EURO 2016 Thread

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It's that time again! Teams from twenty-four, yes you heard me TWENTY-FOUR countries (not 16!) from across Europe will all gather in France for the biggest tournament in European soccer/football! The UEFA European Championship!

This is the 15th edition of the tournament and the reigning champions are Spain, hoping to win the title for the 3rd time in a row. However 23 others stand in their way, including Czech Republic, Turkey and Croatia in their group.

Five teams make their debut in this tournament: Albania, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Wales.

The tournament will take place from June 10 to July 10.

Here's how it works:

• The twenty-four teams are split into six groups of four. Each team in their group plays everyone else in their group, so each team plays thrice in the Groups. Three for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss.
  
• After all games are played the top two teams in each group automatically qualify for the Round of 16. The remaining four places are determined by the records of the 3rd placed teams, the four teams with the best record also qualify.
  
• After that it's straight knockout format until one team is left standing at the end. If the match is tied, extra time and if still tied, penalties are taken until there is an outright winner.

Here are the groups:

CODE: WINNERS | RUNNERS-UP | 3RD PLACE QUALIFIED | ELIMINATED

GROUP A: FRANCE, ROMANIA, ALBANIA, SWITZERLAND
GROUP B: ENGLAND, WALES, RUSSIA, SLOVAKIA
GROUP C: GERMANY, UKRAINE, NORTHERN IRELAND, POLAND
GROUP D: SPAIN, CZECH REPUBLIC, CROATIA, TURKEY
GROUP E: BELGIUM, ITALY, REP. IRELAND, SWEDEN
GROUP F: PORTUGAL, ICELAND, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY

ROUND OF 16:

SWITZERLAND 1(4)-(5)1 POLAND
WALES 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
CROATIA 0-1 PORTUGAL AET
FRANCE 2-1 REP. IRELAND
GERMANY 3-0 SLOVAKIA
HUNGARY 0-4 BELGIUM
ITALY 2-0 SPAIN
ENGLAND 1-2 ICELAND

QUARTER-FINALS:

POLAND 1(3)-(5)1 PORTUGAL
WALES 3-1 BELGIUM
GERMANY 1(6)-(5)1 ITALY
FRANCE 5-2 ICELAND

SEMI-FINALS:

PORTUGAL 2-0 WALES
GERMANY vs FRANCE

FINAL: July 10 (2100 CET), Stade De France

PORTUGAL 1-0 FRANCE AET

RANKINGS:

1: PORTUGAL
2: FRANCE
3: WALES
4: GERMANY
5: ITALY
6: POLAND
7: ICELAND
8: BELGIUM
9: CROATIA
10: SWITZERLAND
11: SPAIN
12: ENGLAND
13: HUNGARY
14: SLOVAKIA
15: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
16: NORTHERN IRELAND
17: TURKEY
18: ALBANIA
19: ROMANIA
20: SWEDEN
21: CZECH REPUBLIC
22: AUSTRIA
23: RUSSIA
24: UKRAINE

So who's you're money on? Do you think Spain will win it again? Will England finally win the tournament? Or will someone shock everyone and claim victory for themselves? The place to discuss everything EURO 2016 is right here!

[OwlRTA]

Prediction for the Unexpected Event: Iceland will make it to the semi-finals

Prediction for the Euro winners: Germany wins the European Championship

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May 13, 2016 18:40:20 GMT -5 OwlRTA said:

Prediction for the Unexpected Event: Iceland will make it to the semi-finals

Prediction for the Euro winners: Germany wins the European Championship

SCOTLAND ARE GONNA WIN!!! Wait a minute...

[OwlRTA]

May 13, 2016 19:56:36 GMT -5 @fluffyreturnz3000 said:

May 13, 2016 18:40:20 GMT -5 OwlRTA said:

Prediction for the Unexpected Event: Iceland will make it to the semi-finals

Prediction for the Euro winners: Germany wins the European Championship

SCOTLAND ARE GONNA WIN!!! Wait a minute...

Scotland never wins
Then again, neither does Canada

[thatoneuser]

WHERE'S AMERICA

/s

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May 13, 2016 22:17:17 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

WHERE'S AMERICA

/s

[arsenette]

You missed the /s LOL

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Roy Hodgson has announced the provisional 26-man squad for England. Remember this is only the provisional list, the final list will be made up of 23 players.

GOALKEEPERS
Joe Hart (Manchester City)
Fraser Forster (Southampton)
Tom Heaton (Burnley)

DEFENDERS
Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
Chris Smalling (Manchester United)
John Stones (Everton)
Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur)
Ryan Bertrand (Southampton)
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool)

MIDFIELDERS
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)
Ross Barkley (Everton)
Fabian Delph (Manchester City)
Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur)
Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City)
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)
Adam Lallana (Liverpool)
James Milner (Liverpool)
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
Andros Townsend (Newcastle United)
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).

FORWARDS
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)

So what do you think? Has he left any key players out, do you think any players don't deserve a place in the team?

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Spain's provisional squad has been announced:


Lots of big names missing out, including Juan Mata, Diego Costa and Fernando Torres.

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Local authorities have banned alcohol at the England v Wales game in Lens.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36372446

[gt4dom]

May 24, 2016 17:52:38 GMT -5 @fluffyreturnz3000 said:

Local authorities have banned alcohol at the England v Wales game in Lens.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36372446

They're football fans, they'll find a way to still all be hammered before the match begins

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Marcus Rashford scored within THREE minutes of his England debut. WHAT A PLAYER!

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Marco Reus has been left OUT of Germany's EURO squad! HOW DID HE NOT GET IN!? He's a brilliant player!

[marsllama]

May 31, 2016 6:17:12 GMT -5 @fluffyreturnz3000 said:

Marco Reus has been left OUT of Germany's EURO squad! HOW DID HE NOT GET IN!? He's a brilliant player!

Reus has had a few injury issues I believe. Rashford is great, the second best young striker in Manchester

Belgium are the dark horses in this one. I think France will win in the end, with Belgium, Germany and Spain in the semi-finals. England will hopefully reach the quarter finals, where we will be knocked out in the most English way possible- a spectacular own goal to take it to penalties which we will then miss. 

As a Man City fan, I will be watching basically all of Belgium, England, France and Spain.

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Jun 2, 2016 10:14:08 GMT -5 marsllama said:

May 31, 2016 6:17:12 GMT -5 @fluffyreturnz3000 said:

Marco Reus has been left OUT of Germany's EURO squad! HOW DID HE NOT GET IN!? He's a brilliant player!

Reus has had a few injury issues I believe. Rashford is great, the second best young striker in Manchester

Belgium are the dark horses in this one. I think France will win in the end, with Belgium, Germany and Spain in the semi-finals. England will hopefully reach the quarter finals, where we will be knocked out in the most English way possible- a spectacular own goal to take it to penalties which we will then miss. 

As a Man City fan, I will be watching basically all of Belgium, England, France and Spain.

I think England could win this lol

[marsllama]

I hope so. Shame Scotland aren't there, and not just because it lead to that cringeworthy Paddy Power advert. Would be nice to have all the UK nations competing at once.

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Jun 2, 2016 13:15:22 GMT -5 marsllama said:

I hope so. Shame Scotland aren't there, and not just because it lead to that cringeworthy Paddy Power advert. Would be nice to have all the UK nations competing at once.

I have to admit Scotland have been playing poorly in the past few years...they need young talent to fill in the blanks.

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Guess what starts today...

[The Chief]

France and Switzerland out of Group A, England, Wales, and Russia out of Group B, Germoney, Poland, Ukraine out of Group C, Spain, Croatia, Czech Republic out of Group D, Belgium, Italy, Sweden out of Group E, and Portugal and Austria out of Group F.

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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! OLIVIER GIROOOOOOOUD!!! First goal of the tournament is scored by the hosts!