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Group B
The co-hosts Austria along with Poland, Germany and Croatia make up Group B
Austria
Austria have only had friendlies to prepare for the Euro 2008 competition as they automatically qualifed as co-hosts.Their coach Josef Hickersberger lost his first three games in charge, finally winning on his fifth attempt.From October 2006 it was to be another year and 10 games before they won again. Their coach is convinced we will see a very different national team at the European Championship. He thinks both Austria and Switzerland will be excellent hosts. "They will put on a sensational tournament and I am convinced that both teams will reach the quarter-finals." Maybe they are both worth a bet to this?
Previous Form
Austria have never qualified for a UEFA European Championship final tournament so it will be interesting to see how far they can progress.
Poland
Their Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker led Poland to their first ever UEFA European Championship finals,securing their qualification with a game to spare when he struck both goals in a 2-0 home win over Belgium.The Poles secured first place in Group A by holding Serbia to a 2-2 draw in their final qualifier in Belgrade, a result that ended their Serbia's hopes of qualifying.
Previous Form
This is Poland's first time qualifying for the European championship.Poland's best previous campaign saw them come close to qualifying for the 1980 UEFA European Championship final round in Italy, finishing one point behind Holland in their qualifying round group.
Germany
One of the favourites to win the competition Germany were the first team to qualify for Euro 2008. They also broke the record for the biggest ever UEFA European Championship win with a 13-0 victory over San Marino. Their qualification campaign ended sourly when they left the pitch to catcalls after loosing 3-0 to the Czech Republic in Munich. Expect them to put in a strong performance as always in this tournament.
Previous Form
Germany have won the competition once since reunification but three times overall having earlier won the competition in 1972 and 1980 as West Germany. The Czech Republic were defeated in the 1996 final at Wembley, Oliver Bierhoff scoring the golden goal winner five minutes into extra-time after having earlier scored their equaliser 17 minutes from time. Patrik Berger had given the Czechs a 59th-minute lead from the penalty spot. Germany advanced from the group stage with defeats of the Czech Republic (2-0) and Russia (3-0) before holding Italy to a scoreless draw. Their reward was a quarter-final match against Croatia which Germany won 2-1 before they defeated England,yet again, in the semis on penalties after the match ended 1-1 after extra-time.
Croatia
Slaven Bilic helped Croatia to third place in the 1998 World Cup. Since taking over as coach he has put together some impressive results beating Engald twice and ending their chances of qualifying. They were the most consistent performers in Group E.
Previous Form
Having topped their qualification round group for UEFA EURO '96 with 23 points from ten games,the first time they had ever qualified the Croatians were pitched against Denmark, Portugal and Turkey in the final tournament group phase. Opening with two victories against Turkey (1-0) and Denmark (3-0), the Croatians qualification for the knockout phase was guaranteed prior to their 3-0 defeat against Portugal in their last match. Facing eventual winners, Germany, in the quarter-final phase, the Croatians exited following a 2-1 defeat.
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