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Germany

Germany have one of the strongest records of any side at the World Cup finals; 7 appearances in the final itself winning 3 and losing 4. The Germans are traditionally ruthlessly efficient, rarely falling to lesser teams; they have failed to make at least the quarter finals of the World Cup only once in their history - that way back in 1938 - a remarkable record for a team that has played in all but 2 finals.
Germany have made few friends in their history, with most of the footballing world turning against them in 1982 after they played out a mutually convenient 1-0 win over Austria with neither side making any attempt to attack after the Germans scored early. In recent years the German national team has suffered from a dearth of talent coming through, with the final appearance (amazingly the first and only occasion Brazil and Germany have met competitively) in 2002 being largely due to an favourable passage through the knockout stages.
2006 signalled a rebirth in German football, as they played some of the best attacking football in the tournament on their own soil, beating favourites Argentina in the quarter finals before losing narrowly to a more robust Italian side in the semi finals.

YEAR
EARLY STAGES
QUARTER FINALS
SEMI FINALS
FINAL
1934
5 - 2 Vs Belgium
2 - 1 Vs Sweden
1 - 3 Vs Czechoslovakia
Third Place Match
3 - 2 Vs Austria
1938
1 - 1 Vs Switzerland
2 - 4 Vs Switzerland (Replay)
1954
Group 2
4 - 1 Vs Turkey
3 - 8 Vs Hungary
Play Off
7 - 2 Vs Turkey
2 - 0 Vs Yugoslavia
6 - 1 Vs Austria
3 - 2 Vs Hungary
1958
Group 1
3 - 1 Vs Argentina
2 - 2 Vs Czechoslovakia
2 - 2 Vs Northern Ireland
1 - 0 Vs Yugoslavia
1 - 3 Vs Sweden
Third Place Match
3 - 6 Vs France
1962
Group 2
0 - 0 Vs Italy
2 - 1 Vs Switzerland
2 - 0 Vs Chile
0 - 1 Vs Yugoslavia
1966
Group 2
5 - 0 Vs Switzerland
0 - 0 Vs Argentina
2 - 1 Vs Spain
4 - 0 Vs Uruguay
2 - 1 Vs Soviet Union
2 - 4 Vs England
1970
Group 4
2 - 1 Vs Morocco
5 - 2 Vs Bulgaria
3 - 1 Vs Peru
3 - 2 Vs England
3 - 4 Vs Italy
Third Place Match
1 - 0 Vs Uruguay
1974
Group 1
1 - 0 Vs Chile
3 - 0 Vs Australia
0 - 1 Vs East Germany
Group B
2 - 0 Vs Yugoslavia
4 - 2 Vs Sweden
1 - 0 Vs Poland
Germany advanced straight to the Final.
2 - 1 Vs Holland
1978
Group 2
0 - 0 Vs Poland
6 - 0 Vs Mexico
0 - 0 Vs Tunisia
Group A
0 - 0 Vs Italy
2 - 2 Vs Holland
2 - 3 Vs Austria
1982
Group 2
1 - 2 Vs Algeria
4 - 1 Vs Chile
1 - 0 Vs Austria
Group B
0 - 0 Vs England
2 - 1 Vs Spain
3 - 3 Vs France
West Germany won 5 - 4 on penalties.
1 - 3 Vs Italy
1986
Group E
1 - 1 Vs Uruguay
2 - 1 Vs Scotland
0 - 2 Vs Denmark
Last 16
1 - 0 Vs Morocco
0 - 0 Vs Mexico
West Germany won 4 - 1 on penalties.
2 - 0 Vs France
2 - 3 Vs Argentina
1990
Group D
4 - 1 Vs Yugoslavia
5 - 1 Vs United Arab Emirates
1 - 1 Vs Colombia
Last 16
2 - 1 Vs Holland
1 - 0 Vs Czechoslovakia
1 - 1 Vs England
West Germany won 4 - 3 on penalties.
1 - 0 Vs Argentina
1994
Group C
1 - 0 Vs Bolivia
1 - 1 Vs Spain
3 - 2 Vs South Korea
Last 16
3 - 2 Vs Belgium
1 - 2 Vs Bulgaria
1998
Group F
2 - 0 Vs USA
2 - 2 Vs Yugoslavia
2 - 0 Vs Iran
Last 16
2 - 1 Vs Mexico
0 - 3 Vs Croatia
2002
Group E
1 - 1 Vs Republic of Ireland
2 - 0 Vs Cameroon
8 - 0 Vs Saudi Arabia
Last 16
1 - 0 Vs Paraguay
1 - 0 Vs USA
1 - 0 Vs South Korea
0 - 2 Vs Brazil
2006
Group A
4 - 2 Vs Costa Rica
1 - 0 Vs Poland
3 - 0 Vs Ecuador
Last 16
2 - 0 Vs Sweden
1 - 1 Vs Argentina
Germany won 4 - 2 on penalties.
0 - 2 Vs Italy
Third Place Match
3 - 1 Vs Portugal
2010
Group D
0 - 1 Vs Serbia
1 - 0 Vs Ghana
4 - 0 Vs Australia
Last 16
4 - 1 Vs England
4 - 0 Vs Argentina
0 - 1 Vs Spain
Third Place Match
3 - 2 Vs Uruguay

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