UEFA Euro 2016 was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men’s football championship of Europe organized by UEFA. It was held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. 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.
Champions: 
Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up: 
France
Top Goal Scorer: Antoine Griezmann, 6 goal
UEFA Euro 2016 Awards
Player of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot Goal of the Tournament
Antoine Griezmann Renato Sanches Antoine Griezmann Cristiano Ronaldo Olivier Giroud
Zoltán Gera (vs Portugal)
Xherdan Shaqiri (vs Poland)
UEFA Euro 2016 Group Stage
Group A
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 France (Host)3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 Switzerland3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to knockout phase
3 
Albania3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4 
Romania3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Group B
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 
Wales3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout phase
2 
England3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5 Advance to knockout phase
3 
Slovakia3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Advance to knockout phase
4 
Russia3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Group C
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 
Germany3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 
Poland3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout phase
3 
Northern Ireland3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 Advance to knockout phase
4 
Ukraine3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Group D
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 
Croatia3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 
Spain3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Advance to knockout phase
3 
Turkey3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 
Czech Republic3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Group E
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 
Italy3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6 Advance to knockout phase
2 
Belgium3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout phase
3 
Ireland3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4 Advance to knockout phase
4 
Sweden3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Group F
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 Hungary3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Advance to knockout phase
2 
Iceland3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Advance to knockout phase
3 Portugal3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3 Advance to knockout phase
4 
Austria3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.
UEFA Euro 2016 Round of 16 matches
Date Team A Result Team B
25 June 2016 Switzerland1–1 (a.e.t.)
4–5 (penalties) Poland
25 June 2016 Wales1–0 Northern Ireland
25 June 2016 Croatia0–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal
26 June 2016 France2–1 Ireland
26 June 2016 Germany3–0 Slovakia
26 June 2016 Hungary0–4 Belgium
27 June 2016 Italy2–0 Spain
27 June 2016 England1–2 Iceland
UEFA Euro 2016 Quarter Final matches
Date Team A Result Team B
30 June 2016 Poland1–1 (a.e.t.)
3–5 (penalties) Portugal
1 July 2016 Wales3–1 Belgium
2 July 2016 Germany1–1 (a.e.t.)
6–5 (penalties) Italy
3 July 2016 France5–2 Iceland
UEFA Euro 2016 Semi Final matches
6 July 2016 21:00, Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
| Portugal |
2 – 0 | Wales |
Cristiano Ronaldo  50′Nani 53′ |
7 July 2016 21:00, Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
| Germany |
0 – 2 | France |
| A. Griezmann 45+2′ (pen.), 72′ |
UEFA Euro 2016 Final match
10 July 2016 21:00, Stade de France, Saint-Denis
| Portugal |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | France |
| Eder Antonio 109′ |
UEFA Euro 2016 Top Goal Scorer List
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Antoine GriezmannFrance 6
2 Cristiano RonaldoPortugal 3
3 Olivier GiroudFrance 3
4 Dimitri PayetFrance 3
5 Alvaro MorataSpain 3
6 NaniPortugal 3
7 Gareth BaleWales 3
UEFA Euro 2016 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. The group of analysts watched every game before making the decision following the final. Four players from the winning Portuguese squad were named in the tournament.
Position Player Team
Goalkeeper Rui Patrício Portugal
Defender Jérôme Boateng Germany
Defender Joshua Kimmich Germany
Defender Raphaël Guerreiro Portugal
Defender Pepe Portugal
Midfielder Antoine Griezmann France
Midfielder Dimitri Payet France
Midfielder Germany Toni Kroos Germany
Midfielder Joe Allen Wales
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey Wales
Forward Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal
Summary
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. Under the new format, the finalists contested a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout phase 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. 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.
