[1] Later in time, the concept of "Eastern Europe" was created during the Age of Enlightenment to consolidate and purify the concept of "Western Europe".[2]. Western Europe is the region comprising the western part of Europe. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. Germany’s 2011 census put the total population of the country at 81.43 million, with 65.54 million in the west and 16.3 million in the east, including Berlin.

Although some countries were officially neutral, they were classified according to the nature of their political and economic systems. Including the competition's former incarnation as the Home Nations Championship, the 1991 Five Nations Championship was the 97th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship. Russia 0-0 Wales2004 European Championships play-offDate: 15 November, 2003. Newport-born duo Peter Nicholas - who went on to manage Newport County AFC - and Mark Aizlewood – who had started his career at Somerton Park – were also in the team alongside Andy Melville, Dave Phillips, Paul Bodin and Barry Horne. In Ricci's writings, Ricci referred to himself as "Matteo of the Far West". Wales 0-1 Russia2004 European Championships qualifierDate: 19 November, 2003. Andrew Penman, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mo6JxFYlrw.

Gheorghe Hagi opened the scoring after an uncharacteristic Neville Southall fumble in the Wales goal but Dean Saunders equalised for Wales. Wales full-back Mark Bowen scored a last-minute consolation for the hosts at the Racecourse Ground as the Netherlands topped the qualifying group while winless Wales finished bottom. [18], Other Western European languages include the Celtic group (that is, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and Breton[18]) and Basque, the only currently living European language isolate.

In 1948 the Treaty of Brussels was signed between Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Welsh football's class of '76 are often referred to as the forgotten team. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. West Germany qualified for Italia’90 with a narrow 2-1 win against Wales, as a mere goal against separated them from having to watch the 1990 World Cup as bystanders.

The division between these two was enhanced during Late antiquity and the Middle Ages by a number of events. The home side never recovered from the crushing blow and Florin Raducioiu's late winner for Romania shattered Welsh dreams once again. Ian Rush opened the scoring at the Racecourse with a first-half tap-in before strike-partner Mark Hughes' memorable scissors kick goal sent the fans into raptures. The Scotland striker appeared to handle the ball in the Wales box under pressure from Wales defender David Jones as they challenged for Asa Hartford's long throw - and amazingly to the Welsh players' disbelief, French referee Robert Wurtz awarded a penalty. Wales 1-0 Germany1992 European Championship qualifierDate: 5 June, 1991. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. After victories over Belgium and Luxembourg and a 1-1 draw in Belgium the stunning victory over Germany raised hopes that Yorath’s men would make it to the tournament in Sweden. ... EM 92 Qualifier Germany v Wales 16th OCT 1991 - Duration: 11:22. [citation needed]. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event.

In June 1991, Wales beat reigning world champions Germany 1-0 in a European Championship qualifier at the Cardiff Arms Park. Wales 2-1 Italy2004 European Championships qualifierDate: 16 October, 2002.

A crowd of 38,000 watched the team that had won the World Cup (as West Germany) in Italy just 11 months beforehand beaten 1-0.

The climate of Western Europe varies from subtropical and semi-arid in the coasts of Italy, Portugal and Spain to alpine in the Pyrenees and the Alps. Western European Union. Germany has the highest GDP in Europe and the largest financial surplus of any country, Luxembourg has the world's highest GDP per capita, and Germany has the highest net national wealth of any European state.

Wales needed a victory against Scotland at Anfield to qualify for the 1978 World Cup finals.