. Never did a European Championship produce such surprising winners as Denmark in 1992. The Danes hadn't even qualified for the tournament. Their players had to be recalled from holiday when the winners of the Danish qualifying group, Yugoslavia, were banned from the competition at the last moment, in response to the escalating conflict in the Balkans.

Final Denmark 2-0 Germany Semi-finals
Sweden	2-3	Germany	Holland	2-2	Denmark
			(Penalties: 4-5)
First Round
Group A			Group B
Sweden 3 2 1 0 4-2 5 Denmark 3 1 1 1 2-2 3 France 3 0 2 1 2-3 2 England 3 0 2 1 1-2 2			Holland 3 2 1 0 5-2 7 Germany 3 1 2 0 4-3 5 Scotland 3 1 1 1 3-4 4 CIS [1] 3 0 0 3 1-4 0
France Sweden Sweden France Denmark Sweden	1-2 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1	Denmark England Denmark England England France	Scotland Holland Holland Scotland CIS Holland	3-0 3-1 0-0 0-2 1-1 1-0	CIS Germany CIS Germany Germany Scotland
Euro 1988 • European Championship • Euro 1996

#1 The short-lived Commonwealth of Independent States comprised of former Soviet Republics.