Surely they haven't won all those World Cups since unification?
2006-07-05 10:52:41 · 11 answers · asked by charlie s 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
But as a country GERMANY hasn't earned all those stars
2006-07-05 11:12:11 · update #1
I guess with the unification all their wins are added together.
2006-07-05 10:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by Ajescent 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because East Germany formed with West Germany and West Germany had won the World Cups. The East German Football federation ceased and became part of the DFB (West German federation formally) Of course they are allowed. A bit like France having one and only about 3 players are really French.
Germany did not win them as such but their federation did. So if for example The USSR has won the European Championships (1960) but now do not exist but their fedearition Russia does then they can have a star for that win. However Estonia, Ukraine etc broke away so could not have it. If West Germany joined East Germany (in football sense) then they could not have the 3 stars - ok - got it????
2006-07-05 10:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by Hobsch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English have a star on their shirts because they won the world cup once
2006-07-05 12:27:03 · answer #3 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Germany (former WEST Germany) have won the cup three times.
1954
1974
1990
Sorry - but Germany (former WEST Germany) is a football nation. Whether you want to see it or not. They wear the 3 stars well-deserved and with pride.
Thanks for listening!
2006-07-06 04:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by da_jullie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is another one of those sour grapes questions I think. Does it really matter. What matters is people enjoying football and playing as fair as possible even when highly emotional and tense.
What also matters is being a good loser. Look at Klinsmann yesterday!!! But the three stars aren't half great when yet another ignorant English person mentions World Wars and football in the same sentence.
2006-07-05 12:00:10 · answer #5 · answered by SIM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have 3 stars on their shirt because they won 3 World Cups !
So easy...
2006-07-05 10:57:37 · answer #6 · answered by AO 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See answers above. And also, ethnicity doesn't count when playing for a national team. Citizenship does. That's why Alex (a Brazilian players) can play on the Japanese Team.
2006-07-05 11:26:48 · answer #7 · answered by Nak 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they won three world cups. great footballing nation too having lost in the final twice.
p.s vote for ronaldo
2006-07-05 11:10:00 · answer #8 · answered by dumdum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And why were their two best strikers of the competition both born in Poland?
2006-07-05 20:08:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because they are the host nation.
2006-07-05 10:56:46 · answer #10 · answered by quikboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋