Kaizero Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/news/newsid=1493384.html#france+chosen+hosts+uefa+euro+2016 France has been selected as the host nation of UEFA EURO 2016, the first UEFA European Football Championship final round to feature 24 teams. The decision was announced by UEFA president Michel Platini at the Espace Hippomène in Geneva, Switzerland. The UEFA Executive Committee reached its verdict by a majority of one from the 13 votes cast after examining the three bids – Italy, France and Turkey – on the final shortlist to stage the tournament in six summers' time. "I want first to thank our friends from Italy and Turkey; I feel for them and the feelings of frustration and sadness after months of work and I wish Italian and Turkish football good luck," said French Football Federation (FFF) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes. "For us it is a moment of intense emotions, given that in 2016 we will welcome European football to France. We will fulfil our promises and we thank our friends on the Executive Committee at UEFA. They have put their trust in us and that's what counts for us. This is a beautiful day for us." The FFF bid included 12 stadiums, of which seven would require major renovations and four would be new, in 11 cities: Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Nancy, Nice, Marseille, Paris (Stade de France and Parc des Princes), Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg and Toulouse. France has previously hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1938 and 1998, winning the latter competition, having also triumphed on home soil at EURO '84. Les Bleus added a second European crown in the Low Countries in 2000, but were beaten in the final of the 2006 World Cup by Italy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I was going to say "but they have just had the World Cup" before I realised it was bloody twelve years ago. Unbelievable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Platini. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tyzer Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Platini. Enough Said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Good sign for us and the WC hosting then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Good sign for us and the WC hosting then. Why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesPaul Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Ah fuck that... oh what do I care, Ireland won't be in it anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Ah fuck that... oh what do I care, Ireland won't be in it anyway 24 teams this time, every chance they will be really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Good stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Ah fuck that... oh what do I care, Ireland won't be in it anyway 24 teams this time, every chance they will be really. They'll certainly be expected to. Hope they can handle the pressure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 not sure about the 24 team thing - will it be like WC82 with a second round of 3 teams in a group, or are we going to get into this best-placed 3rd placed team mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 The format of the final tournament will consist of six groups of four teams, followed by a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The top two from each group would qualify in addition to the four best third-ranked sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 hmmmm. never really been convinced by that format. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 No need to have 24 fucking teams in it like. Fucking gash. Far too big and makes for a shoddy playing field. 45% of the teams taking part are going to qualify for the finals. Also it should have gone to Italy, they're in much more need of it with all there shite grounds that need doing up and could serve as a real boost for the game there but Platini is French so there you go. Probably try and get myself over though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 not surprising they went for france, safe bet given the problems ukraine is having with their end of 2012 tournament. and 24 teams is too much the euros works best as it was last time round and had a very high quality of tournament letting more crap teams in will only dilute the quality of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 24 teams is too much the euros works best as it was last time round and had a very high quality of tournament letting more crap teams in will only dilute the quality of it. Spot on. Love the Euros, arguably better than the WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 24 teams is sheer stupidity. 16 is a nice, round, symmetric number and they mess it up. tbh I didn't even know who was in the running for Euro 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 obviously gearing up to be changed to a 32 team turnamnet in the future - should have stayed at 16 - perfect for quality knock out football. now teams may be tempted to grind out a ciouple of draws to get a shot at best 3rd place team. not enough quality teams to fill 24 places. that said, not keen on a 32 team tournament but would have rather that than this lopsided fiasco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 obviously gearing up to be changed to a 32 team turnamnet in the future - should have stayed at 16 - perfect for quality knock out football. now teams may be tempted to grind out a ciouple of draws to get a shot at best 3rd place team. not enough quality teams to fill 24 places. that said, not keen on a 32 team tournament but would have rather that than this lopsided fiasco. They'll never have it 32, there is only 53 UEFA nations. It'd be farcical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocho Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 obviously gearing up to be changed to a 32 team turnamnet in the future - should have stayed at 16 - perfect for quality knock out football. now teams may be tempted to grind out a ciouple of draws to get a shot at best 3rd place team. not enough quality teams to fill 24 places. that said, not keen on a 32 team tournament but would have rather that than this lopsided fiasco. They'll never have it 32, there is only 53 UEFA nations. It'd be farcical. Scotland might have a chance of qualifying, gerrin! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrenchWilliam Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 24 teams is sheer stupidity. 16 is a nice, round, symmetric number How is 24 any more or less 'round/symmetric' than 16? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 24 teams is sheer stupidity. 16 is a nice, round, symmetric number How is 24 any more or less 'round/symmetric' than 16? Think he's on about 16 > 8 > 4 > 2 rather than 24 > wtf? let's let the thid placed team join as well, lolz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocho Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 24 teams is sheer stupidity. 16 is a nice, round, symmetric number How is 24 any more or less 'round/symmetric' than 16? 16 is a square number? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 It will be class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 France is allright Even better if the World Cup went to England in 2018! gonna be some expensive holidays, however they will be great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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