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The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA. It was held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016.
UEFA Euro 2016 was the fifteenth edition of the European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams, held between 10 June and 10 July 2016 in France. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Qualifying rounds were held between September 2014 and November 2015, in which 53 teams were divided into nine groups of five or six, playing each other on a ...
England renewed their participation in the UEFA Euro 2024 final, held in the Olympiastadion in Berlin, where three–time winners Spain won 2–1 courtesy of a Nico Williams strike at the start of the second half and a 86th-minute winner by Mikel Oyarzabal, after a Cole Palmer equaliser for England. As a result, Spain won a record–breaking ...
Since 1996, the individual events have been branded as "UEFA Euro [year]". Before entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process. Until 2016, the championship winners could compete in the following year's FIFA Confederations Cup, but were not obliged to do so. [10]
The following article outlines statistics for UEFA Euro 2016, which took place in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Goals scored during penalty shoot-outs are not counted, and matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are considered draws.
In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary. [3] As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off. UEFA set out the following schedule for the round of 16: [3] Match 1: Runners-up Group A vs Runners-up Group C; Match 2: Winners Group D vs 3rd Place Group ...
For UEFA Euro 2016, the 24 participating national teams had to submit squads of 23 players – of which three had to be goalkeepers – by 31 May 2016, 10 days prior to the opening match of the tournament. In the event that a player on the submitted squad list suffered an injury or illness prior to his team's first match of the tournament, that ...
Group E of UEFA Euro 2016 contained Belgium, Italy, Republic of Ireland and Sweden. Italy was the only former European champion in this group, having won in 1968 . Matches were played from 13 to 22 June 2016.