The European Football Championship 2016, more referred to as Euro 2016, will be the 15th edition of the European Championship Men's football teams organized by UEFA.
For the first time, the European Football Championship
will be contested by 24 teams, so all, and thus the expansion of the 16-team
format that was used since 1996 will be played under this new format.The qualified
will compete in the group stage with six groups containing four teams, followed
by an elimination phase with three phases and the final. As hosts, France has
automatic qualification for the tournament, while the other 53 teams competing
in the qualifiers, from September 2014 to November 2015, to ensure the
remaining 23 vacancies. Next to these teams, then are twice champion Spain and
for the first time since its affiliation to UEFA, Gibraltar.
France was chosen to host the May 28, 2010, when his candidacy
won the Italy and Turkey. The matches will be played in ten stadiums across
nine citiesIt will be the third time that France will organize the tournament,
in which two were in 1960 and 1984.
The winner of the Football UEFA Euro 2016 will earn the
right to play in the championship of the 2017 FIFA Confederations organized by
Russia. If Germany or Russia win, the 2nd placed will participate, as Germany
ranked to be world champion in the Football World Cup 2014 to Russia for being
the hostess.
The teams classified in the qualifiers, together with the
host nation, will be divided into six groups (A to F), in which four teams will
face each other in a single round. The top two teams from each group, along
with the four best third-placed among the six groups, they fall to the last
sixteen.
France is the favourite to win the Euro 2016.Germany has
a great middle while Italy has a strong defense. Belgium is doing very well in
the warm-up matches. Defending Champion Spain comes as amother favourite.
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