Euro 2016: Who can qualify for the last 16?

bbc.com ^ | June 21, 2016 | bbc

[Berlin_Freeper]

It was never going to be easy.

With 24 teams in the group stages at Euro 2016, that does not divide neatly into 16 qualifying for the knockout stages.

The best four third-placed teams from the six groups progress to the last 16.

So far, 12 teams have made it through: France, Switzerland, Wales, England, Slovakia, Germany, Poland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Hungary and Northern Ireland.

BBC Sport helps explain which sides can still go through, why yellow cards could prove crucial and who is in pole position in the 'third-place table'.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Group A

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
FRA	2	1	0	3	7
SWI	1	2	0	1	5
ALB	1	0	2	-2	3
ROM	0	1	2	-2	1

France 2-1 Romania
Albania 0-1 Switzerland
Romania 1-1 Switzerland
France 2-0 Albania
Switzerland 0-0 France
Romania 0-1 Albania

Group B

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
WAL	2	0	1	3	6
ENG	1	2	0	1	5
SVK	1	1	1	0	4
RUS	0	1	2	-4	1

Wales 2-1 Slovakia
England 1-1 Russia
Russia 1-2 Slovakia
England 2-1 Wales
Russia 0-3 Wales
Slovakia 0-0 England

Group C

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
GER	2	1	0	3	7
POL	2	1	0	2	7
NI	1	0	2	0	3
UKR	0	0	3	-5	0

Poland 1-0 N.Ireland
Germany 2-0 Ukraine
Ukraine 0-2 N.Ireland
Germany 0-0 Poland
N.Ireland 0-1 Germany
Ukraine 0-1 Poland

Group D

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
CRO	2	1	0	2	7
SPA	2	0	1	3	6
TUR	1	0	2	-2	3
CZE	0	1	2	-3	1

Turkey 0-1 Croatia
Spain 1-0 Czech Republic
Czech Republic 2-2 Croatia
Spain 3-0 Turkey
Czech Republic 0-2 Turkey
Croatia 2-1 Spain

Group E

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
ITA	2	0	0	3	6
BEL	1	0	1	1	3
SWE	0	1	1	-1	1
IRE	0	1	1	-3	1

Ireland 1-1 Sweden
Belgium 0-2 Italy
Italy 1-0 Sweden
Belgium 3-0 Ireland

Group F

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
HUN	1	1	0	2	4
ICE	0	2	0	0	2
POR	0	2	0	0	2
AUT	0	1	1	-2	1

Austria 0-2 Hungary
Portugal 1-1 Iceland
Iceland 1-1 Hungary
Portugal 0-0 Austria

June 22 (Eastern Standard Time)
Sweden vs. Belgium, 3 p.m. on ESPN
Italy vs. Ireland, 3 p.m. on ESPN2
Iceland vs. Austria, 12 p.m. on ESPN2
Hungary vs. Portugal, 12 p.m. on ESPN

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[dfwgator]

If Hungary wins, Turkey is in and Albania stay alive for the time being.

[dfwgator]

GOAL HUNGARY!!!!

As of now Turkey In, Portugal Out.

[dfwgator]

ICELAND SCORES!!!!

Hungary and Iceland go through as it stands.

[Gil4]

With 24 teams in the group stages at Euro 2016, that does not divide neatly into 16 qualifying for the knockout stages.

So they play 36 games to eliminate the first 8 teams. Then they play 15 games to eliminate 15 teams and produce a champion. I never did like the format. The group stage is basically a glorified warm-up. A 24-team double-elimination tournament would be 47 games (4 fewer), and every one would be meaningful to both teams.

I guess the downside is there would be no 3-game guarantee. Six teams would be done after two games, although some teams are already practically eliminated after 2 games anyway, so I'm not sure it's that big a deal.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

If they had 4 groups like they normally would it wouldn’t be so bad.

24 teams in a Continental Tournament is ridiculous!
UEFA has taken a lot of heat for this, as well they should.

[BeadCounter]

It sounds like they say Portugal advances, I’m still not sure, they will be 3rd place no matter what.

Germany will play Slovakia, England vs. Iceland, would not take Iceland or Slovakia lightly.

Congrats Hungary and Iceland.

[safeasthebanks]

Ping for later.

[BeadCounter]

Boy, I’m sorry, I guess Albania got eliminated.

[dfwgator]

Turkey looking good now as it stands.

[dfwgator]

It’s pretty disheartening to watch these games and realize that the US is still far away from being as good as any of these teams. I doubt we would even beat Iceland right now.