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In order to boost your General Knowledge and confidence level, here we are presenting you an important topic “UEFA EURO 2016” in our Spark Plug series. This will surely help you in your exam preparation.
History of EURO
It is held on every four years as like FIFA. It began from 1960.
First Championship was
in 1960.Host country: France
Final: USSR vs Yugoslavia (2-1)
Winner: USSR
Highlights of Euro Cup 2016
The 2016 Euro cup is held in France.
It was commenced on 10 June 2016 and concluded on 10 July 2016.
The final of this year is between Portugal & France.
Portugal win this year.
Antoine Greizmann got golden boot because he made 6 goals.
In 2016 total 51 matches played by all the teams.
Total 24 teams are in Euro 2016.
Total goals 108 made by the players in whole tournament.
UEFA EURO
It was commenced on 10 June 2016 and concluded on 10 July 2016.
The final of this year is between Portugal & France.
Portugal win this year.
Antoine Greizmann got golden boot because he made 6 goals.
In 2016 total 51 matches played by all the teams.
Total 24 teams are in Euro 2016.
Total goals 108 made by the players in whole tournament.
UEFA EURO
The UEFA European Championship is one of the world's biggest sporting events, although the competition's genesis was more difficult than might be expected.
Championships for national associations had already begun in other continents by the time the idea of a European competition for national teams began to reach fruition in the 1950s. At the time that UEFA was born, in 1954, the impetus for a European championship was coming from the distinguished French sports newspaper L'Equipe, which proposed a competition with home-and-away matches to be played in midweek in the evening.
Adding to the French drive for such a tournament was Henri Delaunay, first UEFA General Secretary and former French national association general secretary. In 1927, Delaunay had already submitted a proposal to FIFA, in conjunction with the great Austrian official Hugo Meisl, for the creation of a European cup, to run concurrently with the World Cup, which would involve a qualifying competition every two years.
Delaunay wrote after UEFA's inaugural Basel assembly in 1954 that the idea was for a competition open to all of the European associations. A three-member committee, he said, had been entrusted with examining this difficult problem. Delaunay insisted that this competition should not lead to an infinite number of matches. Nor should it harm the World Cup, and participants should not always be forced to meet the same opponents in the same group.
Following Delaunay's death in 1955, his son Pierre joined the French journalists in the drive towards initiating the European Nations' Cup. Pierre Delaunay was subsequently appointed secretary of the European Nations' Cup Organising Committee, and was therefore able to observe at close quarters the blossoming of the competition that his father had wanted. After agreement had been reached that the championship would be founded, the new competition was named the Henri Delaunay Cup in recognition of his outstanding services in the cause of European football.
The inaugural tournament was entered by around half of UEFA's member associations, 17 in total, and one more than the minimum required. The Republic of Ireland were eliminated by Czechoslovakia in a qualifying play-off (the two teams met after the drawing of lots). The first championship match proper was held on 28 September 1958 in Moscow's Central Stadium – the USSR beating Hungary 3-1, with the home side's Anatoli Ilyin scoring the first goal after four minutes – and the inaugural competition took place over 22 months between 1958 and 1960. From small acorns do great oaks rise.
List of association football competition
Championships for national associations had already begun in other continents by the time the idea of a European competition for national teams began to reach fruition in the 1950s. At the time that UEFA was born, in 1954, the impetus for a European championship was coming from the distinguished French sports newspaper L'Equipe, which proposed a competition with home-and-away matches to be played in midweek in the evening.
Adding to the French drive for such a tournament was Henri Delaunay, first UEFA General Secretary and former French national association general secretary. In 1927, Delaunay had already submitted a proposal to FIFA, in conjunction with the great Austrian official Hugo Meisl, for the creation of a European cup, to run concurrently with the World Cup, which would involve a qualifying competition every two years.
Delaunay wrote after UEFA's inaugural Basel assembly in 1954 that the idea was for a competition open to all of the European associations. A three-member committee, he said, had been entrusted with examining this difficult problem. Delaunay insisted that this competition should not lead to an infinite number of matches. Nor should it harm the World Cup, and participants should not always be forced to meet the same opponents in the same group.
Following Delaunay's death in 1955, his son Pierre joined the French journalists in the drive towards initiating the European Nations' Cup. Pierre Delaunay was subsequently appointed secretary of the European Nations' Cup Organising Committee, and was therefore able to observe at close quarters the blossoming of the competition that his father had wanted. After agreement had been reached that the championship would be founded, the new competition was named the Henri Delaunay Cup in recognition of his outstanding services in the cause of European football.
The inaugural tournament was entered by around half of UEFA's member associations, 17 in total, and one more than the minimum required. The Republic of Ireland were eliminated by Czechoslovakia in a qualifying play-off (the two teams met after the drawing of lots). The first championship match proper was held on 28 September 1958 in Moscow's Central Stadium – the USSR beating Hungary 3-1, with the home side's Anatoli Ilyin scoring the first goal after four minutes – and the inaugural competition took place over 22 months between 1958 and 1960. From small acorns do great oaks rise.
List of association football competition
FIFA (Intercontinental competition).
AFC (Asian competition).
CAF (African competiton).
CONCACAF (North American, Central American & Caribbean competition).
CONMEBOL (South American competition).
OFC (Ocean competition).
UEFA (European competition).
AFC (Asian competition).
CAF (African competiton).
CONCACAF (North American, Central American & Caribbean competition).
CONMEBOL (South American competition).
OFC (Ocean competition).
UEFA (European competition).
Player of the tournament:
Antoine Griezmann
Young player of the tournament:
Renato Sanches
Golden Boot:
Antoine Griezmann, who scored one goal in the group stage and five in the knockout phase (6 goals, 2 assists , 555 minutes)
Silver Boot:
Cristiano Ronaldo ( 3 Goals, 3 assists , 625 minutes)
Bronze boot:
Olivier Giroud ( 3 Goals, 2 assists , 456 minutes)
Famous Players
CRISTIANO RONALDO:
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He is a Portuguese professional footballer who playes for Spanish club Real Madrid and The Portugal National Team.
He is a Forward and Captain of Portugal team.
He is ranked as best player in world and the best Portuguese player of all time.
He began his club career playing in 2003 at age of 18.
He had received Ballon d’Or and FIFA world player of the year at age of 23.
He holds the record for most goals scored in single UEFA champions league.
He is the only player in the history of football to score 50 or more goals in a season on six consecutive occasions.
He became the first player to score at four consecutive EURO Finals.
He received SILVER BOOT as one of the second highest goal scorer of the tournament.
LIONEL MESSI:
He is a Forward and Captain of Portugal team.
He is ranked as best player in world and the best Portuguese player of all time.
He began his club career playing in 2003 at age of 18.
He had received Ballon d’Or and FIFA world player of the year at age of 23.
He holds the record for most goals scored in single UEFA champions league.
He is the only player in the history of football to score 50 or more goals in a season on six consecutive occasions.
He became the first player to score at four consecutive EURO Finals.
He received SILVER BOOT as one of the second highest goal scorer of the tournament.
LIONEL MESSI:
He is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona.
He considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time.
Messi is the only football player in history to win five FIFA Ballons d'Or, four of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Shoes.
After making his senior debut in August 2005, Messi became the youngest Argentine to play and score in a FIFA world cup during 2006 edition, and reached the final of 2007 Copa America, where he named young player of the tournament.
He led Argentina to three consecutive finals of 2014 world cup for which we won the Golden Ball and the 2015, 2016 Copas America.
Following his fourth final defeat Messi retired from international football aged 29.
He was then convicted of tax fraud committed in 2007-09, for which he received a fine and a suspended jail sentence.
ANTOINE GRIEZMANN:
He considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time.
Messi is the only football player in history to win five FIFA Ballons d'Or, four of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Shoes.
After making his senior debut in August 2005, Messi became the youngest Argentine to play and score in a FIFA world cup during 2006 edition, and reached the final of 2007 Copa America, where he named young player of the tournament.
He led Argentina to three consecutive finals of 2014 world cup for which we won the Golden Ball and the 2015, 2016 Copas America.
Following his fourth final defeat Messi retired from international football aged 29.
He was then convicted of tax fraud committed in 2007-09, for which he received a fine and a suspended jail sentence.
ANTOINE GRIEZMANN:
He is a French professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Atletico Madrid and the France national team as a forward.
He began his career at Real Sociedad, making his debut in 2009 and winning Segunda Division in his first season.
Across five seasons there, he scored 52 goals in 201 official matches & scored over 75 La Liga goals in his career.
In 2014, he transferred to Atlético Madrid for €30 million. Griezmann was a French youth international, who represented his country at under-19, under-20 and under-21 level.
In 2010, he was part of the team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil. He made his debut for the senior national team in 2014 and played at that year's World Cup, helping France to the quarter-finals.
He was the top scorer and Player of the Tournament at UEFA Euro 2016, where the French were runners-up on home soil.
The Golden Boot was awarded to Antoine Griezmann, who scored one goal in the group stage and five in the knockout phase.
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He began his career at Real Sociedad, making his debut in 2009 and winning Segunda Division in his first season.
Across five seasons there, he scored 52 goals in 201 official matches & scored over 75 La Liga goals in his career.
In 2014, he transferred to Atlético Madrid for €30 million. Griezmann was a French youth international, who represented his country at under-19, under-20 and under-21 level.
In 2010, he was part of the team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil. He made his debut for the senior national team in 2014 and played at that year's World Cup, helping France to the quarter-finals.
He was the top scorer and Player of the Tournament at UEFA Euro 2016, where the French were runners-up on home soil.
The Golden Boot was awarded to Antoine Griezmann, who scored one goal in the group stage and five in the knockout phase.
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