UEFA Euro 2016
The 2016 UEFA European Championship (also called the UEFA Euro 2016) was the 15th UEFA European Football Championship tournament and it was held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016.[4] The tournament was the first to have 24 teams,[5] instead of the previous 16.
Championnat d'Europe de football 2016 (in French) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | France |
Dates | 10 June – 10 July |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Portugal (1st title) |
Runners-up | France |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 108 (2.12 per match) |
Attendance | 2,427,303 (47,594 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Antoine Griezmann (6 goals)[1] |
Best player(s) | Antoine Griezmann[2] |
Best young player | Renato Sanches[3] |
Portugal won the tournament over the hosts, France. They also qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which took place in Russia.[6]
Bid process
Four bids came before the deadline on 9 March 2009. France, Italy and Turkey put in single bids while Norway and Sweden put in a joint bid.[7] Norway and Sweden eventually withdrew their bid in December 2009.[8]
The host was selected on 28 May 2010.[9]
Country | Round | |
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1st (points) | 2nd (votes) | |
France | 43 | 7 |
Turkey | 38 | 6 |
Italy | 23 | – |
Total | 104 | 13 |
Qualification
Country | Qualified on | Previous appearances[n 1] |
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Albania | 11 October 2015 | 0 (first time qualifying) |
Austria | 8 September 2015 | 1 (2008) |
Belgium | 10 October 2015 | 4 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000) |
Croatia | 13 October 2015 | 4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Czech Republic | 6 September 2015 | 8 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
England | 5 September 2015 | 8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012) |
France (host) | 28 May 2010 | 8 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Germany | 11 October 2015 | 11 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Hungary | 15 November 2015 | 2 (1964, 1972) |
Iceland | 6 September 2015 | 0 (first time qualifying) |
Italy | 10 October 2015 | 8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Northern Ireland | 8 October 2015 | 0 (first time qualifying) |
Poland | 11 October 2015 | 2 (2008, 2012) |
Portugal | 8 October 2015 | 6 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Republic of Ireland | 16 November 2015 | 2 (1988, 2012) |
Romania | 11 October 2015 | 4 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008) |
Russia | 12 October 2015 | 4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)[n 2] |
Slovakia | 11 October 2015 | 0 (first time qualifying) |
Spain | 9 October 2015 | 9 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Sweden | 17 November 2015 | 5 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Switzerland | 9 October 2015 | 3 (1996, 2004, 2008) |
Turkey | 13 October 2015 | 3 (1996, 2000, 2008) |
Ukraine | 17 November 2015 | 1 (2012) |
Wales | 10 October 2015 | 0 (first time qualifying) |
Venues
Ten venues will be used for the tournament. These venues were confirmed by UEFA on 25 January 2013.[11]
Team base camps
Each team has a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams will train here as well. The list of team base camps was released on 31 January 2016.[12]
Team | Location |
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Albania | Perros-Guirec |
Austria | Mallemort |
Belgium | Bordeaux |
Croatia | Deauville |
Czech Republic | Tours |
England | Chantilly |
France | Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines |
Germany | Évian-les-Bains |
Hungary | Tourrettes |
Iceland | Annecy-le-Vieux |
Italy | Montpellier |
Northern Ireland | Saint-Georges-de-Reneins |
Poland | La Baule-Escoublac |
Portugal | Marcoussis |
Republic of Ireland | Versailles |
Romania | Orry-la-Ville |
Russia | Croissy-sur-Seine |
Slovakia | Vichy |
Spain | Saint-Martin-de-Ré |
Sweden | Saint-Nazaire |
Switzerland | Juvignac |
Turkey | Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer |
Ukraine | Aix-en-Provence |
Wales | Dinard |
Group Stage
A win would earn the team 3 points, a draw would earn them 1 point, and a loss earns them no points. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 25 April 2014[4]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
3 | Albania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 |
4 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 |
10 June 2016 | ||
France | 2 – 1 | Romania |
11 June 2016 | ||
Albania | 0 – 1 | Switzerland |
15 June 2016 | ||
Romania | 1 – 1 | Switzerland |
France | 2 – 0 | Albania |
19 June 2016 | ||
Romania | 0 – 1 | Albania |
Switzerland | 0 – 0 | France |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
2 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
11 June 2016 | ||
Wales | 2 – 1 | Slovakia |
England | 1 – 1 | Russia |
15 June 2016 | ||
Russia | 1 – 2 | Slovakia |
16 June 2016 | ||
England | 2 – 1 | Wales |
20 June 2016 | ||
Slovakia | 0 – 0 | England |
Russia | 0 – 3 | Wales |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
3 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
12 June 2016 | ||
Poland | 1 − 0 | Northern Ireland |
Germany | 2 − 0 | Ukraine |
16 June 2016 | ||
Ukraine | 0 – 2 | Northern Ireland |
Germany | 0 – 0 | Poland |
21 June 2016 | ||
Ukraine | 0 − 1 | Poland |
Northern Ireland | 0 − 1 | Germany |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
12 June 2016 | ||
Turkey | 0 − 1 | Croatia |
13 June 2016 | ||
Spain | 1 − 0 | Czech Republic |
17 June 2016 | ||
Czech Republic | 2 − 2 | Croatia |
Spain | 3 − 0 | Turkey |
21 June 2016 | ||
Czech Republic | 0 − 2 | Turkey |
Croatia | 2 − 1 | Spain |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
3 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
- Italy was placed on top of Belgium because they defeated them 2−0 on 13 June 2016.
13 June 2016 | ||
Republic of Ireland | 1 − 1 | Sweden |
Belgium | 0 − 2 | Italy |
17 June 2016 | ||
Italy | 1 − 0 | Sweden |
18 June 2016 | ||
Belgium | 3 − 0 | Republic of Ireland |
22 June 2016 | ||
Italy | 0 − 1 | Republic of Ireland |
Sweden | 0 − 1 | Belgium |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
2 | Iceland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
3 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
14 June 2016 | ||
Austria | 0 − 2 | Hungary |
Portugal | 1 − 1 | Iceland |
18 June 2016 | ||
Iceland | 1 − 1 | Hungary |
Portugal | 0 − 0 | Austria |
22 June 2016 | ||
Iceland | 2 − 1 | Austria |
Hungary | 3 − 3 | Portugal |
Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
3 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
6 | Albania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
Knockout stage
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
25 June – Saint-Étienne | ||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
30 June – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
Poland (pen) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
Poland | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
25 June – Lens | ||||||||||||||
Portugal (pen) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
Croatia | 0 | |||||||||||||
6 July – Lyon | ||||||||||||||
Portugal (aet) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Portugal | 2 | |||||||||||||
25 June – Paris | ||||||||||||||
Wales | 0 | |||||||||||||
Wales | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 July – Villeneuve-d'Ascq | ||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland | 0 | |||||||||||||
Wales | 3 | |||||||||||||
26 June – Toulouse | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 1 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 0 | |||||||||||||
10 July – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 4 | |||||||||||||
Portugal (aet) | 1 | |||||||||||||
26 June – Villeneuve-d'Ascq | ||||||||||||||
France | 0 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 July – Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||
Slovakia | 0 | |||||||||||||
Germany (pen) | 1 (6) | |||||||||||||
27 June – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||
7 July – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 0 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | |||||||||||||
26 June – Lyon | ||||||||||||||
France | 2 | |||||||||||||
France | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 July – Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||
Republic of Ireland | 1 | |||||||||||||
France | 5 | |||||||||||||
27 June – Nice | ||||||||||||||
Iceland | 2 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
Iceland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
Switzerland | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Poland |
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Shaqiri 82' | Report | Błaszczykowski 39' |
Penalties | ||
4–5 |
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Wales | 1–0 | Northern Ireland |
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McAuley 75' (o.g.) | Report |
England | 1–2 | Iceland |
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Rooney 4' (pen) | Report | Sigurðsson 6' Sigþórsson 18' |
Quarter-finals
Poland | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Portugal |
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Lewandowski 2' | Report | Sanches 33' |
Penalties | ||
Lewandowski Milik Glik Błaszczykowski | 3–5 | Ronaldo Sanches Moutinho Nani Quaresma |
Wales | 3–1 | Belgium |
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Williams 31' Robson-Kanu 55' Vokes 86' | Report | Nainggolan 13' |
France | 5–2 | Iceland |
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Giroud 12', 59' Pogba 20' Payet 43' Griezmann 45' | Report | Sigþórsson 56' Bjarnason 84' |
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 3 goals
- Olivier Giroud
- Dimitri Payet
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Nani
- Álvaro Morata
- Gareth Bale
- 2 goals
- Romelu Lukaku
- Radja Nainggolan
- Ivan Perišić
- Mario Gómez
- Balázs Dzsudzsák
- Birkir Bjarnason
- Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
- Graziano Pellè
- Jakub Błaszczykowski
- Robbie Brady
- Bogdan Stancu
- Hal Robson-Kanu
- 1 goal
- Armando Sadiku
- Alessandro Schöpf
- Toby Alderweireld
- Michy Batshuayi
- Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
- Eden Hazard
- Axel Witsel
- Nikola Kalinić
- Luka Modrić
- Ivan Rakitić
- Tomáš Necid
- Milan Škoda
- Eric Dier
- Wayne Rooney
- Daniel Sturridge
- Jamie Vardy
- Paul Pogba
- Jérôme Boateng
- Julian Draxler
- Shkodran Mustafi
- Mesut Özil
- Bastian Schweinsteiger
- Zoltán Gera
- Zoltán Stieber
- Ádám Szalai
- Jón Daði Böðvarsson
- Gylfi Sigurðsson
- Ragnar Sigurðsson
- Arnór Ingvi Traustason
- Leonardo Bonucci
- Giorgio Chiellini
- Éder
- Emanuele Giaccherini
- Gareth McAuley
- Niall McGinn
- Robert Lewandowski
- Arkadiusz Milik
- Éder
- Ricardo Quaresma
- Renato Sanches
- Wes Hoolahan
- Vasili Berezutski
- Denis Glushakov
- Ondrej Duda
- Marek Hamšík
- Vladimír Weiss
- Nolito
- Gerard Piqué
- Admir Mehmedi
- Fabian Schär
- Xherdan Shaqiri
- Ozan Tufan
- Burak Yılmaz
- Aaron Ramsey
- Neil Taylor
- Sam Vokes
- Ashley Williams
- 1 own goal
- Birkir Már Sævarsson (playing against Hungary)
- Gareth McAuley (playing against Wales)
- Ciaran Clark (playing against Sweden)
Final rankings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Portugal | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 |
2 | France | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 16 |
Eliminated in the Semi-finals | |||||||||
3 | Wales | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 |
4 | Germany | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 |
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals | |||||||||
5 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 |
6 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 |
7 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 9 |
8 | Iceland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | –1 | 8 |
Eliminated in the Round of 16 | |||||||||
9 | Croatia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
10 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
11 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
12 | England | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
13 | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 5 |
14 | Republic of Ireland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 4 |
Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 4 | |
16 | Northern Ireland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 |
Eliminated in the Group stage | |||||||||
17 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 |
18 | Albania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 |
19 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 |
20 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 1 |
21 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 1 |
22 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 |
23 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
24 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | –5 | 0 |
Team of the tournament
- Goalkeeper:
- Defenders:
- Midfielders:
- Joe Allen
- Toni Kroos
- Dimitri Payet
- Aaron Ramsey
- Forwards:
Source:[16]
Sponsorship
Global sponsors | National sponsors |
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