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Group 5 of the

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tournament was played as four team group consisting of

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and

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. At the time of the draw on 2 February 1990, Group 5 had contained a fifth team,

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. The first scheduled match would see Belgium play East Germany on 12 September 1990. On 23 August 1990, the East German parliament confirmed reunification would take place on 3 October. Accordingly, said Belgium-East Germany match, for which tickets had been sold, was still played but as a friendly and was the last match East Germany played. All other games involving East Germany were scratched and fixtures initially scheduled for West Germany were now played as a unified Germany team.

Final table

Results

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Goalscorers

References

UEFA website
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