2016 European Cup France Introduction

2016 European Cup France (English: 2016 UEFA European Championship or UEFA Euro 2016) is the fifteenth session of the European Football Championship. Competition managed by the Union of European Football Associations, 2016 June 10 to July 10 in France was held in nine cities in 12 pitch. This is the second in 1960 and third in 1984, the French organization of the event.
Game total of 24 teams participating, in addition to host France automatically qualify, 23 other teams need to qualify through the qualifying games; this tournament is also a UEFA decided to expand the number of entrants from 16 teams to 24 teams after the first European Cup. France during the European Cup, held a total of 51 games in the championship race in France.

At 13:00 on May 28th, 2010 (Beijing time at 19:00 on the 28th), announced on UEFA Executive Committee meeting held in Geneva in France as Euro 2016 host country. Italy in the first round of voting will be eliminated, while France and Turkey in the next contest, the French final vote advantage to a thrilling win. France Euro 2016 will be the first event in the expansion to 24 teams after the game.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy attended the meeting, he said at the scene said when he pointed out that France has a long history in terms of the history of football, to host two World Cup experience is very rare. Moreover, France has twice hosted the European Cup, once in 1960, although there were only four teams, which have to mention that the 1984 session of the European Cup, held in France, the home of the European Championship final France beat Spain 2-0 to win the championship.