Monday, December 14, 2015
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On Saturday evening, UEFA Euro 2016 draw took place at the Palais des Congrès in Paris; UEFA Euro 2016 is scheduled to be hosted in France. 24 nations were grouped in six groups, with the host nation getting Group A. The quadrennial football tournament of Europe is scheduled to start in June 2016, the matches to be played in ten French cities.
England had the first draw, and went to Group B. Interestingly, Wales also drew into Group B. World Cup winners Germany got Group C. Polish national captain Robert Lewandowski, who recently scored a brace against Croatian Dinamo Zagreb for Bayern Munich, would be facing his Bayern Munich teammate Thomas Müller in a Group C match.
Two-time defending Champions Spain got the D. Netherlands did not qualify for the first time since 1984 after a shocking exit in the qualifying match.
In full, groups drew as follows:
The opening match of the tournament is scheduled to be France versus Romania.
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Related news[edit]
- "UEFA Champions League 2015-2016: Lewandowski scores twice in group stage match against Dinamo Zagreb" — Wikinews, December 12, 2015
- "Netherlands out of Euro 16 as van Persie scores own goal against Czech Republic" — Wikinews, October 14, 2015
Sources[edit]
- Rob Smith. "Euro 2016 draw – as it happened" — The Guardian, December 12, 2015
- "Draws" — UEFA, December 12, 2015
from English Wikinews Atom feed. https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_16_draw_takes_place_in_Paris
