UEFA Euro 2016 Finals

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In anticipation of the draw being made this evening, have a thread:

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Round 1
Group A
1.
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France - W2 D1 L0 - +4 -1 GD+3 - 7pt
2.
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Switzerland - W1 D2 L0 - +2 -1 GD+1 - 5pt

3.
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Albania - W1 D0 L2 - +1 -3 GD-2 - 3pt
4.
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Romania - W0 D1 L2 - +2 -4 GD-2 - 1pt

10/06/2016 - France 2-1 Romania
11/06/2016 - Switzerland 1-0 Albania
15/06/2016 - Romania 1-1 Switzerland
16/06/2016 - France 2-0 Albania
19/06/2016 - Romania 0-1 Albania -
Romania eliminated
19/06/2016 - Switzerland 0-0 France


Group B
1.
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Wales - W2 D0 L1 - +6 -3 GD+3 - 6pt
2.
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England - W1 D2 L0 - +3 -2 GD+1 - 5pt

3.
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Slovakia - W1 D1 L1 - +3 -3 GD0 - 4pt

4.
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Russia - W0 D1 L2 - +2 -6 GD-4 - 1pt

11/06/2016 - Wales 2-1 Slovakia
11/06/2016 - England 1-1 Russia
15/06/2016 - Russia 1-2 Slovakia
16/06/2016 - England 2-1 Wales
20/06/2016 - Russia 0-3 Wales -
Russia eliminated
20/06/2016 - Slovakia 0-0 England


Group C
1.
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Germany - W2 D1 L0 - +3 -0 GD+3 - 7pt
2.
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Poland - W2 D1 L0 - +2 -0 GD+2 - 7pt

3.
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Northern Ireland - W1 D0 L2 - +2 -2 GD0 - 3pt

4.
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Ukraine - W0 D0 L3 - +0 -5 GD-5 - 0pt

12/06/2016 - Poland 1-0 Northern Ireland
12/06/2016 - Germany 2-0 Ukraine
16/06/2016 - Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland
16/06/2016 - Germany 0-0 Poland -
Ukraine eliminated
21/06/2016 - Ukraine 0-1 Poland
21/06/2016 - Northern Ireland 0-1 Germany


Group D
1.
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Croatia - W2 D1 L0 - +5 -3 GD+2 - 7pt
2.
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Spain - W2 D0 L1 - +5 -2 GD+3 - 6pt

3.
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Turkey - W1 D0 L2 - +2 -4 GD-2 - 3pt
4.
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Czech Republic - W0 D1 L2 - +2 -5 GD-3 - 1pt

12/06/2016 - Turkey 0-1 Croatia
13/06/2016 - Spain 1-0 Czech Republic
17/06/2016 - Czech Republic 2-2 Croatia
17/06/2016 - Spain 3-0 Turkey
21/06/2016 - Czech Republic 0-2 Turkey -
Czech Republic eliminated
21/06/2016 - Croatia - Spain


Group E
1.
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Italy - W2 D0 L1 - +3 -1 GD+2 - 6pt
2.
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Belgium - W2 D0 L1 - +4 -2 GD+2 - 6pt

3.
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Republic of Ireland - W1 D1 L1 - +2 -4 GD-2 - 4pt

4.
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Sweden - W0 D1 L2 - +1 -3 GD-2 - 1pt

13/06/2016 - Republic of Ireland 1-1 Sweden
13/06/2016 - Belgium 0-2 Italy
17/06/2016 - Italy 1-0 Sweden
18/06/2016 - Belgium 3-0 Republic of Ireland
22/06/2016 - Italy 0-1 Republic of Ireland -
Turkey eliminated
22/06/2016 - Sweden 0-1 Belgium -
Sweden eliminated


Group F
1.
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Hungary - W1 D2 L0 - +6 -4 GD+2 - 5pt
2.
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Iceland - W1 D2 L0 - +4 -3 GD+1 - 5pt

3.
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Portugal - W0 D3 L0 - +4 -4 GD0 - 3pt

4.
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Austria - W0 D1 L2 - +1 -4 GD-3 - 1pt

14/06/2016 - Austria 0-2 Hungary
14/06/2016 - Portugal 1-1 Iceland
18/06/2016 - Iceland 1-1 Hungary
18/06/2016 - Portugal 0-0 Austria
22/06/2016 - Iceland 2-1 Austria -
Austria eliminated
22/06/2016 - Hungary 3-3 Portugal -
Albania eliminated


Current third place team rankings
1. Slovakia - W1 D1 L1 - +3 -3 GD0 - 4pt - Group B
2. Republic of Ireland - W1 D1 L1 - +2 -4 GD-2 - 4pt - Group E
3. Portugal - W0 D3 L0 - +4 -4 GD0 - 3pt - Group F
4. Northern Ireland - W1 D0 L2 - +2 -2 GD0 - 3pt - Group C
5.
Turkey - W1 D0 L2 - +2 -4 GD-2 - 3pt - Group D
6.
Albania - W1 D0 L2 - +1 -3 GD-2 - 3pt - Group A


Round 2
25/06/2016 -
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Switzerland 1-1 Poland
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(Match 37) - After Extra Time, Poland win 5-4 on penalties
25/06/2016 -
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Wales 1-
0 Northern Ireland
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(Match 38)
25/06/2016 -
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Croatia 0-1 Portugal
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(Match 39) - After Extra Time
26/06/2016 -
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France 2-
1 Republic of Ireland
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(Match 40)
26/06/2016 -
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Germany 3-
0 Slovakia
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(Match 41)
26/06/2016 -
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Hungary 0-4 Belgium
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(Match 42)
27/06/2016 -
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Italy 2-
0 Spain
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(Match 43)
27/06/2016 -
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England 1-2 Iceland
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(Match 44)


Quarter-Finals
30/06/2016 -
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Poland 1-1 Portugal
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- After Extra Time, Portugal win 5-3 on penalties
01/07/2016 -
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Wales 3-
1 Belgium
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02/07/2016 -
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Germany 1-
1 Italy
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- After Extra Time, Germany win 6-5 on penalties
03/07/2016 -
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France 5-
2 Iceland
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Semi-Finals
06/07/2016 -
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Portugal 2-
0 Wales
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07/07/2016 -
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Germany 0-2 France
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Final
10/07/2016 -
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Portugal - France
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Top Goalscorers
6 - Antoine Griezmann (France)
3 - Gareth Bale (Wales)
3 - Alvaro Morata (Spain)
3 - Own Goals
3 - Dimitri Payet (France)
3 - Olivier Giroud (France)
3 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2 - Bogdan Stancu (Romania)
2 - Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
2 - Ivan Perisic (Croatia)
2 - Balazs Dzsudzsak (Hungary)
2 - Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland)
2 - Robbie Brady (Republic of Ireland)
2 - Mario Gomez (Germany)
2 - Graziano Pelle (Italy)
2 - Radja Nainggolan (Belgium)
2 - Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales)
2 - Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland)
2 - Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland)
2 - Nani (Portugal)
1 - Fabian Schar (Switzerland)
1 - Ondrej Duda (Slovakia)
1 - Eric Dier (England)
1 - Vasili Berezutski (Russia)
1 - Luka Modric (Croatia)
1 - Arkadiusz Milik (Poland)
1 - Shkodran Mustafi (Germany)
1 - Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
1 - Gerard Pique (Spain)
1 - Wes Hoolahan (Republic of Ireland)
1 - Emanuele Giaccherini (Italy)
1 - Adam Szalai (Hungary)
1 - Zoltan Steiber (Hungary)
1 - Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia)
1 - Marek Hamsik (Slovakia)
1 - Denis Glushakov (Russia)
1 - Admir Mehmedi (Switzerland)
1 - Jamie Vardy (England)
1 - Daniel Sturridge (England)
1 - Gareth McAuley (Northern Ireland)
1 - Niall McGinn (Northern Ireland)
1 - Eder Citadin Martins (Italy)
1 - Ivan Rakitic (Croatia)
1 - Milan Skoda (Czech Republic)
1 - Tomas Necid (Czech Republic)
1 - Nolito (Spain)
1 - Axel Witsel (Belgium)
1 - Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland)
1 - Armando Sadiku (Albania)
1 - Aaron Ramsey (Wales)
1 - Neil Taylor (Wales)
1 - Burak Yilmaz (Turkey)
1 - Nikola Kalinic (Croatia)
1 - Ozan Tufan (Turkey)
1 - Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Iceland)
1 - Zoltan Gera (Hungary)
1 - Nani (Portugal)
1 - Alessandro Schopf (Austria)
1 - Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Iceland)
1 - Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
1 - Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal)
1 - Jerome Boateng (Germany)
1 - Julian Draxler (Germany)
1 - Toby Alderweireld (Belgium)
1 - Michy Batshuayi (Belgium)
1 - Eden Hazard (Belgium)
1 - Yannick Carrasco (Belgium)
1 - Giorgio Chiellini (Italy)
1 - Wayne Rooney (England)
1 - Ragnar Sigurdsson (Iceland)
1 - Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
1 - Renato Sanches (Portugal)
1 - Ashley Williams (Wales)
1 - Sam Vokes (Wales)
1 - Mesut Ozil (Germany)
1 - Leonardo Bonucci (Italy)
 
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The draw format will be:

1. Pot 1 teams in Group order
2. Pot 4 teams in Group order, plus position assignment
3. Pot 3 teams in Group order, plus position assignment
4. Pot 2 teams in Group order, plus position assignment

France are already in A1.

Being in Groups A, B, C & D is advantageous to pot 1 teams, as if they win their group as expected their 2nd round opponents are from the third-placed teams - how these teams will be decided for the second round once the four best are determined requires a very large and ludicrously complex table. Being in Groups A, B, C & F is advantageous to pot 2 teams, as if they place 2nd in their group as expected their 2nd round opponents are runners-up from other groups, not winners.

C1 looks to be the ideal place for a pot 1 team - third-place team for round 2 and first four matches in Lille twice and Paris twice, so no travelling...
 
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It'll be interesting to see if this round 2 thing works or just confuses the hell out of the continent.
 
It'll be interesting to see if this round 2 thing works or just confuses the hell out of the continent.
It's really very simple.

If the top four third-placed teams are from groups A, B, C & D, they'll play the winners of groups C, D, A & B. If they're from groups A, B, C & E, they'll play the winners of groups B, C, A & D. If it's A, B, C & F, they play the winners of B, C, A & D. ABDE will be BCAD, ABDF to BCAD, ABEF to BCAD, ACDE to CABD, ACDF to CABD, ACEF to BADC, ADEF to BADC, BCDE to CABD, BCDF to CABD, BCEF to CBAD, BDEF to CBAD and CDEF to ABDC.

Obviously.
 
It's really very simple.

If the top four third-placed teams are from groups A, B, C & D, they'll play the winners of groups C, D, A & B. If they're from groups A, B, C & E, they'll play the winners of groups B, C, A & D. If it's A, B, C & F, they play the winners of B, C, A & D. ABDE will be BCAD, ABDF to BCAD, ABEF to BCAD, ACDE to CABD, ACDF to CABD, ACEF to BADC, ADEF to BADC, BCDE to CABD, BCDF to CABD, BCEF to CBAD, BDEF to CBAD and CDEF to ABDC.

Obviously.
It's one of those things where pundits should just say "They're playing this team" rather than explaining the whole shebang.
 
England in Group B...

And Germany put into the easiest group for travel and 2nd round games :rolleyes:

First batch are:
A - France
B - England
C - Germany
D - Spain
E - Belgium
F - Portugal
 
Ooof, Wales drawn out with England. Northern Ireland against Germany (it's as if it's loaded in Germany's favour or something).

Second bunch:
A3 Albania
B3 Wales
C4 Northern Ireland
D3 Turkey
E3 Republic of Ireland
F2 Iceland

They liked drawing position 3 out didn't they?
 
Opening game is France - Romania...

England and Wales both play Slovakia - should keep @Liquid happy!


Ooooof, Poland with Germany - same as the qualifiers!
 
France v Romania opening game, Slovakia in with England and Wales...
 
Czech Republic in Group D... that's looking like the Group of Death. Just needs Italy to join them :D

Portugal, Iceland, Hungary looking like an easy group...

Next set:
A2 Romania
B4 Slovakia
C3 Poland
D2 Czech Republic
E4 Sweden
F4 Hungary
 
Last set:

A4 Switzerland
B2 Russia
C2 Ukraine
D4 Croatia
E2 Italy
F3 Austria

Group F looks really easy for Portugal...
 
A: France, Romania, Albania, Switzerland
B: England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia
C: Germany, Ukraine, Poland, N.Ireland
D: Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia
E: Belgium, Italy, R.O.Ireland, Sweden
F: Portugal, Iceland, Austria, Hungary
 
N.Ireland and Ireland both get the toughest groups, Spain and Portugal's looks reasonably easy...
 
England can be happy with the draw.

N.Ireland and Ireland both get the toughest groups, Spain and Portugal's looks reasonably easy...
Not really in Spain's group, they have Croatia who have an abundance of good players and Turkey aren't easy opposition.
 
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If it's any consolation, Das Team have a decent chance of reaching the KO stages and a possible tie with the runners-up in Group B, plus a guaranteed Austro-Hungarian derby.
 
So I'm doing a Man United save on Football Manager 2016 and on it England have won Euro 2016!, they beat Italy 1-0 in the final and beat Germany 3-0 in the semi, Milner got player of the tournament and Balotelli got the golden boot!
 
France, Belgium and Spain are my top picks to win the Tournament. But I can see England going quite far and then tripping up at the hurdles either in the Quarters or the Semis.
 
Wales oversubscribed on tickets

The FAW has received more than three times as many applications for Euro 2016 group matches than it has tickets. Wales have an allocation of 17,000 for their three group games but fans have applied for 52,160 tickets.

The article goes on:

Wales face Slovakia at Bordeaux's Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, which holds 42,115.

But Lens' Stade Bollaert-Delelis, where Wales play England, and Toulouse' Stade Municipal, where they take on Russia, have capacities of around 38,000 and 33,150 respectively - the two smallest stadiums of the 10 used during Euro 2016.

Uefa, European football's governing body, has given the FAW an allocation of 7,000 tickets for the Slovakia game and 5,000 each for the England and Russia fixtures.

42,000 seater stadium: 7,000 tickets meaning 28,000 other seats assuming Slovakia have an equal allocation.
38,000 seater stadium: 5,000 tickets meaning 28,000 other seats assuming England have an equal allocation.
33,000 seater stadium: 5,000 tickets meaning 23,000 other seats assuming Russia have an equal allocation.

That's 17,000 tickets versus 79,000 other seats and that's including the opposition's tickets. However I doubt that England or Russia will have an equal allocation for those games.

What a jip! An allocation of 17,000 tickets is pathetic. That's less than half the capacity of the opening stadium and that's to sustain us for the entire group stage. Stick a few thousand for charities, sure, but I don't give a damn about commercial tickets and sponsorship tickets. They seem to be taking up an incredible majority of the allocated tickets. Up yours, UEFA.
 
That's UEFA in a nutshell, I remember the champions league final at Wembley where each team got about 24,000 tickets. That leaves about 40,000 corporate tickets.
 
Goal-line technology to be used in next years tournament and next seasons Champions League...
 
Wales oversubscribed on tickets

The FAW has received more than three times as many applications for Euro 2016 group matches than it has tickets. Wales have an allocation of 17,000 for their three group games but fans have applied for 52,160 tickets.

The article goes on:



42,000 seater stadium: 7,000 tickets meaning 28,000 other seats assuming Slovakia have an equal allocation.
38,000 seater stadium: 5,000 tickets meaning 28,000 other seats assuming England have an equal allocation.
33,000 seater stadium: 5,000 tickets meaning 23,000 other seats assuming Russia have an equal allocation.

That's 17,000 tickets versus 79,000 other seats and that's including the opposition's tickets. However I doubt that England or Russia will have an equal allocation for those games.

What a jip! An allocation of 17,000 tickets is pathetic. That's less than half the capacity of the opening stadium and that's to sustain us for the entire group stage. Stick a few thousand for charities, sure, but I don't give a damn about commercial tickets and sponsorship tickets. They seem to be taking up an incredible majority of the allocated tickets. Up yours, UEFA.

That's UEFA in a nutshell, I remember the champions league final at Wembley where each team got about 24,000 tickets. That leaves about 40,000 corporate tickets.

That is not entirely true. A certain percentage goes into free sale, as in available for everyone.
 
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