| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 20 April 1994 – 13 December 1995 |
| Teams | 47 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 231 |
| Goals scored | 680 (2.94 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Davor Šuker (12 goals) |
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| UEFA European Qualifiers |
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Qualifying for UEFA Euro 1996 took place throughout 1994 and 1995. Forty-seven teams were divided into eight groups, with each team playing the others in their group both home and away. The winners of each group and the six best runners-up qualified automatically, while the two worst runners-up were involved in a play-off at a neutral venue. England qualified automatically as hosts of the event.
This was the first European Championship qualifying phase in which three points were awarded for each win, as opposed to the two points that had been awarded previously.