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 Euro 2016 Participating Countries
Albania N. Ireland
Austria Poland
Belgium Portugal
Croatia Romania
Czech Republic Russia
England Slovakia
France Spain
Germany Sweden
Hungary Switzerland
Iceland Turkey
Ireland Ukraine
Italy Wales
Blue = Participating Nations
Yellow = Played in Qualifiers

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 Henri Delaunay Trophy
The Coupe Henri Delaunay is the trophy awarded
to the winning team in the UEFA European
Championships. It is named after the first General
Secretary of UEFA. The then French Football
Federation's secretary-general Henri Delaunay in
1927 had the idea for a pan-European football
tournament but died five years prior to the first
tournament in 1960.
Since the first tournament it has
been awarded to the winning
team for them to keep for four
years, until the next
tournament.
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 History of the European Championships
Hosts Winners
1960 - France 1960 - Soviet Union
1964 - Spain 1964 - Spain
1968 - Italy 1968 - Italy
1972 - Belgium 1972 - West Germany
1976 - Yugoslavia 1976 - Czechoslovakia
1980 - Italy 1980 - West Germany
1984 - France 1984 - France
1988 - West Germany 1988 - Netherlands
1992 - Sweden 1992 - Denmark
1996 - England 1996 - Germany
2000 - Belgium & Netherlands 2000 - France
2004 - Portugal 2004 - Greece
2008 - Austria & Switzerland 2008 - Spain
2012 - Poland & Ukraine 2012 - Spain
2016 - France 2016 - ?
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2020 - Pan European
 History of the European Championships

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 History of UEFA
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) was founded in 1954
in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and
Belgian associations. Initially, the European football union consisted of 25
members. There are now over 50 members.

UEFA membership is for sovereign countries in Europe, although there are

some exceptions. Some states (like Kosovo, Monaco and Vatican City) are
not members. Some UEFA members are not sovereign states, but form
part of a larger recognized sovereign state. These include Northern
Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, Gibraltar (British Overseas
Territory), and the Faroe Islands (Autonomous country within the Danish
Kingdom).

Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Georgia, Turkey and Russia. Several Asian countries were also admitted to
the European football association, particularly Israel and Kazakhstan
which had been members of the Asian Football Confederation.
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 Venues for Euro 2016
Saint-Denis Bordeaux
Marseille Saint-tienne
Lyon Nice
Lille Lens
Paris Toulouse

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 Saint-Denis - Stade De France
Capacity: 81,338

Saint-Denis is 9km north of Paris.

The Stade De France is the home of

the French Football & Rugby teams.

It hosted the 1998 FIFA World Cup

Final and the 2007 Rugby World Cup
Final.
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 Marseille - Stade Vlodrome
Capacity: 67,394

Marseille is the 2nd largest city in

France.

It is the home of Olympique de

Marseille.

The stadium regularly hosts the

French rugby team too.
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 Lyon - Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Capacity: 59,186

Lyon is the 3rd largest city in France.

The stadium is the new home of

Olympique Lyonnais since it opened
in 2016.

The stadium will also host the final

of the 2019 Womens World Cup.
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 Lille - Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Capacity: 50,186

Lille is situated very close to the

border with Belgium.

The stadium is home to Lille OSC.

The stadium also hosted European

Basketball Championship matches in
2015.
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 Paris - Parc Des Princes
Capacity: 48,712

Paris is the capital city of France.

The stadium is home to Paris Saint-

Germain.

The stadium also hosted many

European Cup Finals, including the
1998 UEFA Cup Final.
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 Bordeaux - Nouveau Stade De Bordeaux
Capacity: 42,115

Bordeaux is the world's major wine

industry capital.

The stadium is home to Girondins

De Bordeaux.

The stadium opened in 2015.

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 Saint-tienne Stade Geoffrey-Guichard
Capacity: 41,965

Saint-tienne is named after St.

Stephen.

The stadium is home to Saint-

tienne since 1931.

The stadium also hosted matches in

Euro 1984 and World Cup 1998.
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 Nice - Allianz Riviera
Capacity: 35,624

Nice is on the south east coast of

France, in the area known as the
Cte d'Azur.

The stadium is home to OGC Nice.

The stadium opened in 2013.

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 Lens - Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Capacity: 38,223

People from Lens are called Lensois.

The stadium is home to RC Lens.

It was opened in 1933 and has

hosted matches in Euro 1988 and
World Cup 1998, along with the
Rugby World Cups in 1999 and 2007.
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 Toulouse - Stadium Municipal
Capacity: 33,150

Toulouse is nicknamed La Vile Rose

meaning The Pink City.

The stadium is home to Toulouse FC.

It was built in 1937 for the 1938

World Cup. It also hosted matches in
the 1998 World Cup.
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 Official Ball for Euro 2016

The Adidas Beau Jeu is the official matchball of the UEFA Euro 2016.
"Beau Jeu" is French for the "Beautiful Game".
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 Euro 2016 Mascot Super Victor

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 Group A France
Capital City: Paris
Population: 66.6m

The Eiffel Tower The Cte d'Azur (French Riviera),

was built in 1889 is the Mediterranean coastline of
by Gustav Eiffel for the southeast corner of France.
the Worlds Fair.
The Gallic Rooster is the
The Arc De Triomphe stands at the National Symbol of France.
end of the Champs lyses, which is
one of the main avenues in Paris.

France is one of the major wine and cheese

producers in the world. Some of its most popular
cheeses include Camembert, Brie and Roquefort.
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Group A Romania
Capital City: Bucharest
Population: 19.5m
The Palace of the Parliament has 12 The currency they use
storeys, 4 underground levels and is is Romanian Leu.
nicknamed the Palace of the People.

The River Danube flows through

10 countries before entering the
Black Sea from Romania.

Bran Castle in Transylvania, is linked to

Vlad the Impaler, who was the basis for
the character Dracula in Bram Stokers
novel. Bram Stoker was an Irish author
born in Clontarf, Dublin.
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Group A Albania
Capital City: Tirana
Population: 2.9m
The currency they use
is Albania Lek.

Tirana International airport

was named after Mother The main plaza in Tirana is Skanderbeg
Square. It is named after the 15th century
Teresa in 2001. She was born
Anjez Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Albanian warrior hero Skanderbeg.
1910, and died in 1997. Albania is bordered by Montenegro, Kosovo,
Macedonia & Greece. The Adriatic Sea is to the west.
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 Group A Switzerland
Capital City: Berne
Population: 8.2m
The Swiss Guard are the
official protectors of the
Pope in the Vatican.

Switzerland is an Alpine Country.

The Matterhorn is one of the The Swiss Army Knife has
highest peaks in the Alps. been produced since 1891.

Switzerland has been a

neutral country since 1815.
Like Ireland, they will not The currency
get involved in foreign wars. they use is An Irish monk
Swiss Franc. founded the city of
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 Group B England
Capital City: London
Population: 53.1m

The currency they use

is Pound Sterling.

The London Eye is a giant

Big Ben is the name of the bell in the
tower at the Palace of Westminster.
Ferris wheel on the banks
of the River Thames.
The White Cliffs of Dover form part of the
English coastline facing France. There is
only 34km between England and France.

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument believed

to have been built between 3000-2000BC.
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Group B Russia
Capital City: Moscow
Population: 144.2m

The worlds 1st satellite, named Sputnik,

was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
Sputnik means little traveller.

The Brown Bear is the The official name for Russia is

National Animal of Russia. the Russian Federation.

The currency they use

St. Basils Cathedral is in Red
Square in Moscow. It was built
in the 16th century. It is in the
Kremlin, which is the home to
the Russian President.
is Russian Ruble.
Russia is located across 9 time zones. Russia was
known as the U.S.S.R. until 1991, when many
former states gained independence, including
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia and Ukraine.
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 Group B Wales
Capital City: Cardiff
Population: 3.1m

Snowdon is the highest mountain

in Wales. Wales is called Cymru
(pronounced Cum-ri) in Welsh.

The currency they use

is Pound Sterling.

St. Patricks real name was Maewyn Succat

Wales is famous for its male choirs. and he originally came from Wales.
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Group B Slovakia
Capital City: Bratislava
Population: 5.4m
Bratislava is the only capital
in the world that borders two
independent countries;
Austria and Hungary.

Gerlach Peak in the Tatra Mountains is

the highest mountain in Slovakia.

More than
6,000 caves
have been
discovered in
Slovakia.
Slovakia was part of
Czechoslovakia until 1993.
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 Group C Germany
Capital City: Berlin
Population: 81.5m

The Berlin Wall divided

Berlin from 1961-1989.
The country was split into
East and West Germany.

Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria in The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was built

Southern Germany was the inspiration between 1788-1791.
for Disneys Sleeping Beauty Castle.

The German composer

Ludwig van Beethoven
wrote Ode to Joy which
is the European Anthem.
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Group C Ukraine
Capital City: Kiev (sometimes Kyiv)
Population: 44.4m

The currency they use

is Ukrainian Hryvnia.

Ukraine were part of Antonov aircraft are built in Ukraine. The Antonov
the Soviet Union (USSR) AN-255 Mriya is the largest airplane in the world.
until 1991.

The Bandura is a traditional

Ukrainian stringed instrument.

The world's worst nuclear

accident, the 1986
Chernobyl Disaster, took
place in Pripyat, the now
abandoned Ukrainian town.
Ukraine is an agricultural country with
fertile ground. Blue symbolizes clear sky
and Yellow symbolizes fields of wheat.
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 Group C Poland
Capital City: Warsaw
Population: 38.5m
The currency they use
is Polish Zloty.
Polish is the 2nd
largest nationality Apart from the Tatra
living in Ireland, after Mountains most of
those born in Ireland. Poland is very flat.

Pope John Paul II (1978-2005)

was born in Poland.

Poland is called
Polska in Polish.

Cloth Hall in the main market square in Krakow is one of the

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Group C Northern Ireland
Capital City: Belfast
Population: 1.8m

The Titanic was built in Harland

& Wolff Shipyard in Belfast.

The Giants Causeway is an area of about

40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the
result of an ancient volcanic eruption.

The Troubles was a period of conflict in

Northern Ireland involving republican
DeLorean, the car made famous in and loyalist paramilitaries, the British
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 Group D Spain
Capital City: Madrid
Population: 46.5m

Spain is a constitutional monarchy.

King Felipe VI is the current king
and he nominates a Prime Minister
to lead the government. Flamenco is a style
of Spanish Dance.

The Basilica of the Sagrada Famlia

(Holy Family) was designed by
architect Antoni Gaudi. It started in Spain and Portugal together are known as the
1882 and is still not finished! Iberian Peninsula. They are separated from
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 Group D Czech Republic
Capital City: Prague
Population: 10.5m
The Dancing House
nicknamed Fred and
Ginger after the
famous dance couple,
was built in 1996 and is
meant to look like a
Prague Astronomical Clock was
man and a woman
installed in 1410. It is the
dancing.
oldest astronomical clock in
the world that is still working.
The currency
they use is Czech
Koruna.
Czechoslovakia was
dissolved into the
current countries of
Czech Republic and
Slovakia in 1993.
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Group D Turkey
Capital City: Ankara
Population: 78.7m The currency they use
is Turkish Lira

Mount Ararat is the highest

peak in Turkey. According
to the Bible, it is where
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque was built from Noahs Ark came to rest
1609-1616. It is nicknamed the Blue after the floods.
Mosque because of its blue interior.
The Doner
Kebab is a
Turkish dish.

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Capital City: Zagreb
Population: 4.2m
The currency they use is Croatian Kuna.
The Kuna was named after Kuna, a small
rodent, whose fur Croats used for payment
in the region many centuries ago.
St. Joseph is Patron Croatia were part of
Saint of Croatia. Yugoslavia until 1992.

The Pula Amphitheatre was built between

27BC 68 AD. It is one of the 6 largest
surviving Roman arenas in the world.

The Dalmatian breed of

dog is named after
Dalmatia, a south coastal
region in Croatia.
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Group E Belgium
Capital City: Brussels
Population: 11.2m
Belgium is the worlds No.
1 exporter of chocolate.

Belgium is one of the

Benelux Countries.
Manneken Pis ("Little man Pee" in Dutch), is a small
a bronze sculpture in Brussels. He is regularly dressed up
in different costumes for varies events and festivals.

The European
Union Parliament
is in Brussels.

The Atomium was built for the

1958 Brussels Worlds Fair. The Belgium has 3 official languages; Dutch and
sections are used as exhibition French are the most commonly spoken, with
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 Group E Italy
Capital City: Rome
Population: 60.8m

The Colosseum in Rome was built

72-80AD. Its correct title is the
Flavian Amphitheatre.

Venice is a city in north-eastern Italy sited on 117 small

islands separated by canals and linked by bridges.
Vatican City and San Marino are very small
independent states located inside Italy.

Galileo is said to have

dropped two objects from
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
to show that objects of
different weights fell at
the same speed.
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Group E Ireland
Capital City: Dublin
Population: 4.6m
Patrice de MacMahon was born into an
Irish family in France. He was a General
in the French Army and was President of
the French Republic in the 1870s.

French is the most widely learned

foreign language in schools in Ireland.

The Irish team will have their Base

Camp in Versailles. The Palace of
Versailles was the main home of
the French Monarchy until the
French Revolution in 1789.
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Group E Sweden
Capital City: Stockholm
Population: 9.8m

The currency they use

is Swedish Krona.

Volvo, Saab, Ericsson and IKEA

are all Swedish companies.

Turning Torso is a skyscraper in

Sweden and the tallest building in
Sweden has borders with Finland and Norway the Nordic countries. It is 54 stories
and is connected to Denmark by a bridge. tall and contains 147 apartments.
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 Group F Portugal
Capital City: Lisbon
Population: 10.4m

The Algarve is a very popular tourist

destination. The name comes from the
Arabic Al-Gharb, meaning "The West.
Portugal is named after its 2nd largest city, Porto, the
Latin name of which was Portus Cale.

Belm Tower was built by

King John II of Portugal in the
16th century. It stands as a
symbol of the Age of
Discovery and the voyages of
exploration undertaken in the
15th and 16th centuries.
Our Lady appeared to 3 children in Ftima in 1917.
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 Group F Iceland
Capital City: Reykjavk
Population: 0.3m
Handball is the national
sport of Iceland. Reykjavk is the most northern
capital city in the world.

Iceland is highly volcanically active due to its

location on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the The 3 colours of Iceland's flag represent
Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. elements that make up the island.
Iceland has around 200 volcanoes and it has a Red; volcanic fires.
third of all lava flows found on Earth. White; snow & ice fields.
Blue; the ocean.

The currency they use

is Icelandic Krna.

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 Group F Austria
Capital City: Vienna
Population: 8.6m

The composer Edelweiss is Austrias National

Wolfgang Amadeus Flower. It is also the name of a
Mozart was born in famous song from the 1965 film
Salzburg in 1756. The Sound of Music.

Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna serves as the

Austria is an Alpine country. 65% of the land official residence of the President of Austria.
in Austria is dominated by the Alps, with two-
thirds of the land over 500m above sea level.

In German, Austria is called sterreich

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 Group F Hungary
Capital City: Budapest
Population: 9.8m

St. Stephens Basilica in Budapest

is named in honour of Stephen,
the first King of Hungary.

Goulash stew is a famous The two cities of Buda and Pest are
Hungarian dish and paprika separated by the river Danube. They were
(ground red peppers), is also a unified to create the city of Budapest.
Hungarian innovation.

The currency they use

is Hungarian Forint.
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 European Championship Facts
The highest goal-scorer in the finals was Michel Platini for France in 1984.

Robbie Keane, with 23 goals, is the highest goal-scorer in all qualifying matches.

The highest scoring match in the history of the Finals took place in 1960, when Yugoslavia beat France 5-4.

With 3 wins each, both Germany (1972*, 1980*, 1996) and Spain (1964, 2008, 2012) are the joint most
successful countries. (*In 1972 and 1980, it was West Germany who won the title)

Euro 2016 will be the first time that 24 teams have competed. The competition began in 1960 with 4 teams.
From 1980-1992, 8 teams were hosted and from 1996-2012, 16 teams were hosted.

The UEFA European Championship used to be known as the UEFA European Nations Cup from 1960 until 1968.

France are the first country to host the tournament 3 times.

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