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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.
The UEFA Euro 2016 final was the final match of UEFA Euro 2016, the fifteenth edition of the European Championship, UEFA's quadrennial competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Stade de France in Paris , France, on 10 July 2016, and was contested between Portugal and hosts France .
The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2016 began on 25 June 2016 and ended on 10 July 2016 with the final in Saint-Denis, France, near Paris. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All times listed are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2 )
On 28 May 2010, UEFA announced that UEFA Euro 2016 would be hosted by France. France beat bids of Turkey (7–6 in voting in the second voting round) and Italy, which had the fewest votes in the first voting round. [68] Euro 2016 was the first to have 24 teams in the finals. [69] This was the third time France have hosted the competition.
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 ...
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.
Northern Ireland have only qualified once for a UEFA European Championship, the 2016 edition. They directly qualified as group winners, and were already secured of qualification after the penultimate matchday. [1] For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4. [2]
Just like in Belgium's previous Euro tournament in 2000, they lost 2–0 to Italy in the group phase. [6] In spite of winning with broad margins against the Republic of Ireland (3–0) [7] and Hungary (4–0) at UEFA Euro 2016, [8] [9] Belgium's second very talented generation disappointed with a quarter-final exit. As during the tournament's ...