UEFA Euro 2016

UEFA Euro 2016

Championnat d'Europe de football 2016 (in French)
Le Rendez-Vous
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	10 June – 10 July
Teams	24
Venue(s)	10 (in 9 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]
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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. ^{[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, 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

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 bids

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

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

  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

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. 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

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

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 decide which nine would be selected.

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	Saint-Denis Paris Marseille Décines-Charpieu Villeneuve-d'Ascq Bordeaux Saint-Étienne Lens Nice Toulouse class=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the UEFA Euro 2016.		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

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

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

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 squads

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

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	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	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

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".

David Guetta's setlist ^[56]

1. "I Gotta Feeling"
2. "Play Hard"
3. "Bang My Head"
4. "Titanium"
5. "This One's for You" (with Zara Larsson)

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

Result of teams participating in UEFA Euro 2016

Winner   Runner-up

Semi-finals   Quarter-finals

Round of 16   Group stage

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

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

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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

10 June 2016 (2016-06-10)

21:00

France	2–1	Romania
Giroud 57' Payet 89'	Report	Stancu 65' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,113 ^[62]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)

15:00

Albania	0–1	Switzerland
	Report	Schär 5'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 33,805 ^[63]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

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15 June 2016 (2016-06-15)

18:00

Romania	1–1	Switzerland
Stancu 18' (pen.)	Report	Mehmedi 57'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 43,576 ^[64]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

15 June 2016 (2016-06-15)

21:00

France	2–0	Albania
Griezmann 90' Payet 90+6'	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 63,670 ^[65]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

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19 June 2016 (2016-06-19)

21:00

Romania	0–1	Albania
	Report	Sadiku 43'

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 49,752 ^[66]

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

19 June 2016 (2016-06-19)

21:00

Switzerland	0–0	France
	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 45,616 ^[67]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)

18:00

Wales	2–1	Slovakia
Bale 10' Robson-Kanu 81'	Report	Duda 61'

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 37,831 ^[68]

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)

21:00

England	1–1	Russia
Dier 73'	Report	V. Berezutski 90+2'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 62,343 ^[69]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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15 June 2016 (2016-06-15)

15:00

Russia	1–2	Slovakia
Glushakov 80'	Report	Weiss 32' Hamšík 45'

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 38,989 ^[70]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

16 June 2016 (2016-06-16)

15:00

England	2–1	Wales
Vardy 56' Sturridge 90+2'	Report	Bale 42'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 34,033 ^[71]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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20 June 2016 (2016-06-20)

21:00

Russia	0–3	Wales
	Report	Ramsey 11' Taylor 20' Bale 67'

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

Attendance: 28,840 ^[72]

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

20 June 2016 (2016-06-20)

21:00

Slovakia	0–0	England
	Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 39,051 ^[73]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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. Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)

18:00

Poland	1–0	Northern Ireland
Milik 51'	Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 33,742 ^[74]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)

21:00

Germany	2–0	Ukraine
Mustafi 19' Schweinsteiger 90+2'	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 43,035 ^[75]

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

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16 June 2016 (2016-06-16)

18:00

Ukraine	0–2	Northern Ireland
	Report	McAuley 49' McGinn 90+6'

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 51,043 ^[76]

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

16 June 2016 (2016-06-16)

21:00

Germany	0–0	Poland
	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 73,648 ^[77]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)

18:00

Ukraine	0–1	Poland
	Report	Błaszczykowski 54'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 58,874 ^[78]

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)

18:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Germany
	Report	Gómez 30'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,125 ^[79]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)

15:00

Turkey	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Modrić 41'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 43,842 ^[80]

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)

15:00

Spain	1–0	Czech Republic
Piqué 87'	Report

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

Attendance: 29,400 ^[81]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

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17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)

18:00

Czech Republic	2–2	Croatia
Škoda 76' Necid 89' (pen.)	Report	Perišić 37' Rakitić 59'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 38,376 ^[82]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)

21:00

Spain	3–0	Turkey
Morata 34', 48' Nolito 37'	Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 33,409 ^[83]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

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21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)

21:00

Czech Republic	0–2	Turkey
	Report	Yılmaz 10' Tufan 65'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 32,836 ^[84]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)

21:00

Croatia	2–1	Spain
N. Kalinić 45' Perišić 87'	Report	Morata 7'

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 37,245 ^[85]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Group E

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group E

Pos	Team v t e	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. Head-to-head result: Belgium 0–2 Italy.

13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)

18:00

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden
Hoolahan 48'	Report	Clark 71' (o.g.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 73,419 ^[86]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)

21:00

Belgium	0–2	Italy
	Report	Giaccherini 32' Pellè 90+3'

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 55,408 ^[87]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

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17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)

15:00

Italy	1–0	Sweden
Éder 88'	Report

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

Attendance: 29,600 ^[88]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18)

15:00

Belgium	3–0	Republic of Ireland
R. Lukaku 48', 70' Witsel 61'	Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 39,493 ^[89]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)

21:00

Italy	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Brady 85'

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 44,268 ^[90]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)

21:00

Sweden	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Nainggolan 84'

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 34,011 ^[91]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group F

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group F

Pos	Team v t e	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. Tied on head-to-head result (Iceland 1–1 Hungary). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

14 June 2016 (2016-06-14)

18:00

Austria	0–2	Hungary
	Report	Szalai 62' Stieber 87'

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 34,424 ^[92]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

14 June 2016 (2016-06-14)

21:00

Portugal	1–1	Iceland
Nani 31'	Report	B. Bjarnason 50'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 38,742 ^[93]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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18 June 2016 (2016-06-18)

18:00

Iceland	1–1	Hungary
G. Sigurðsson 40' (pen.)	Report	Sævarsson 88' (o.g.)

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 60,842 ^[94]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18)

21:00

Portugal	0–0	Austria
	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,291 ^[95]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)

18:00

Iceland	2–1	Austria
Böðvarsson 18' Traustason 90+4'	Report	Schöpf 60'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 68,714 ^[96]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)

18:00

Hungary	3–3	Portugal
Gera 19' Dzsudzsák 47', 55'	Report	Nani 42' Ronaldo 50', 62'

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 55,514 ^[97]

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout stage

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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

25 June – Saint-Étienne

Switzerland

1 (4)

30 June – Marseille

Poland (p)

1 (5)

Poland

1 (3)

25 June – Lens

Portugal (p)

1 (5)

Croatia

0

6 July – Décines-Charpieu

Portugal (a.e.t.)

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 (a.e.t.)

1

26 June – Villeneuve-d'Ascq

France

0

Germany

3

2 July – Bordeaux

Slovakia

0

Germany (p)

1 (6)

27 June – Saint-Denis

Italy

1 (5)

Italy

2

7 July – Marseille

Spain

0

Germany

0

26 June – Décines-Charpieu

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

25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)

15:00

Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Poland
Shaqiri 82'	Report	Błaszczykowski 39'
Penalties
Lichtsteiner Xhaka Shaqiri Schär Rodríguez	4–5	Lewandowski Milik Glik Błaszczykowski Krychowiak

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 38,842 ^[98]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

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25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)

18:00

Wales	1–0	Northern Ireland
McAuley 75' (o.g.)	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,342 ^[99]

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

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25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)

21:00

Croatia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
	Report	Quaresma 117'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 33,523 ^[100]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

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26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)

15:00

France	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Griezmann 58', 61'	Report	Brady 2' (pen.)

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 56,279 ^[101]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)

18:00

Germany	3–0	Slovakia
Boateng 8' Gómez 43' Draxler 63'	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 44,312 ^[102]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

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26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)

21:00

Hungary	0–4	Belgium
	Report	Alderweireld 10' Batshuayi 78' Hazard 80' Carrasco 90+1'

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

Attendance: 28,921 ^[103]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

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27 June 2016 (2016-06-27)

18:00

Italy	2–0	Spain
Chiellini 33' Pellè 90+1'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 76,165 ^[104]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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27 June 2016 (2016-06-27)

21:00

England	1–2	Iceland
Rooney 4' (pen.)	Report	R. Sigurðsson 6' Sigþórsson 18'

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 33,901 ^[105]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Quarter-finals

30 June 2016 (2016-06-30)

21:00

Poland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Lewandowski 2'	Report	Sanches 33'
Penalties
Lewandowski Milik Glik Błaszczykowski	3–5	Ronaldo Sanches Moutinho Nani Quaresma

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 62,940 ^[106]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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1 July 2016 (2016-07-01)

21:00

Wales	3–1	Belgium
A. Williams 31' Robson-Kanu 55' Vokes 86'	Report	Nainggolan 13'

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 45,936 ^[107]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)

21:00

Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Özil 65'	Report	Bonucci 78' (pen.)
Penalties
Kroos Müller Özil Draxler Schweinsteiger Hummels Kimmich Boateng Hector	6–5	Insigne Zaza Barzagli Pellè Bonucci Giaccherini Parolo De Sciglio Darmian

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 38,764 ^[108]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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3 July 2016 (2016-07-03)

21:00

France	5–2	Iceland
Giroud 12', 59' Pogba 20' Payet 43' Griezmann 45'	Report	Sigþórsson 56' B. Bjarnason 84'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 76,833 ^[109]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Semi-finals

6 July 2016 (2016-07-06)

21:00

Portugal	2–0	Wales
Ronaldo 50' Nani 53'	Report

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 55,679 ^[110]

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

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7 July 2016 (2016-07-07)

21:00

Germany	0–2	France
	Report	Griezmann 45+2' (pen.), 72'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 64,078 ^[111]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 final

10 July 2016 (2016-07-10)

21:00

Portugal	1–0 (a.e.t.)	France
Eder 109'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,868 ^[112]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Statistics

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 statistics

Goals

There were 108 goals scored in 51 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match.

6 goals

• Antoine Griezmann

3 goals

• Olivier Giroud
• Dimitri Payet
• Nani
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• 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 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
• Eder
• 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 (against Hungary)
• Gareth McAuley (against Wales)
• Ciaran Clark (against Sweden)

Source: UEFA ^[113]

Awards

See also: UEFA European Championship awards

Patrício

Boateng

Pepe

Kimmich

Guerreiro

Kroos

Allen

Griezmann

Payet

Ramsey

Ronaldo

UEFA Team of the Tournament ^[114]

UEFA Team of the Tournament

The UEFA Technical Team was given the objective of naming a team of eleven players during the tournament, a change from the 23-man squads in the past competitions. ^[114] The group of analysts watched every game before making the decision following the final. ^[114] Four players from the winning Portuguese squad were named in the tournament. ^[114]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forward
Rui Patrício	Jérôme Boateng Joshua Kimmich Raphaël Guerreiro Pepe	Antoine Griezmann Dimitri Payet Toni Kroos Joe Allen Aaron Ramsey	Cristiano Ronaldo

Player of the Tournament

The Player of the Tournament award was given to Antoine Griezmann, who was chosen by UEFA's technical observers, led by UEFA chief technical officer Ioan Lupescu and including Sir Alex Ferguson and Alain Giresse.

• Antoine Griezmann ^[2]

Young Player of the Tournament

The Young Player of the Tournament award, open to players born on or after 1 January 1994, was given to Renato Sanches who was named above Kingsley Coman and Portugal teammate Raphaël Guerreiro. The particular player, who deserved the award, was also chosen by UEFA's technical observers.

• Renato Sanches – (1997-08-18)18 August 1997 (aged 18) ^[3]

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot was awarded to Antoine Griezmann, who scored one goal in the group stage and five in the knockout stage.

• Antoine Griezmann – 6 goals, 2 assists (555 minutes) ^[1]

Silver Boot

The Silver Boot was awarded to Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored two goals in the group stage and one in the knockout stage, as well as providing three assists.

• Cristiano Ronaldo – 3 goals, 3 assists (625 minutes) ^[1]

Bronze Boot

The Bronze Boot was awarded to Olivier Giroud, who scored one goal in the group stage and two in the knockout stage, as well as providing two assists; compatriot Dimitri Payet amassed the same tally, but played 50 more minutes than Giroud.

• Olivier Giroud – 3 goals, 2 assists (456 minutes) ^[1]

Goal of the Tournament

The Goal of the Tournament was decided by online voting. A total 5 goals were in the shortlist. On 13 July 2016, after an open vote with over 150,000 entries, UEFA announced that Hungarian midfielder Zoltán Gera's goal against Portugal had been named as fans' goal of the tournament. ^[115] In a separate poll, UEFA's technical observers decided that Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri's goal against Poland deserved top spot in their list of the ten best goals of the tournament. ^[116]

• Fans: Zoltán Gera (vs Portugal)
• Technical observers: Xherdan Shaqiri (vs Poland)

Prize money

Prize money

Rank (unoff.)	Team	€ Million
1	Portugal	25.5
2	France	23.5
3	Germany	18.5
4	Wales	18
5	Poland	14.5
6	Belgium   Iceland   Italy	14
9	Croatia	12
10	England   Hungary   Spain    Switzerland	11.5
14	Republic of Ireland   Slovakia	11
16	Northern Ireland	10.5
17	Albania   Turkey	9
19	Austria   Czech Republic   Romania   Russia   Sweden	8.5
24	Ukraine	8

A total of €301 million was distributed to the 24 teams contesting in the tournament, a growth from the €196 million payment in the preceding event. Each team was rewarded €8 million, with further rewards depending on their performances. Portugal, the champions of the competition, were awarded €8 million in addition to any prize money earned in earlier rounds – the biggest prize attainable was €27 million (for winning all group matches and the final). ^[117]

Full list: ^[117]

• Prize for participating: €8 million

Extra payment based on team's performance:

• Champions: €8 million
• Runners-up: €5 million
• Reaching the semi-finals: €4 million
• Reaching the quarter-finals: €2.5 million
• Reaching the round of 16: €1.5 million
• Winning a group match: €1 million
• Drawing a group match: €500,000

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: ^[16]

• Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
• Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches; yellow cards expired after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions were not carried forward to any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the tournament: ^[118]

Player	Offence(s)	Suspension(s)
Duje Čop	in qualifying vs Bulgaria (10 October 2015)	Group D vs Turkey (matchday 1; 12 June 2016)
Marek Suchý	in qualifying vs Netherlands (13 October 2015)	Group D vs Spain (matchday 1; 13 June 2016)
Lorik Cana	in Group A vs Switzerland (matchday 1; 11 June 2016)	Group A vs France (matchday 2; 15 June 2016)
Aleksandar Dragović	in Group F vs Hungary (matchday 1; 14 June 2016)	Group F vs Portugal (matchday 2; 18 June 2016)
Burim Kukeli	in Group A vs Switzerland (matchday 1; 11 June 2016) in Group A vs France (matchday 2; 15 June 2016)	Group A vs Romania (matchday 3; 19 June 2016)
Alfreð Finnbogason	in Group F vs Portugal (matchday 1; 14 June 2016) in Group F vs Hungary (matchday 2; 18 June 2016)	Group F vs Austria (matchday 3; 22 June 2016)
Bartosz Kapustka	in Group C vs Northern Ireland (matchday 1; 12 June 2016) in Group C vs Ukraine (matchday 3; 21 June 2016)	Round of 16 vs Switzerland (25 June 2016)
N'Golo Kanté	in Group A vs Albania (matchday 2; 15 June 2016) in Round of 16 vs Republic of Ireland (26 June 2016)	Quarter-finals vs Iceland (3 July 2016)
Adil Rami	in Group A vs Switzerland (matchday 3; 19 June 2016) in Round of 16 vs Republic of Ireland (26 June 2016)
Thomas Vermaelen	in Group E vs Republic of Ireland (matchday 2; 18 June 2016) in Round of 16 vs Hungary (26 June 2016)	Quarter-finals vs Wales (1 July 2016)
Thiago Motta	in Group E vs Belgium (matchday 1; 13 June 2016) in Round of 16 vs Spain (27 June 2016)	Quarter-finals vs Germany (2 July 2016)
William Carvalho	in Round of 16 vs Croatia (25 June 2016) in Quarter-finals vs Poland (30 June 2016)	Semi-finals vs Wales (6 July 2016)
Ben Davies	in Group B vs England (matchday 2; 16 June 2016) in Quarter-finals vs Belgium (1 July 2016)	Semi-finals vs Portugal (6 July 2016)
Aaron Ramsey	in Round of 16 vs Northern Ireland (25 June 2016) in Quarter-finals vs Belgium (1 July 2016)
Mats Hummels	in Round of 16 vs Slovakia (26 June 2016) in Quarter-finals vs Italy (2 July 2016)	Semi-finals vs France (7 July 2016)

Issues

Pre-tournament concerns included heavy flooding of the River Seine in Paris, ^[119] and strikes in the transport sector shortly before the beginning of the event. ^[120]

Security

Following the attacks on Paris on 13 November 2015, including one in which the intended target was a game at the Stade de France, controversies about the safety of players and tourists during the upcoming tournament arose. Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation, explained that the concern for security had increased following the attacks. He claimed: "there was already a concern for the Euros, now it's obviously a lot higher. We will continue to do everything we can so that security is assured despite all the risks that this entails. I know that everyone is vigilant. Obviously, this means that we will now be even more vigilant. But it's a permanent concern for the federation and the [French] state". ^[121]

A "suspicious vehicle" near the Stade de France was destroyed by a police-mandated controlled explosion on 3 July, hours before the venue held the quarter-final between France and Iceland. ^[122]

Hooliganism

Further information: Violence at UEFA Euro 2016

The day before the tournament, fighting broke out between local youths and England fans in Marseille; police dispersed the local youths with tear gas. On 10 June, English fans at Marseille clashed with police. ^[123] Six English fans were later arrested and sentenced to prison. ^[124] On 11 June, violent clashes erupted in the streets of the same city before and after the Group B match between England and Russia that ended in a 1–1 draw. ^[125] One English fan was reported to be critically ill in the hospital while dozens of others were injured in the clashes. ^[126] On 14 June, the Russian team were given a suspended disqualification, fined €150,000, and warned that future violence would result in their removal from the cup. Additionally, 50 Russian fans were deported. The English team was also warned about disqualification, but was not formally charged. ^{[127] [128]} Violence between English and Russian fans arose again in Lille, where a total of 36 fans were arrested, and 16 people were hospitalised. ^[129]

Late in the Group D match between the Czech Republic and Croatia, flares were thrown onto the pitch from where Croatia supporters were massed. The match was paused for several minutes while they were cleared up. There was also fighting in the Croatia supporters' area. ^[130] Later that same day, there was violence involving Turkish fans after Turkey's defeat by Spain. As a result of these incidents and earlier crowd troubles after the countries' first matches, UEFA launched official procedures against the Croatian and Turkish football federations. ^[131] The Croatian federation was fined €100,000 for the incidents. ^[132]

Pitch quality

The football pitches at French stadiums were criticised during the group stage for their poor quality. France coach Didier Deschamps was especially critical. ^{[133] [134]} UEFA tournament director Martin Kallen blamed heavy rain for damaged turf, though the press speculated that non-football events may have also been a contributor. ^{[135] [136]}

The pitch at Lille received particular attention with players slipping continuously and with groundsmen forced at halftime to try to repair the cut up pitch. ^[137] Despite UEFA applying numerous methods to rectify the problems, such as a ban on pre-match training on the pitch, use of fertilisers, seeding, mowing, light therapy, drying and playing with the roof closed to avoid rain, it was decided that the pitch at Lille had to be entirely replaced following the Italy–Republic of Ireland group match on 22 June. ^[138] The new pitch was replaced with Dutch grass and was ready before the last sixteen match between Germany and Slovakia on 26 June. ^{[139] [140] [141]} UEFA also stated that repair work was also required at the St Denis and Marseille pitches. ^[142] This was the second time that a Euro championship pitch needed to be re-laid mid-tournament. The first time was the St. Jakob-Park in Basel during Euro 2008. ^[143]

UEFA's Leeds-based consultant Richard Hayden had come under criticism as it was reported he ordered local groundsmen to re-lay three pitches (Lille, Nice, and Marseille) with Slovak grass, provided by an Austrian company for an estimated €600,000 (£460,000). On 22 June it was reported that France's grass association officials had blamed Hayden for continued problems with the pitches, citing "it is amazing that it is only these pitches that have problems today". ^[144] The Austrian manufacture of the turf, Richter, responded to the French grass association officials by saying "the turf for the stadiums in Lille and Marseille was delivered in top condition" and that "the turf placement and further care were handled by French companies and no one other than the French grounds-people had control over the grounds condition". ^{[145] [146]} In a statement, UEFA rejected the criticism against Hayden as baseless and stated they were satisfied with his work. ^[142]

Moths

Before the final match started, the stadium was invaded by Silver Y moths, which caused some irritation to the players, staff and coaches. The reason this occurred is because the workers at the stadium left the lights switched on the day before the match which attracted huge swaths of insects. The players and coaches of each team during the warm-up tried swatting the moths, and ground staff used brushes to clean moths from the walls, ground and other places. ^{[147] [148]} One moth was infamously captured flying on and around Cristiano Ronaldo's face when he was sitting on the pitch after being injured during the match. ^[149]

Marketing

Video game

The UEFA Euro 2016 video game was released by Konami as a free DLC on Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 . ^{[150] [151]} The DLC was available for existing Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 members on 24 March 2016 for major platforms (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows). ^[152] The game was released physically and digitally on 21 April for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 users. ^[152]

Logo and slogan

The official logo was unveiled on 26 June 2013, during a ceremony at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines in Paris. ^[153] Conceived by Portuguese agency Brandia Central, which also created the visual identity for the previous European Championship, the design is based on the theme "Celebrating the art of football". The logo depicts the Henri Delaunay Trophy with the blue, white and red colours of the French flag, surrounded by a mixture of shapes and lines representing different artistic movements and football elements. ^[154]

On 17 October 2013, UEFA announced the official slogan of the tournament: Le Rendez-Vous. Asked about its meaning, Jacques Lambert, chairman of the Euro 2016 organising committee, told that the slogan "is much more than a reminder of dates (...) and venues". He further explained that "UEFA is sending out an invitation to football fans throughout the world and to lovers of major events, an invitation to meet up and share the emotions of an elite-level tournament". ^[155]

Match balls

Main article: Adidas Beau Jeu

For the first time in the tournament's history, two official match balls were used. ^[156] The "Adidas Beau Jeu", used for the group stage, was unveiled on 12 November 2015 by former France player Zinedine Zidane. ^[157] During the tournament, the "Adidas Fracas" was introduced as the exclusive match ball for the knockout rounds. ^[156]

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament, "Super Victor", was unveiled on 18 November 2014. ^[158] He is a child superhero in the kit of the France national football team, with a red cape at the back, to echo the colours of the flag of France. The cape, boots and ball are claimed to be the child's superpowers. The mascot first appeared during the match between France and Sweden at the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille on 18 November 2014. The name of the mascot was revealed on 30 November 2014 after receiving about 50,000 votes from the public on the official UEFA website, beating the other nominated names of "Driblou" and "Goalix". ^[159] It is based on the idea of victory and references the boy's super powers that he gained when he found the magic cape, boots and ball. ^[160]

The name of the mascot is the same as the name of a sex toy. UEFA said that this 'coincidence' was not their responsibility because the name was selected by fan voting. ^[161]

Official songs

The competition's official opening song was "This One's for You" by David Guetta featuring Zara Larsson, and the official closing song was "Free Your Mind" by Maya Lavelle. ^{[162] [163] [164]} It was reported that David Guetta sought one million fans to add their voices to the official anthem via a website. ^[165]

Sponsorship

Turkish Airlines aeroplane, decorated with UEFA EURO 2016 emblems.

Global sponsors	National sponsors
Adidas [166] Carlsberg [167] Coca-Cola [168] Continental [169] Hisense [170] Hyundai–Kia [171] McDonald's [172] Orange [173] SOCAR [174] Turkish Airlines [175]	Abritel–HomeAway [176] Crédit Agricole [177] Française des Jeux [178] La Poste [179] PROMAN [180] SNCF [181]

Broadcasting

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 broadcasting rights

The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) was located at the Paris expo Porte de Versailles in Paris' 15th arrondissement. ^[5]

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External links

• UEFA Euro 2016 at UEFA.com
• Official Technical Report