UEFA Euro 2016

UEFA Euro 2016

Championnat d'Europe de football 2016 (French)
UEFA Euro 2016 official logo Le Rendez-Vous
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	10 June – 10 July 2016
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	10 (in 10 host cities)

The 2016 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016, will be the 15th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organized by UEFA. It is scheduled to be held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016.^[1][2] Spain are two-time defending champions.

For the first time, the European Championship final tournament will be contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format used since 1996.^[3] Under this new format, the finalists will contest a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage including three rounds and the final. 19 teams (the top two from each of the nine qualifying groups and the best third-placed team) joined France who qualified automatically as hosts; a series of two-legged play-off ties between the remaining third-placed teams in November 2015 decided the last four spots at the final tournament.

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.^[4][5] The matches will be played in ten stadia in ten cities: Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Étienne, and Toulouse. It will be the third time that France hosts the tournament, after the inaugural tournament in 1960 and the 1984 finals. The French team have won the European Championship twice: in 1984 and 2000.

The winning team earns the right to compete at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Russia.

Bid process

Four bids came before the deadline at 9 March 2009. France, Italy and Turkey put in single bids while Norway and Sweden put in a joint bid.^[6] Norway and Sweden eventually withdrew their bid in December 2009.^[7]

The host was selected on 28 May 2010.^[8]

Voting results

Country	Round[9]
	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.
• Round 2: The same thirteen-member committee voted for either of the two finalists.

Qualification

The qualifying draw took place at the Palais des Congres Acropolis in Nice, on 23 February 2014,^[2] with the first matches being played in September 2014.^[1]

A total of 53 teams competed for 23 places in the final tournament to join France, who have 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 to the final tournament. The remaining eight third-placed teams will contest two-legged play-offs to determine the last four qualifiers.^[10][11][12]

The UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino stated in March 2012 that UEFA would review the qualification competition to ensure that it was not "boring".^[13] In September 2011, during UEFA's first ever full strategy meeting, Michel Platini proposed a qualification format involving two group stages, but the proposal was not accepted by the member associations.^[14] In May 2013, Platini confirmed a similar qualifying format would be again discussed during the September 2013 UEFA executive committee meeting in Dubrovnik.^[15]

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),^[16] defending European champions Spain, and world champions Germany, who qualified for their 12th straight European Championship finals.^[17]

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.^[18] 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.

Five teams secured their first-ever qualification to a UEFA European Championship final tournament: Albania, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Wales.^[18] Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Wales had each previously competed in the FIFA World Cup, while Albania and Iceland had never participated in a major tournament in their history.^[18] Similarly, both Austria and Ukraine completed successful qualification campaigns for the first time, having only previously qualified as hosts (of 2008 and 2012 respectively).

Scotland were the only team from the British Isles not to qualify for the finals,^[19] and 2004 champions Greece finished bottom in their group. Two other previous Euro champions, 1988 winners Netherlands and 1992 victors Denmark both missed out on the finals; the Netherlands for the first time since Euro 1984 (also held in France), and missing out on their first major tournament since the 2002 FIFA World Cup as well as their failure to qualify being only 16 months after the team finished third in the 2014 FIFA World Cup ^[20] and Denmark for the first time since Euro 2008, after losing in the play-off rounds to Sweden.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
France	Hosts	01 !28 May 2010	8 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
England	Group E winner	02 !5 September 2015	8B (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
Czech Republic2	Group A winner	03 !6 September 2015	8B (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Iceland	Group A runner-up	04 !6 September 2015	0 (debut)
Austria	Group G winner	05 !8 September 2015	1 (2008)
Northern Ireland	Group F winner	06 !8 October 2015	0 (debut)
Portugal	Group I winner	07 !8 October 2015	6 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Spain	Group C winner	08 !9 October 2015	9 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Switzerland	Group E runner-up	09 !9 October 2015	3 (1996, 2004, 2008)
Italy	Group H winner	10 !10 October 2015	8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Belgium	Group B winner	11 !10 October 2015	4 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000)
Wales	Group B runner-up	12 !10 October 2015	0 (debut)
Romania	Group F runner-up	13 !11 October 2015	4 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008)
Albania	Group I runner-up	14 !11 October 2015	0 (debut)
Germany3	Group D winner	15 !11 October 2015	11 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Poland	Group D runner-up	16 !11 October 2015	2 (2008, 2012)
Russia4	Group G runner-up	17 !12 October 2015	10 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Slovakia	Group C runner-up	18 !12 October 2015	0 (debut)
Croatia	Group H runner-up	19 !13 October 2015	4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Turkey	Best third-placed team	19 !13 October 2015	3 (1996, 2000, 2008)
Hungary	Play-off winner	20 !15 November 2015	2 (1964, 1972)
Republic of Ireland	Play-off winner	21 !16 November 2015	2 (1988, 2012)
Sweden	Play-off winner	22 !17 November 2015	5 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Ukraine	Play-off winner	22 !17 November 2015	1 (2012)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

² From 1960 to 1992, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.

³ From 1960 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

⁴ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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.^{[1][2][21][22]} 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.^{[23][24][25][26]}

Pot 15 Team Coeff Rank  Spain6 37,962 2  Germany 40,236 1  England 35,963 3  Portugal 35,138 4  Belgium 34,442 5

Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank  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  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  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

⁵ Hosts France (coefficient 33,599; rank 8th) were automatically assigned to position A1.

⁶ Defending champions Spain (coefficient 37,962; rank 2nd) were automatically assigned to Pot 1.

Venues

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.^[27] The French Football Federation had to choose which nine stadiums would actually be used.

The choice for the first seven was undisputed – France's national stadium, the Stade de France, four newly constructed stadiums in Lille, Lyon, Nice and Bordeaux, and those of the biggest cities, Paris and Marseille. The last two remaining places, after Strasbourg opted out for financial reasons following relegation,^[28] were chosen to be Lens and Nancy in the first round of voting, instead of Saint-Étienne and Toulouse, chosen as reserve stadiums.

In June 2011, the number of host venues was increased to eleven because of the new tournament format featuring 24 teams, instead of the previous 16.^[29][30] The decision meant that the reserve cities of Toulouse and St-Étienne joined the list of hosts. However, in December 2011, Nancy announced its withdrawal from the tournament, after the stadium's renovation fell through,^[31] so ten host cities will now be used.

Also, 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 of ten venues was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee on 25 January 2013.^[32]

Saint-Denis 2 5	Marseille 1 2 3 4	Lyon 1 2 4 5	Lille
Stade de France	Stade Vélodrome	Parc Olympique Lyonnais	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
48°55′28″N 2°21′36″E / 48.92444°N 2.36000°E / 48.92444; 2.36000 (Stade de France)	43°16′11″N 5°23′45″E / 43.26972°N 5.39583°E / 43.26972; 5.39583 (Stade Vélodrome)	45°45′56″N 4°58′52″E / 45.76556°N 4.98111°E / 45.76556; 4.98111 (Parc Olympique Lyonnais)	50°36′43″N 3°07′50″E / 50.61194°N 3.13056°E / 50.61194; 3.13056 (Stade Pierre-Mauroy)
Capacity: 81,338	Capacity: 67,394 (upgraded)	Capacity: 59,286 (new stadium)	Capacity: 50,186 (new stadium)
	Saint-Denis Paris Lens Lyon Bordeaux Lille Saint-Étienne Toulouse Marseille Nice UEFA Euro 2016 (France)
Paris 1 2 3 4			Bordeaux 1 2
Parc des Princes			Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux
48°50′29″N 2°15′11″E / 48.84139°N 2.25306°E / 48.84139; 2.25306 (Parc des Princes)			44°53′50″N 0°33′43″W / 44.89722°N 0.56194°W / 44.89722; -0.56194 (Bordeaux)
Capacity: 47,000 (upgraded)			Capacity: 42,115 (new stadium)
Saint-Étienne 2 4 5	Nice	Lens 2 4	Toulouse 1 2
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	Allianz Riviera	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	Stadium Municipal
45°27′39″N 4°23′24″E / 45.46083°N 4.39000°E / 45.46083; 4.39000 (St Etienne)	43°42′25″N 7°11′40″E / 43.70694°N 7.19444°E / 43.70694; 7.19444 (Nice)	50°25′58.26″N 2°48′53.47″E / 50.4328500°N 2.8148528°E / 50.4328500; 2.8148528 (Lens)	43°34′59″N 1°26′3″E / 43.58306°N 1.43417°E / 43.58306; 1.43417 (Toulouse)
Capacity: 41,965 (upgraded)	Capacity: 35,624 (new stadium)	Capacity: 38,223 (upgraded)	Capacity: 33,300 (upgraded)

Note: Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2016 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding.

Finals format

To accommodate the expansion from a 16 team finals tournament to 24 teams, the format will be changed from that used in 2012 with the addition of two extra groups in the group stage, and an extra round in the knockout stages. The six groups (A to F) would still contain 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 would also progress, leaving 16 teams going into the new round of 16 knockout stage, ahead of the usual quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, and only 8 teams going out at the group stage.^[13] The format is exactly the one which was applied to the 1986, 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, with the exception of the absence of a third-place play-off.

This format generates a total of 51 games, compared with 31 games for the previous 16-team tournament, to be 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 a difficulty in preventing situations where teams might be able to know in advance what results they need to progress out of the group, lending to a lack of suspense for fans, or even the prospect of mutually beneficial collusion between teams.^[13]

Squads

Each national team has to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.^[12]

Match officials

On 15 December 2015, UEFA named eighteen referees for Euro 2016.^[33]

Referee	Assistant referees	Additional assistant referees	Country	Matches refereed
Martin Atkinson			England
Felix Brych			Germany
Cüneyt Çakır			Turkey
Mark Clattenburg			England
Willie Collum			Scotland
Jonas Eriksson			Sweden
Ovidiu Hațegan			Romania
Sergei Karasev			Russia
Viktor Kassai			Hungary
Pavel Královec			Czech Republic
Björn Kuipers			Netherlands
Szymon Marciniak			Poland
Milorad Mažić			Serbia
Svein Oddvar Moen			Norway
Nicola Rizzoli			Italy
Damir Skomina			Slovenia
Clément Turpin			France
Carlos Velasco Carballo			Spain

Broadcasting

The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) will be located at the Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles in Paris.^[2]

Group stage

UEFA announced the schedule of the tournament on 25 April 2014,^[34][35] and it was confirmed on 12 December 2015 after the final draw.^[36] All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

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

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria will be applied:^[37]

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 have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1–6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams have 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, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
9. Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.

The four best third-placed teams are determined according to the following criteria:^[37]

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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase
4	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase
4	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase
4	Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase
4	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase
4	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase
4	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Third place group A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	B	Third place group B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	C	Third place group C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	D	Third place group D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	E	Third place group E	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	F	Third place group F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Knockout phase

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.^[12]

Knockout phase structure

In the round of 16, UEFA have arranged the match-ups to take place as follows:^[37]

• Match 1: Runner-up Group A v Runner-up Group C
• Match 2: Winner Group D v 3rd Place Group B/E/F
• Match 3: Winner Group B v 3rd Place Group A/C/D
• Match 4: Winner Group F v Runner-up Group E
• Match 5: Winner Group C v 3rd Place Group A/B/F
• Match 6: Winner Group E v Runner-up Group D
• Match 7: Winner Group A v 3rd Place Group C/D/E
• Match 8: Runner-up Group B v Runner-up Group F

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16:^[37]

Best ranked groups	Winner Group A v	Winner Group B v	Winner Group C v	Winner Group D v
A B C D	3C	3D	3A	3B
A B C E	3C	3A	3B	3E
A B C F	3C	3A	3B	3F
A B D E	3D	3A	3B	3E
A B D F	3D	3A	3B	3F
A B E F	3E	3A	3B	3F
A C D E	3C	3D	3A	3E
A C D F	3C	3D	3A	3F
A C E F	3C	3A	3F	3E
A D E F	3D	3A	3F	3E
B C D E	3C	3D	3B	3E
B C D F	3C	3D	3B	3F
B C E F	3E	3C	3B	3F
B D E F	3E	3D	3B	3F
C D E F	3C	3D	3F	3E

The quarter-final match-ups are:^[37]

• Quarter-final 1: Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2
• Quarter-final 2: Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4
• Quarter-final 3: Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 6
• Quarter-final 4: Winner Match 7 v Winner Match 8

The semi-final match-ups are:^[37]

• Semi-final 1: Winner Quarter-final 1 v Winner Quarter-final 2
• Semi-final 2: Winner Quarter-final 3 v Winner Quarter-final 4

The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there is no third-place match.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

25 June – Saint-Étienne

Runner-up Group A

30 June – Marseille

Runner-up Group C

Winner Match 37

25 June – Lens

Winner Match 39

Winner Group D

6 July – Lyon

3rd Group B / E / F

Winner Match 45

25 June – Paris

Winner Match 46

Winner Group B

1 July – Lille

3rd Group A / C / D

Winner Match 38

26 June – Toulouse

Winner Match 42

Winner Group F

10 July – Saint-Denis

Runner-up Group E

Winner Match 49

26 June – Lille

Winner Match 50

Winner Group C

2 July – Bordeaux

3rd Group A / B / F

Winner Match 41

27 June – Saint-Denis

Winner Match 43

Winner Group E

7 July – Marseille

Runner-up Group D

Winner Match 47

26 June – Lyon

Winner Match 48

Winner Group A

3 July – Saint-Denis

3rd Group C / D / E

Winner Match 40

27 June – Nice

Winner Match 44

Runner-up Group B

Runner-up Group F

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[12]

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

The following suspensions will be served during the tournament:

Player	Team	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Marek Suchý	Czech Republic	vs Netherlands in qualifying (13 October 2015)	Group D v Spain
Gökhan Töre	Turkey	vs Iceland in qualifying (13 October 2015)	Group D v Croatia Group D v Spain

Controversies

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."^[38]

Marketing

Logo and slogan

The official logo was unveiled on 26 June 2013, during a ceremony at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines in Paris.^[39] 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.^[40]

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."^[41]

Video game

The UEFA Euro 2016 video game will be released by Konami as a free DLC on "Pro Evolution Soccer 2016".^[42][43]

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament, Super Victor, was unveiled on 18 November 2014.^[44] 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".^[45] 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.^[46]

Sponsorship

Global sponsors	National sponsors
Adidas[47] Carlsberg[48] Coca-Cola[49] Continental[50] Hisense[51] Hyundai–Kia[52] McDonald's[53] Orange[54] SOCAR[55] Turkish Airlines[56]	Abritel–HomeAway[57] Crédit Agricole[58] Française des Jeux[59] La Poste[60] PROMAN[61] SNCF[62]

Match ball

The official match ball, Beau Jeu, was unveiled on 12 November 2015 by former France player Zinedine Zidane.^[63]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to UEFA Euro 2016.

• UEFA Euro 2016 – Information at Union of European Football Associations
• UEFA Euro 2016 – Bid Evaluation Report at Union of European Football Associations
• Official French bid website at French Football Federation

UEFA Euro 2016 Stages Qualification Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Knockout phase Final General information Bids Broadcasting Controversies Matches Statistics Squads Official symbols Adidas Beau Jeu (ball) Super Victor (mascot)

UEFA Euro 2016 stadiums Allianz Riviera (Nice) Parc des Princes (Paris) Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux (Bordeaux) Stade de France (Saint-Denis) Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) Stade Bollaert-Delelis (Lens) Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (Saint-Étienne) Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Lille) Stade Vélodrome (Marseille) Stadium Municipal (Toulouse)

UEFA European Championships Tournaments France 1960 Spain 1964 Italy 1968 Belgium 1972 Yugoslavia 1976 Italy 1980 France 1984 West Germany 1988 Sweden 1992 England 1996 Belgium/Netherlands 2000 Portugal 2004 Austria/Switzerland 2008 Poland/Ukraine 2012 France 2016 Pan-European 2020 TBA 2024 Qualification 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Finals 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Squads 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Bids 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Statistics Team appearances Teams with no appearances Droughts Goalscorers Penalty shoot-outs Records Red cards Teams of the Tournament Mascots Video games

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