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161:Matches played
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921:Joël Quiniou
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169:Goals scored
136:Fourth place
129:West Germany
109:Soviet Union
42:West Germany
39:Host country
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1235:Switzerland
1221:West Berlin
1114:West Berlin
911:West Berlin
863:Lytovchenko
759:Semi-finals
665:Third place
441:West Berlin
439:31 March –
399:Semi-finals
294:runners-up
242:West Berlin
116:Third place
1486:Categories
1377:References
1082:P. Larsson
286:Tournament
248:Background
96:Runners-up
1351:Referee:
1311:Holmqvist
1296:Eskilsson
1229:Referee:
1180:Argentina
1122:Referee:
1091:Strömberg
1021:Penalties
1003:Truedsson
919:Referee:
776:Argentina
747:Argentina
610:Argentina
347:Reception
303:Argentina
230:Argentina
191:(2 goals)
149:Argentina
76:Champions
1414:T-Online
1365:See also
1189:Matthäus
1046:Matthäus
1037:Eckstein
878:Protasov
827:Maradona
298:, were:
63:Venue(s)
1357:Belgium
1321:88'
1306:52'
1199:30'
1128:Hungary
1013:74'
992:42'
888:62'
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858:14'
848:Zavarov
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812:Troglio
387:Results
1425:22 May
1327:Report
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404:Final
55:Teams
47:Dates
1427:2012
1028:Thon
894:pen.
514:pen.
363:and
355:and
271:and
265:UEFA
232:and
200:The
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