The European Championship (Euro 2016) kicks off tomorrow and there will be twenty-four teams competing for the first time in the history of the competition from June 11 to July 11.
FourthOfficial.com predicts the outcome from the group stages to the final in Saint Denis:
GROUP A (France, Romania, Albania, Switzerland)
Winner: France
Runner-up: Switzerland
GROUP B (England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia)
Winner: England
Runner-up: Russia
GROUP C (Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Northern Ireland)
Winner: Germany
Runner-up: Poland
GROUP D (Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia)
Winner: Spain
Runner-up: Croatia
GROUP E (Belgium, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Sweden)
Winner: Belgium
Runner-up: Italy
Group F (Portugal, Iceland, Austria, Hungary)
Winner: Portugal
Runner-up: Austria
Best third-place teams: Romania (A), Wales (B), Sweden (E), Iceland (F)
Knockout phase structure
UEFA have arranged the match-ups to take place as follows:
Match 1: Runner-up Group A v Runner-up Group C
Match 2: Winner Group D v 3rd Place Group B/E/F
Match 3: Winner Group B v 3rd Place Group A/C/D
Match 4: Winner Group F v Runner-up Group E
Match 5: Winner Group C v 3rd Place Group A/B/F
Match 6: Winner Group E v Runner-up Group D
Match 7: Winner Group A v 3rd Place Group C/D/E
Match 8: Runner-up Group B v Runner-up Group F
The winner of matches 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 will face each other in the quarter-finals.
Round of 16:
Match 1 winner: Poland
Match 2 winner: Spain
Match 3 winner: England
Match 4 winner: Portugal
Match 5 winner: Germany
Match 6 winner: Belgium
Match 7 winner: France
Match 8 winner: Austria
Quarter-final:
QF 1 winner: Spain
QF 2 winner: Portugal
QF 3 winner: Germany
QF 4 winner: France
Semi-final:
SF 1 winner: Portugal
SF 2 winner: France
Final:
FourthOfficial.com predicts France to defeat Portugal to clinch European Championship.
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