UEFA Euro 2016

UEFA Euro 2016
Championnat d'Europe de football 2016
(in French)
Le Rendez-Vous
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates10 June – 10 July
Teams24
Venue(s)10 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored108 (2.12 per match)
Attendance2,427,303 (47,594 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Antoine Griezmann (6 goals)[1]
Best player(s)France Antoine Griezmann[2]
Best young playerPortugal Renato Sanches[3]
2012
2020

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.[4][5] Spain were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2008 and 2012 tournaments, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Italy, whom they had beaten in the 2012 final. Portugal won the tournament for the first time, following a 1–0 victory after extra time over the host team, France, in the final played at the Stade de France.

For the first time, the European Championship final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format used since 1996.[6] Under the new format, the finalists contested a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage including three rounds and the final. Nineteen teams – the top two from each of the nine qualifying groups and the best third-placed team – joined France in the final tournament, who qualified automatically as host; a series of two-legged play-off ties between the remaining third-placed teams in November 2015 decided the last four finalist spots.

France was chosen as the host nation on 28 May 2010, after a bidding process in which they beat Italy and Turkey for the right to host the 2016 finals.[7][8] The matches were played in ten stadiums in ten cities: Bordeaux, Lens, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Décines-Charpieu, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Étienne, and Toulouse. It was the third time that France hosted the finals, after the inaugural tournament in 1960 and the 1984 finals.

As the winners, Portugal earned the right to compete at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.[9]

Bid process

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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.[10] Norway and Sweden eventually withdrew their bid in December 2009.[11]

The host was selected on 28 May 2010.[12]

Voting results[13]
Country Round
1st (points) 2nd (votes)
 France 43 7
 Turkey 38 6
 Italy 23
Total 104 13
  • Round 1: Each of the thirteen members of the UEFA Executive Committee ranked the 3 bids first, second, and third. First place ranking received 5 points, second place 2 points, and third place 1 point. Executive members from the countries bidding were not allowed to vote.
  • Round 2: The same thirteen-member committee voted for either of the two finalists.

Qualification

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  Team qualified for UEFA Euro 2016
  Team failed to qualify

The qualifying draw took place at the Palais des Congrès Acropolis in Nice, on 23 February 2014,[5] with the first matches being played in September 2014.[4]

53 teams competed for 23 places in the final tournament to join France, who automatically qualified as hosts. Gibraltar competed in a European Championship qualifying for the first time since their affiliation to UEFA in 2013. The seeding pots were formed on the basis of the UEFA national team coefficients, with the Euro 2012 champions Spain and hosts France automatically top seeded.

The 53 national sides were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. The group winners, runners-up, and the best third-placed team (with the results against the sixth-placed team discarded) qualify directly for the final tournament. The remaining eight third-placed teams contested two-legged play-offs to determine the last four qualifiers.[14][15][16]

In March 2012, Gianni Infantino, the UEFA general secretary at the time, stated that UEFA would review the qualification competition to ensure that it was not "boring".[17] In September 2011, during UEFA's first full strategy meeting, Michel Platini proposed a qualification format involving two group stages, but the member associations did not accept the proposal.[18] In May 2013, Platini confirmed a similar qualifying format would be again discussed during the September 2013 UEFA executive committee meeting in Dubrovnik.[19]

Qualified teams

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Thirteen of the sixteen teams (including hosts France) that qualified for Euro 2012 qualified again for the 2016 final tournament. Among them were England, who became only the sixth team to record a flawless qualifying campaign (10 wins in 10 matches),[20] defending European champions Spain, and world champions Germany, who qualified for their 12th straight European Championship finals.[21]

Romania, Turkey, Austria, and Switzerland all returned after missing out in 2012, with the Austrians qualifying for just their second final Euro tournament, after having co-hosted Euro 2008 and first time through qualifying.[22] Returning to the final tournament after long absences were Belgium for the first time since co-hosting Euro 2000, and Hungary for the first time in 44 years, having last appeared at Euro 1972, and 30 years since appearing in a major tournament, their previous one being the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[23]

Four teams secured their first qualification to a UEFA European Championship final tournament: Albania, Iceland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.[22] Northern Ireland and Wales had each previously competed in the FIFA World Cup, while Albania and Iceland had never participated in a major tournament. Slovakia meanwhile are making the first tournament as an independent nation, having qualified for three Euro tournaments and eight World Cups under Czechoslovakia.[22][24][25] Similarly, both Austria and Ukraine completed successful qualification campaigns for the first time, having only previously qualified as hosts (of 2008 and 2012 respectively).[26][27]

Scotland were the only team from the British Isles not to qualify for the finals,[28] and it also marked the first time that both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland qualified for the same major tournament finals.[29] Greece, champions in 2004, finished bottom in their group and failed to qualify for the first time since 2000. Two other previous champions, the Netherlands (1988) and Denmark (1992), missed out on the finals. The Dutch team failed to qualify for the first time since Euro 1984 (also held in France), missing out on their first major tournament since the 2002 FIFA World Cup and only 16 months after having finished third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[30] Denmark did not appear at the Euro finals for the first time since 2008, after losing in the play-off round against Sweden.

As of 2024, this was the last time that Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland qualified for either the World Cup or European Championship finals, the only time that Iceland qualified, as well as the last time that Denmark, the Netherlands and Scotland failed to qualify.


Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 France Host 28 May 2010 8 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 England Group E winner 5 September 2015 8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
 Czech Republic[B] Group A winner 6 September 2015 8 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Iceland Group A runner-up 6 September 2015 0 (debut)
 Austria Group G winner 8 September 2015 1 (2008)
 Northern Ireland Group F winner 8 October 2015 0 (debut)
 Portugal Group I winner 8 October 2015 6 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Spain Group C winner 9 October 2015 9 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
  Switzerland Group E runner-up 9 October 2015 3 (1996, 2004, 2008)
 Italy Group H winner 10 October 2015 8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Belgium Group B winner 10 October 2015 4 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000)
 Wales Group B runner-up 10 October 2015 0 (debut)
 Romania Group F runner-up 11 October 2015 4 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008)
 Albania Group I runner-up 11 October 2015 0 (debut)
 Germany[C] Group D winner 11 October 2015 11 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Poland Group D runner-up 11 October 2015 2 (2008, 2012)
 Russia[D] Group G runner-up 12 October 2015 10 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Slovakia[B] Group C runner-up 12 October 2015 3 (1960, 1976, 1980)
 Croatia Group H runner-up 13 October 2015 4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Turkey Best third-placed team 13 October 2015 3 (1996, 2000, 2008)
 Hungary Play-off winner 15 November 2015 2 (1964, 1972)
 Republic of Ireland Play-off winner 16 November 2015 2 (1988, 2012)
 Sweden Play-off winner 17 November 2015 5 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Ukraine Play-off winner 17 November 2015 1 (2012)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. ^ a b From 1960 to 1980, both the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as Czechoslovakia.[31]
  3. ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  4. ^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Final draw

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The draw for the finals took place at the Palais des Congrès de la Porte Maillot in Paris on 12 December 2015, 18:00 CET.[4][5][32][33] The 24 qualified teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts France being automatically placed in position A1. The remaining teams were seeded into four pots of five (Pot 1) or six teams (Pots 2, 3, and 4). As the title holders, Spain were seeded in Pot 1, while the other 22 teams were seeded according to the UEFA national team coefficients updated after the completion of the qualifying group stage (excluding the play-offs), which were released by UEFA on 14 October 2015.[34][35][36][37]

Pot 1[a]
Team Coeff Rank[37]
 Spain (holders)[b] 37,962 2
 Germany 40,236 1
 England 35,963 3
 Portugal 35,138 4
 Belgium 34,442 5
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank[37]
 Italy 34,345 6
 Russia 31,345 9
  Switzerland 31,254 10
 Austria 30,932 11
 Croatia 30,642 12
 Ukraine 30,313 14
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank[37]
 Czech Republic 29,403 15
 Sweden 29,028 16
 Poland 28,306 17
 Romania 28,038 18
 Slovakia 27,171 19
 Hungary 27,142 20
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank[37]
 Turkey 27,033 22
 Republic of Ireland 26,902 23
 Iceland 25,388 27
 Wales 24,531 28
 Albania 23,216 31
 Northern Ireland 22,961 33
  Automatically selected as a top-seeded team into pot 1, irrespective of their ranking position.
  1. ^ Hosts France (coefficient 33,599; rank 8th) belonged to Pot 1 irrespective of their ranking position. Ahead of the draw, they were removed as drawing options from Pot 1, and instead automatically assigned to Group position A1.
  2. ^ Defending champions Spain (coefficient 37,962; rank 2nd) were automatically assigned to Pot 1, and could be drawn into either Group position B1, C1, D1, E1 or F1.

Teams were drawn consecutively into Group A to F. First, the Pot 1 teams were assigned to the first positions of their groups, while next the positions of all other teams were drawn separately from Pot 4 to 2 (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group).

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Team
 France
 Romania
 Albania
  Switzerland
Group B
Team
 England
 Russia
 Wales
 Slovakia
Group C
Team
 Germany
 Ukraine
 Poland
 Northern Ireland
Group D
Team
 Spain
 Czech Republic
 Turkey
 Croatia
Group E
Team
 Belgium
 Italy
 Republic of Ireland
 Sweden
Group F
Team
 Portugal
 Iceland
 Austria
 Hungary

Venues

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Ten stadiums were used for the competition. Initially, twelve stadiums were presented for the French bid, chosen on 28 May 2010. These venues were to be whittled down to nine by the end of May 2011, but it was suggested in June 2011 that eleven venues might be used.[38][39] The French Football Federation had to choose which nine would actually be used.

The choice for the first seven was undisputed – the national Stade de France, four newly constructed ones in Lille Metropole (Villeneuve-d'Ascq), Décines-Charpieu (Lyon Metropolis), Nice and Bordeaux, and two stadiums in the two largest cities, Paris and Marseille. After Strasbourg opted out for financial reasons following relegation,[40] two more venues were selected to be Lens and Nancy, leaving Toulouse and Saint-Étienne as reserve options.

In June 2011, the number of host venues was increased to eleven due to the new tournament format featuring 24 teams, instead of the previous 16.[41][42] The decision meant that the reserve cities of Toulouse and Saint-Étienne joined the list of hosts. Then, in December 2011, Nancy announced its withdrawal from the tournament, after plans for the stadium's renovation were cancelled,[43] finalising the list of host venues at ten.

Two other possible options, the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes and the Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier (venues which were used for the 1998 World Cup) were not chosen. The final list was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee on 25 January 2013.[44] Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2016 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the venues are capable of holding.

Saint-Denis
(Paris area)
Marseille Décines-Charpieu
(Lyon area)
Villeneuve-d'Ascq
(Lille area)
Stade de France Stade Vélodrome Parc Olympique Lyonnais Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Capacity: 81,338 Capacity: 67,394 Capacity: 59,286 Capacity: 50,186
Paris Bordeaux
Parc des Princes Stade de Bordeaux
Capacity: 48,712 Capacity: 42,115
Saint-Étienne Lens Nice Toulouse
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade Bollaert-Delelis Stade de Nice Stadium Municipal
Capacity: 41,965 Capacity: 38,223 Capacity: 35,624 Capacity: 33,150

Team base camps

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Each team had a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. From an initial list of 66 bases, the 24 participating teams had to confirm their selection with UEFA by 31 January 2016.[45]

The selected team base camps were announced on 2 March 2016:[46]

Team Base camp
Albania Perros-Guirec
Austria Mallemort
Belgium Bordeaux/Le Pian-Médoc
Croatia Deauville/Cœur Côte Fleurie
Czech Republic Tours
England Chantilly
France Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines
Germany Évian-les-Bains
Hungary Tourrettes
Iceland Annecy/Annecy-le-Vieux
Italy Grammont/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/Pornichet
Switzerland Montpellier/Juvignac
Turkey Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
Ukraine Aix-en-Provence
Wales Dinard

Finals format

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To accommodate the expansion from a 16-team finals tournament to 24 teams, the format was changed from the one used in 2012 with the addition of two extra groups in the group stage, and an extra round in the knockout stage. The six groups (A to F) still contained four teams each, with the top two from each group still going through to the knockout stage. In the new format, however, the four best third-ranked sides also progressed, leaving 16 teams going into the new round of 16 knockout stage (ahead of the usual quarter-finals, semi-finals and final), and only eight teams going out after the group stage.[17] The format was the same as the one which was applied to the 1986, 1990, and 1994 FIFA World Cups, except for the absence of a third place play-off.

This format generated a total of 51 matches, compared with 31 matches for the previous 16-team tournament, played over a period of 31 days. UEFA's general secretary Gianni Infantino previously described the format as "not ideal" due to the need for third-ranked teams in the group stage advancing, leading to difficulty in preventing situations where teams might be able to know in advance what results they needed to progress out of the group; this led to the risk of a lack of suspense for fans, or even the prospect of mutually beneficial collusion between teams.[17]

Squads

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Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament.[47] If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.[16]

Match officials

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On 15 December 2015, UEFA named eighteen referees for Euro 2016.[48] The full referee teams were announced on 1 March 2016.[49][50] England was the only country to have two referees in the tournament.

Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai was chosen to officiate the opener between France and Romania.[51] English referee Mark Clattenburg was chosen to officiate the final between Portugal and France.[52]

Country Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Matches assigned[51]
 England Martin Atkinson Michael Mullarkey
Stephen Child
Gary Beswick (standby)
Michael Oliver
Craig Pawson
Germany–Ukraine (Group C)
Hungary–Portugal (Group F)
Wales–Northern Ireland (Round of 16)
 Germany Felix Brych Mark Borsch
Stefan Lupp
Marco Achmüller (standby)
Bastian Dankert
Marco Fritz
England–Wales (Group B)
Sweden–Belgium (Group E)
Poland–Portugal (Quarter-finals)
 Turkey Cüneyt Çakır Bahattin Duran
Tarık Ongun
Mustafa Emre Eyisoy (standby)
Hüseyin Göçek
Barış Şimşek
Portugal–Iceland (Group F)
Belgium–Republic of Ireland (Group E)
Italy–Spain (Round of 16)
 England Mark Clattenburg Simon Beck
Jake Collin
Stuart Burt (standby)
Anthony Taylor
Andre Marriner
Belgium–Italy (Group E)
Czech Republic–Croatia (Group D)
Switzerland–Poland (Round of 16)
Portugal–France (Final)
 Scotland Willie Collum Republic of Ireland Damien MacGraith
Francis Connor
Douglas Ross (standby)
Bobby Madden
John Beaton
France–Albania (Group A)
Czech Republic–Turkey (Group D)
 Sweden Jonas Eriksson Mathias Klasenius
Daniel Wärnmark
Mehmet Culum (standby)
Stefan Johannesson
Markus Strömbergsson
Turkey–Croatia (Group D)
Russia–Wales (Group B)
Portugal–Wales (Semi-finals)
 Romania Ovidiu Hațegan Octavian Șovre
Sebastian Gheorghe
Radu Ghinguleac (standby)
Alexandru Tudor
Sebastian Colțescu
Poland–Northern Ireland (Group C)
Italy–Republic of Ireland (Group E)
 Russia Sergei Karasev Anton Averyanov
Tikhon Kalugin
Nikolai Golubev[A]
Sergey Lapochkin
Sergey Ivanov
Romania–Switzerland (Group A)
Iceland–Hungary (Group F)
 Hungary Viktor Kassai György Ring
Vencel Tóth
István Albert (standby)
Tamás Bognár
Ádám Farkas
France–Romania (Group A)
Italy–Sweden (Group E)
Germany–Italy (Quarter-finals)
 Czech Republic Pavel Královec Slovakia Roman Slyško
Martin Wilczek
Tomáš Mokrusch[B]
Petr Ardeleánu
Michal Paták
Ukraine–Northern Ireland (Group C)
Romania–Albania (Group A)
 Netherlands Björn Kuipers Sander van Roekel
Erwin Zeinstra
Mario Diks (standby)
Pol van Boekel
Richard Liesveld
Germany–Poland (Group C)
Croatia–Spain (Group D)
France–Iceland (Quarter-finals)
 Poland Szymon Marciniak Paweł Sokolnicki
Tomasz Listkiewicz
Radosław Siejka (standby)
Paweł Raczkowski
Tomasz Musiał
Spain–Czech Republic (Group D)
Iceland–Austria (Group F)
Germany–Slovakia (Round of 16)
 Serbia Milorad Mažić Milovan Ristić
Dalibor Đurđević
Nemanja Petrović (standby)
Danilo Grujić
Nenad Đokić
Republic of Ireland–Sweden (Group E)
Spain–Turkey (Group D)
Hungary–Belgium (Round of 16)
 Norway Svein Oddvar Moen Kim Thomas Haglund
Frank Andås
Sven Erik Midthjell (standby)
Ken Henry Johnsen
Svein-Erik Edvartsen
Wales–Slovakia (Group B)
Ukraine–Poland (Group C)
 Italy Nicola Rizzoli Elenito Di Liberatore
Mauro Tonolini
Gianluca Cariolato (standby)
Luca Banti
Antonio Damato
Daniele Orsato[C]
England–Russia (Group B)
Portugal–Austria (Group F)
France–Republic of Ireland (Round of 16)
Germany–France (Semi-finals)
 Slovenia Damir Skomina Jure Praprotnik
Robert Vukan
Bojan Ul (standby)
Matej Jug
Slavko Vinčić
Russia–Slovakia (Group B)
Switzerland–France (Group A)
England–Iceland (Round of 16)
Wales–Belgium (Quarter-finals)
 France Clément Turpin Frédéric Cano
Nicolas Danos
Cyril Gringore (standby)
Benoît Bastien
Fredy Fautrel
Austria–Hungary (Group F)
Northern Ireland–Germany (Group C)
 Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo Roberto Alonso Fernández
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
Raúl Cabañero Martínez (standby)
Jesús Gil Manzano
Carlos del Cerro Grande
Albania–Switzerland (Group A)
Slovakia–England (Group B)
Croatia–Portugal (Round of 16)
  1. ^ Anton Averyanov was replaced by Nikolai Golubev after failing a fitness test.[53]
  2. ^ Martin Wilczek was replaced by Tomáš Mokrusch after failing a fitness test.[54]
  3. ^ Luca Banti was replaced by Daniele Orsato after withdrawing for personal reasons.[55]

Two match officials, who serve only as fourth officials, and two reserve assistant referees were also named:[49]

Country Fourth official Reserve assistant referee
 Belarus Aleksei Kulbakov Vitali Maliutsin
 Greece Anastasios Sidiropoulos Damianos Efthymiadis

Opening ceremony

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The opening ceremony

An hour before the first match at the Stade de France on 10 June 2016, 20:00 CEST, the opening ceremony of the tournament was held. The ceremony featuring 600 dancers, 150 of which were involved in a traditional French dance before an uptempo version of "La Vie en rose" by French singer Édith Piaf was played. Following this, French DJ David Guetta took to the stage, he performed shortened versions of some of his hits before he was joined on stage by Swedish singer Zara Larsson to perform the official song of the tournament "This One's for You".

The ceremony ended with a fly over from the Patrouille Acrobatique de France of the French Air Force, trailing the French blue, white, and red. The ceremony also featured a tribute to the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks. Following the ceremony, the hosts France beat Romania 2–1 in the opening game of the tournament.[57][58]

Group stage

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Result of teams participating in UEFA Euro 2016

UEFA announced the tournament schedule on 25 April 2014,[59][60] which was confirmed on 12 December 2015, after the final draw.[61]

Group winners, runners-up, and the best four third-placed teams advanced to the Round of 16.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[16]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking (e.g. if criteria 1 to 3 were applied to three teams that were level on points initially and these criteria separated one team from the other two who still have an equal ranking), criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who were still level to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1–6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their ranking was determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion was not used if more than two teams had the same number of points.);
  8. Fair play conduct (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card);
  9. Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
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
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
France 2–1 Romania
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Albania 0–1  Switzerland
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Romania 1–1  Switzerland
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Attendance: 43,576[64]
France 2–0 Albania
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Romania 0–1 Albania
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Switzerland 0–0 France
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
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
Source: UEFA
Wales 2–1 Slovakia
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England 1–1 Russia
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Attendance: 62,343[69]

Russia 1–2 Slovakia
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England 2–1 Wales
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Attendance: 34,033[71]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Russia 0–3 Wales
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Slovakia 0–0 England
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Poland 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7[a]
3  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Poland 1–0 Northern Ireland
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Attendance: 33,742[74]
Germany 2–0 Ukraine
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Ukraine 0–2 Northern Ireland
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Germany 0–0 Poland
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Ukraine 0–1 Poland
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Northern Ireland 0–1 Germany
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Attendance: 44,125[79]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
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
Source: UEFA
Turkey 0–1 Croatia
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Attendance: 43,842[80]
Spain 1–0 Czech Republic
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Czech Republic 2–2 Croatia
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Spain 3–0 Turkey
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Attendance: 33,409[83]

Czech Republic 0–2 Turkey
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Croatia 2–1 Spain
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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6[a]
3  Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4  Sweden 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Belgium 0–2 Italy.
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Sweden
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Belgium 0–2 Italy
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Italy 1–0 Sweden
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Belgium 3–0 Republic of Ireland
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Italy 0–1 Republic of Ireland
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Sweden 0–1 Belgium
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Attendance: 34,011[91]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Iceland 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5[a]
3  Portugal 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
4  Austria 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Iceland 1–1 Hungary). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Austria 0–2 Hungary
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Portugal 1–1 Iceland
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Iceland 1–1 Hungary
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Portugal 0–0 Austria
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Iceland 2–1 Austria
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Hungary 3–3 Portugal
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Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 E  Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
3 F  Portugal 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
4 C  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
5 D  Turkey 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
6 A  Albania 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Higher number of points obtained; 2) Superior goal difference; 3) Higher number of goals scored; 4) Fair play conduct; 5) Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[16]

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Bracket

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
25 June – Saint-Étienne
 
 
  Switzerland1 (4)
 
30 June – Marseille
 
 Poland (p)1 (5)
 
 Poland1 (3)
 
25 June – Lens
 
 Portugal (p)1 (5)
 
 Croatia0
 
6 July – Décines-Charpieu
 
 Portugal (a.e.t.)1
 
 Portugal2
 
25 June – Paris
 
 Wales0
 
 Wales1
 
1 July – Villeneuve-d'Ascq
 
 Northern Ireland0
 
 Wales3
 
26 June – Toulouse
 
 Belgium1
 
 Hungary0
 
10 July – Saint-Denis
 
 Belgium4
 
 Portugal (a.e.t.)1
 
26 June – Villeneuve-d'Ascq
 
 France0
 
 Germany3
 
2 July – Bordeaux
 
 Slovakia0
 
 Germany (p)1 (6)
 
27 June – Saint-Denis
 
 Italy1 (5)
 
 Italy2
 
7 July – Marseille
 
 Spain0
 
 Germany0
 
26 June – Décines-Charpieu
 
 France2
 
 France2
 
3 July – Saint-Denis
 
 Republic of Ireland1
 
 France5
 
27 June – Nice
 
 Iceland2
 
 England1
 
 
 Iceland2
 

Round of 16

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Wales 1–0 Northern Ireland
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Croatia 0–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal
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France 2–1 Republic of Ireland
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Germany 3–0 Slovakia
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Hungary 0–4 Belgium
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