European Football Championship 2016

Applications

• Italy - twice hosted the European Championship ( 1968 , 1980 ).
• Turkey - previously did not accept the European Championships.
• France - twice hosted the European Championship ( 1960 , 1984 ).

Filming Applications

• Norway and Sweden - Sweden hosted the 1992 European Championship ; the application was canceled in December 2009 due to a lack of government support.
•   Scotland and   Wales - previously did not accept the European Championships; Withdrew due to financial crisis.
•   Ireland - previously did not accept the European Championships; after unsuccessful negotiations with Scotland withdrew the application.
•   Russia - previously did not accept the European Championships; in December 2009, she refused to fight because of the impossibility of holding two tournaments in a row in Eastern Europe ^[2] .

Voting

13 members of the UEFA Executive Committee participated in the vote. In the first round, each of the voters had to place the three candidate countries in order of priority. The country put first received 5 points, the second - 2 points, the third - 1 point. According to the results of the first round, the country with the lowest number of points (Italy) dropped out of the race, and in the second round, the host country of Euro 2016 was determined by a simple majority of votes ^[3] .

Of the 54 teams, 23 teams went to the final part, who joined the hostess of the tournament - the French team .

The draw baskets for the draw were created at the end of the selection for the 2014 World Cup, and the draw for the qualification stage took place on February 23, 2014 in Nice. UEFA has made several decisions before qualifying:

• the teams of Armenia and Azerbaijan could not get into one group for political reasons (both teams refused to play against each other in the selection for Euro 2008)
• the teams of Spain and Gibraltar also could not get into one group.

The format of the qualifying stage was a system of 8 groups of 6 teams and 1 group of 5 teams. Winners and second-place teams got to the European Championship directly. Also, the best team among third places should have been directly hit. The remaining 8 third teams were to play in butt games for the remaining four tickets. The draw for the qualification stage of the European Championship 2016 was held on February 23, 2014 in the French city of Nice.

Qualified for the final tournament

Most of the stadiums hosting the 2016 European Championship, in different years, hosted European and world football championships. Among them are the World Cups of 1938 and 1998 , the European Cups of 1960 and 1984 , as well as the 2003 Confederations Cup.

In order to increase the number of teams from 16 to 24, in the final tournament, it was decided to add 2 additional groups of 4 teams and another stage of the playoffs (1/8 finals). The teams that won first and second places in the groups, as well as the four best teams that took third places (teams leaving third place are determined by the number of points scored in the group) go to the playoffs. Additional indicators for the equality of points for 2 or more teams (Article 18.01 of the Rules of Procedure for the European Championship 2016):

  a.  The result of the games among themselves is points;
      b.  The result of the games among themselves is the difference in goals;
      c.  The result of the games among themselves is the number of goals scored;
      d.  If after applying the criteria from a) to c) the teams still have equal indicators,
      then to determine the final tournament position criteria from a) to c)
      reapplied exclusively to matches involving these teams.
      If this procedure also does not allow a final decision, then criteria from e) to h) are used:
      e.  Total goal difference;
      f.  The number of goals scored in all games;
      g.  Fair play as described in Annex C.5.1;
      h.  UEFA National Team Rankings

  (Article 18.02):
      If two teams with the same number of points scored and conceded goals play the last match in the group
      against each other, and these figures are equal at the end of the match, the best of these two teams is determined in the penalty shootout
      provided that no other teams in the group have the same number of points.
      If more than two teams in a group have the same number of points, then the criteria of Article 18.01 apply.

Regulation of the European Football Championship for the table of the third teams.

  Identification of the four best teams among third teams
   (Article 18.03):
      a.  More points;
      b.  The best goal difference;
      c.  The number of goals scored;
      d.  Fair play as described in Annex C.5.1;
      e.  Position in the UEFA ranking for national teams (see Appendix B.1.2.b) [5] .

Draw and Sowing Teams

The draw took place in Paris on December 12, 2015 at 18:00 ( CET ).

The teams were divided into four baskets:

• Basket 1: five participants in the qualifying round, including the current European champions Spaniards.
• Baskets 2, 3 and 4: six teams each

The French team was not in any sowing basket, as it was automatically assigned the first position in group A.

As a result of the draw, the participants in the final stage were divided into six quartets (from A to F), from where the two strongest teams, as well as the four best teams, took third places in the playoffs.

Head Coaches and Team Captains

For coaches, the flag is indicated if the specialist heads the team of a country other than his

Lineups

Injuries

A number of national team players were injured and were unable to take part in the European Championship. These included:

Team Outfit

A complete list of judges was presented on March 1, 2016 ^[41] .

Group A

Group B

Group C

• Note If the points are equal and the match is a draw in a personal meeting, the German national team in the group stage is in the table above the Polish national team due to the best overall goal difference (paragraph e of Article 18.01 of the European Championship 2016).

Group D

Group E

• Note If the points are equal, the Italian team according to the results of the group tournament is in the table above the Belgian team due to a victory in a personal meeting (clause a of article 18.01 of the Rules of the European Championship 2016).

Group F

• Note If the points are equal and the match is a draw in a personal meeting, the Hungarian national team in the group stage is in the table above the Iceland national team due to the best overall goal difference (paragraph e of Article 18.01 of the European Championship 2016).

Comparison of Third Place Teams

• Note In case of equality of points

1) the national team of Slovakia is in the table above the national team of Ireland due to the best goal difference (paragraph b of Article 18.03 of the Regulations for the European Championship 2016);

2) the national teams of Portugal and Northern Ireland are in the table above the national teams of Turkey and Albania due to the better goal difference (paragraph b of Article 18.03 of the Rules for the European Championship 2016);

3) the Portuguese national team is in the table above the Northern Ireland national team due to the greater number of goals scored (paragraph c of Article 18.03 of the Rules for the European Championship 2016);

4) the Turkish national team is in the table above the national team of Albania due to the greater number of goals scored (paragraph c of Article 18.03 of the Rules for the European Championship 2016).

Grid

1/8 Finals

1/4 Finals

1/2 finals

Final

Champion