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UEFA Euro 2008 Group B

Football tournament group stage

Summary

Football tournament group stage

Group B of UEFA Euro 2008 was played from 8 to 16 June 2008. All six of the group's matches were played at venues in Austria, in Vienna and Klagenfurt. The group was made up of four central European nations; co-hosts Austria, as well as Croatia, Germany and Poland. Austria and Poland were appearing in a European Championship finals for the first time.

Croatia became the first team from the group to qualify for the quarter-finals after following up a 1–0 victory against Austria in their first match with a 2–1 win over Germany. This, in conjunction with Austria's 1–1 draw with Poland, meant that Croatia finish top of Group B. The second quarter-final berth was decided by the group's final matches, with Germany defeating Austria through a Michael Ballack free kick, making the result of the Poland vs. Croatia match irrelevant. Had Germany lost, Poland could still have qualified with a win over Croatia. However, a goal from Ivan Klasnić won the game for Croatia, making the Croatians the first team to gain maximum points in the group stage.

Teams

Draw positionTeamPotMethod of
qualificationDate of
qualificationFinals
appearanceLast
appearancePrevious best
performanceUEFA RankingsFIFA Rankings
June 2008November 2007May 2008
B11Co-host12 December 20021st—Debut272992
B22Group E winner17 November 20073rd2004Quarter-finals (1996)21115
B33Group D runner-up13 October 200710th2004Winners (1972, 1980, 1996)745
B44Group A winner17 November 20071st—Debut121328

Notes

Standings

In the quarter-finals,

  • The winner of Group B, Croatia, advanced to play the runner-up of Group A, Turkey.
  • The runner-up of Group B, Germany, advanced to play the winner of Group A, Portugal.

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time ([UTC+02:00

Austria vs Croatia

  • [Modrić
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Josef Hickersberger
Slaven Bilić

|}

Germany vs Poland

  • Podolski
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Joachim Löw
NED Leo Beenhakker

|}

Croatia vs Germany

  • Srna
  • Olić
  • Podolski
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Slaven Bilić
Joachim Löw

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Austria vs Poland

  • Vastić
  • Guerreiro
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Josef Hickersberger
NED Leo Beenhakker

|}

Poland vs Croatia

  • Klasnić
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NED Leo Beenhakker
Slaven Bilić

|}

Austria vs Germany

  • Ballack
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Josef Hickersberger
Joachim Löw

|}

Notes

References

References

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  2. (8 June 2008). "Team Line-ups – Group B – Austria-Croatia". Union of European Football Associations.
  3. "Reserve officials – EURO 2008". UEFA.
  4. (8 June 2008). "Full-time report Germany-Poland". Union of European Football Associations.
  5. (8 June 2008). "Team Line-ups – Group B – Germany-Poland". Union of European Football Associations.
  6. (12 June 2008). "Full-time report Croatia-Germany". Union of European Football Associations.
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