West Germany national football team
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The West Germany national football team was the former national side of the Federal Republic of Germany, renowned as one of the most successful teams in football history with multiple World Cup and European Championship titles before reunification.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| West Germany national football team canonical | 28 |
| West Germany national football team, 1964 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6036027 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: West Germany national football team Context triple: [Frank Mill, nationalTeam, West Germany national football team]
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A.
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is one of the world’s most successful international sides, renowned for its tactical discipline and multiple FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship titles.
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B.
United Team of Germany
The United Team of Germany was a combined Olympic team that represented athletes from both East and West Germany during several Games in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before the two states competed separately.
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West Germany
West Germany was the democratic, capitalist western portion of Germany during the Cold War, which became an economic powerhouse and key NATO member after World War II.
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Germany women's national football team
The Germany women's national football team is one of the most successful sides in women's soccer history, renowned for multiple World Cup and European Championship titles and a strong tradition of tactical discipline and technical quality.
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E.
Germany under-21 national football team
The Germany under-21 national football team is the country's youth representative side in international football, serving as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Germany national football team Target entity description: The West Germany national football team was the former national side of the Federal Republic of Germany, renowned as one of the most successful teams in football history with multiple World Cup and European Championship titles before reunification.
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A.
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is one of the world’s most successful international sides, renowned for its tactical discipline and multiple FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship titles.
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B.
United Team of Germany
The United Team of Germany was a combined Olympic team that represented athletes from both East and West Germany during several Games in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before the two states competed separately.
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C.
West Germany
West Germany was the democratic, capitalist western portion of Germany during the Cold War, which became an economic powerhouse and key NATO member after World War II.
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D.
Germany women's national football team
The Germany women's national football team is one of the most successful sides in women's soccer history, renowned for multiple World Cup and European Championship titles and a strong tradition of tactical discipline and technical quality.
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E.
Germany under-21 national football team
The Germany under-21 national football team is the country's youth representative side in international football, serving as a key development stage for future senior national team players.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national association football team ⓘ |
| confederation | UEFA ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedFollowing | German reunification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| existedFrom | 1950 ⓘ |
| existedUntil | 1990 ⓘ |
| FIFAMembership | FIFA member ⓘ |
| FIFATrigramme | FRG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIFAWorldCupRunnersUp | 4 ⓘ |
| FIFAWorldCupThirdPlaceFinishes | 4 ⓘ |
| FIFAWorldCupTitles | 3 ⓘ |
| governingBody | German Football Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeStadium | various stadiums in West Germany ⓘ |
| nickname | Die Nationalmannschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Franz Beckenbauer
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Helmut Schön NERFINISHED ⓘ Jupp Derwall NERFINISHED ⓘ Sepp Herberger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMatch |
1954 World Cup Final against Hungary
NERFINISHED
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1974 World Cup Final against Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ 1990 World Cup Final against Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Berti Vogts
NERFINISHED
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Franz Beckenbauer NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerd Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl-Heinz Rummenigge NERFINISHED ⓘ Lothar Matthäus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sepp Maier NERFINISHED ⓘ Uwe Seeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented | Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputation | one of the most successful national teams in football history ⓘ |
| runnersUpIn |
1966 FIFA World Cup
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1976 UEFA European Championship ⓘ 1982 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 1986 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 1992 UEFA European Championship as successor team ⓘ |
| shortName | West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | disciplined and tactically organized ⓘ |
| successor | Germany national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors | white shirts and black shorts ⓘ |
| thirdPlaceIn |
1934 FIFA World Cup
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1970 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 2006 FIFA World Cup as host successor team ⓘ |
| UEFAEuropeanChampionshipRunnersUp | 2 ⓘ |
| UEFAEuropeanChampionshipTitles | 2 ⓘ |
| wonTournament |
1954 FIFA World Cup
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1972 UEFA European Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ 1974 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 1980 UEFA European Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ 1990 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: West Germany national football team Description of subject: The West Germany national football team was the former national side of the Federal Republic of Germany, renowned as one of the most successful teams in football history with multiple World Cup and European Championship titles before reunification.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
West Germany national football team, 1964
subject surface form:
Game of the Century (1970 World Cup)
subject surface form:
Game of the Century (1970 World Cup)
subject surface form:
Game of the Century (1970 World Cup)
Antonín Panenka scored a chipped penalty in the shoot-out
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opponentTeam
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West Germany national football team
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subject surface form:
Germany FR vs Poland (1978 FIFA World Cup)
subject surface form:
Germany FR vs Poland (1978 FIFA World Cup)