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Group A
Albania 0-1 Switzerland Romania 1-1 Switzerland France 2-0 Albania Switzerland 0-0 France Romania 0-1 Albania |
Group B
England 1-1 Russia Russia 1-2 Slovakia England 2-1 Wales Russia 0-3 Wales Slovakia 0-0 England |
Group C
Germany 2-0 Ukraine Ukraine 0-2 N.Ireland Germany 0-0 Poland N.Ireland 0-1 Germany Ukraine 0-1 Poland |
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Group D
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
Belgium 0-2 Italy Italy 1-0 Sweden Belgium 3-0 Ireland |
Group F
Portugal 1-1 Iceland Iceland 1-1 Hungary Portugal 0-0 Austria |
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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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UEFA.com UEFA Euro 2016 - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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#EURO2016 |
If Hungary wins, Turkey is in and Albania stay alive for the time being.
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.
Ping for later.
This may be the greatest Homer call of All Time
LISTEN: Iceland commentator loses his cool
http://www.espnfc.us/european-championship/74/video/2899991/listen-iceland-commentator-loses-his-cool
It’s even better than the “DENNIS BERGKAMP! DENNIS BERGKAMP! DENNIS BERGKAMP! DENNIS BERGKAMP! AAAAAAAAAAAAGH! “ call in the ‘98 World Cup