Football poll and debate: France will host the final stage of the UEFA Euro 2016 next summer (June 10 – July 10). Who do you think will win? Vote!
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UEFA Euro 2016
Fifty four European football (soccer) teams participated in the qualifying phase of the UEFA Euro 2016. This competition will have its grand final in Paris on July 10 2016. As a host, France was automatically qualified for the final stage of the tournament, and other 23 national teams will join them. It is the first time 24 countries participate in the final stage. There are six groups of four teams. The winner and the runner-up of each group will qualify for the phase of 16, along with the best four third-placed teams. The knockout competition will then begin. There can only be one winner!
Where are England, Wales, Northern Irland, and The Republic of Ireland playing in the Euro 2016?
England and Wales are in the same group (B). England will play their first match against Russia on June 11 at the Vélodrome Stadium (Marseille), their second match will be against Wales on June 16 2016 at the Bollaert-Delelis Stadium (Lens) and they will finish the group phase against Slovakia on June 20 at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium (Saint-Étienne). Wales will start against Slovakia on June 11 at Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux (Bordeaux) and finish against Russia on June 20 2016 at the Stadium Municipal (Toulouse).
Northern Ireland are in group C and will play Poland on June 12 at the Allianz Riviera (Nice), then Ukraine on June 16 at the Stade des Lumières (Lyon) and finally Germany at the Parc des Princes Stadium (Paris) on June 21.
The Republic of Ireland are in group E and will open their Euro 2016 against Sweden on June 13 at Stade de France (Saint-Denis), they will then play Belgium at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux (Bordeaux) on June 18 and their third match would be against Italy on June 22 at the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium (Lille).
Complete UEFA EURO 2016 Tournamet Schedule
Zoom in this image to see the time and place of all UEFA Euro 2016 matches
Who will win Euro 2016?
According to UEFA ‘s national team coefficient, at the time of the draw the strongest European teams qualified for the Euro 2016 were, in this order: Germany, Spain, England, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, France and Russia. The Netherlands were the only top 10 European team that didn’t qualify for the final stage of the UEFA Euro 2016.
It is very likely that the winner of the competition will be one of the eight teams listed above. That is why we selected them as the possible answers in our poll. But who will win Euro 2016? Will it be one of the strongest teams or a big surprise? Some of the best players in the world will be there, but will they be able to make the difference?
Watch this video with the best moments of the European qualifiers:
Euro 2016 draw
This is what the Euro 2016 group stage looks like:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F | |
| 1 | France | England | Germany | Spain | Belgium | Portugal |
| 2 | Romania | Russia | Ukraine | Czech Rep. | Italy | Iceland |
| 3 | Albania | Wales | Poland | Turkey | Ireland | Austria |
| 4 | Switzerland | Slovakia | N. Ireland | Croatia | Sweden | Hungary |
Now that the UEFA 2016 is over could you predict who will win the Premier League?
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People! Stop being so biased because you come from that country so that team is gonna win. I like the optimism but 20 odd teams won't win at once, the odds won't always be in your favour, therefore you have to analyse and interpret the data of all the teams. Go through each team and see what their strengths and weaknesses are and compare them afterwards. Then you can post things on the internet. Let's look at Germany and France for example.
Germany:
Pros
-Good Squad
-Play Separated
-Good Manager
-Organised
Cons
-They aim for an early goal which gives them a disadvantage by losing the ball
-They're to cocky sometimes therefore they could show off skill and injure someone + earning a yellow/red card; injure themselves and have to sit out or lose the ball quite easily
-They might stick to their Plan too much which could result in losing the ball to often and injuring other players
France:
Pros
-Great squad
-They're the hosts which make them feel more comfortable
-Fair leader
-Referees could sometimes favour them
-organised and match planned out
Cons
-Referees could sometimes favour them
-Could get to comfortable resulting in losing the ball quicker
-have a rough idea of the match which could result in getting accused of cheating and threat of disqualification
-Have a good idea of their opponents which could result in point above.
Compare/Analysis:
Question: If there were a match Germany vs France who would be more likely to win?
Both teams have excellent squads however France plays close together which gives the advantage to Germany by passing the ball further out into the field. On the other hand, Germany can get to cocky which can lead to losing the ball more quickly resulting in France occupying the ball more often. As France often seem like they have a planned out match, Germany would be more likely to attack them more brutally but not deadly or exaggerated, and referees can have France as their favourite which could result in France earning more penalties therefore leading to more goals.
Result:
Taking the points made, the result could either be a draw of the following:
0-0
1-1
2-2
Or a slight advantage to Germany:
1-0
2-1
What do you think?
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