With Sweden and Ukraine won their respective matches, Euro 2016 draw pots has been confirmed which means fans from the twenty respective nations can anticipate about their group for the draw that will be taken on 12th December.
UEFA have confirmed four seeding pots for the final draw of December 12 that will be held at Paris. Tthe victory of Ukraine and Sweden was a wrap-up for the qualifier matches and the pots for the two nation has been confirmed.
The pots are enlisted below.
Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium
• Pot 2: Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine*
• Pot 3: Czech Republic, Sweden*, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary*
• Pot 4: Turkey, Republic of Ireland*, Iceland, Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland
You can read the working of these Pots and how groups were selected in this webpage
• Knockout system
Round of 16 (all times CET)
Match 1: Runner-up Group A v Runner-up C (15.00, 25 June, St-Etienne)
Match 2: Winner D v Third-place B/E/F (21.00, 25 June, Lens)
Match 3: Winner B v Third-place A/C/D (18.00, 25 June, Paris)
Match 4: Winner F v Runner-up E (21.00, 26 June, Toulouse)
Match 5: Winner C v Third-place A/B/F (18.00, 26 June, Lille)
Match 6: Winner E v Runner-up D (18.00, 27 June, St-Denis)
Match 7: Winner A v Third-place C/D/E (15.00, 26 June, Lyon)
Match 8: Runner-up B v Runner-up F (21.00, 27 June, Nice)
Quarter-finals
1: Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2 (21.00, 30 June, Marseille)
2: Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4 (21.00, 1 July, Lille)
3: Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 6 (21.00, 2 July, Bordeaux)
4: Winner Match 7 v Winner Match 8 (21.00, 3 July, St-Denis)
Semi-finals
1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 (21.00, 6 July, Lyon)
2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 (21.00, 7 July, Marseille)
Final
Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 (21.00, 10 July, St-Denis)
After an impressive performance and win over Bosnia-Herzegovin, Ireland are placed on Port 4 and definitely the fans are excited for the draw that will be held on December 12.
As a Host ,France,who were the first team to get selected for Euro 2016 due to the host nation privilege, are placed in Port A along with defending champion Spain who claimed the previous title of Euro Tournament.
It gave sort of Shock that powerful nations like Netherlands couldn’t make up to the Euro 2016 as their road was hindered on the group stage.. However Entrance of nations Like Ireland will undoubtedly make the tournament more breathtaking and fascinating.
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