Talk:UEFA Euro 2016

Slovakia and Czech Republic

Why are Czechoslovakia's past tournaments counted for Czech Republic but not for Slovakia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.5.232 (talk) 02:42, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

The Czech Republic is the successor team to Czechoslovakia (and before that, Bohemia), they were all run by the same association '''tAD''' (talk) 03:20, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

TL;DR: FIFA recognises the Czech Republic as the same team as Czechoslovakia and even Bohemia. Full stop. Plaintiff has pushed his own nationalistic fringe theories in the article despite not gaining consensus. Attributing to newly independent states the records of their former occupiers: [1] Stripping the Czech Republic of the history FIFA recognises them with: [2] General WP:NOTHERE
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
I think both Slovakia and Czech Republic are successors to former Czechoslovakia. Or none of them. Both countries were equal parts of Czechoslovakia. The name of the former country tells for itself. And by the way, 8 of 11 players in the lineup for the final match in 1976, when Czechoslovakia won its only European Championship, were from the Slovak part of the former country. So, how can you count the victory for Czech Republic? Both current countries own it - or none of them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by N3V4D1 (talk • contribs) 12:23, 18 November 2015 (UTC) As said above, the Czech Republic Football Association is the successor of Czechoslovakia Football Association. Qed237 (talk) 13:04, 18 November 2015 (UTC) Yes, just to clarify, this isn't a decision that Wikipedia editors have made, it's an official FIFA pronouncement. Russia is the successor of the USSR team, Germany is the successor of the West Germany team, DR Congo is the successor of the Zaire team and so on. Brickie (talk) 12:31, 13 December 2015 (UTC) 1)This is a matter of history - therefore, there is no objective true, no facts. There are only subjective opinions. The adding of the whole history of a unit composed of 2 parts to only 1 part of it is your opinion, not a fact. 2)My opinion is that if 2 independent countries decide to join together (1945) and then later decide to split again (1993), it is not correct nor logic to add their common history to only 1 of those countries. Especially, if they were equal and they even both agreed not to claim the whole common history for anyone of them. 3)A football history is a part of a history, it should not be taken apart - as a something different. 4)FIFA is not an authority in deciding of what is a history fact. This is the work for historians. FIFA is just a legal organisation and makes its own rules. It does not rule a history perception of anything. 5)The successory is a matter of some legal system, it does not change the history. It can not influence what already happened before. The FIFA's deciding of a successory brings only some future's consequences, it does change the past. No organisation can change history, no one can take the history and give it to someone else. 6)In 1945, Slovak football association and Czech football association decided to merge. In 1993 they split again and they both decided to start as a 2 new associations. They also decided that none of them would claim the past common history as anyone's own one. 7)The Czechoslovakia national football team's only championship triumph - the EURO 1976's one - was a work of both Czech and Slovak players (8 of them in the final were Slovaks, 3 were Czechs). It is a logical nonsense to count these 8 Slovak players into the independent Czech football history. 8)The Czechoslovakia's biggest football clubes' achievements were the Slovan Bratislava's triumph in Cup Winners' Cup and Spartak Trnava's semifinal in Champions Cup (both in 1968/69). Both these clubs are Slovak ones. According to your "logic", you count both these achievements into the independent Czech football history. It is another nonsense coming from your "logic". 9)If there were (hypotheticaly) 2 matches played between 2 parts of the common country (Czechoslovakia), in this case the matches between Czechia and Slovakia, and one of them would be won by Czechia and the another one by Slovakia, according to your "logic" both of the victories had to be count for Czechia, as the Czech republic is "the successor" of the whole Czechoslovakia's history. As you can see, your "logic" is illogical. 10)This article is about UEFA Euro 2016, an competition run by UEFA, not by FIFA. 11)UEFA claims no Czechoslovakia national football team's history to Czech republic nor Slovakia, as you can see here: http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cze/honours/index.html and here: http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=svk/honours/index.html. UEFA rather states its this way: http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/teama/team=58836/profile/history/index.html and I think it is the correct way. 12)Even FIFA itself claims no Czechoslovakia's matches for Czech republic! You can check it on FIFA's website here: http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/teams/country=cze/matches/index.html. You can find only Czech republic's matches played since 1993 (since 1992 in case of futsal) counted as Czech republic's ones. No Czechoslovakia's matches at all. 13)What about players and coaches who played for both Czechoslovakia and then for independent Slovakia - like Ľubomír Moravčík, Peter Dubovský, Jozef Vengloš and so on? According to your "logic", you have to count a part of their careers into the independent Czech history and another part into the independent Slovak history. Another nonsense. 14)Maybe you, by mistake, consider whole this thing as a "Slovakia joined Czechoslovakia and then depart of it". However, the truth is that Czechia and Slovakia, 2 different countries joined together as equals and then split again as equals, thus leaving the common state's history as a past thing, belonging to both of them, equally. Again, both these countries were equal. None of them has a bigger right for their common history. 15)What about the case of the Great Britain's football team made for the Olympic Games (2012)? According to your "logic", you have to count it into one of the British countries' (Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales) history. Another nonsense. 16)What if (hypothetically) there will be a team of joined European Union countries? And then it will split again. Into which european country's history will you count it then? You can choose anyone, it still will be a nonsense. 17)What if (hypothetically) FIFA and UEFA claims different historical "facts"? What if another organisation like FIFA appears in future? What if there will be more different views on history from more different organisations? What if, for example, Czech republic exits FIFA and UEFA and joins another organisation which will count their previous performances differently? Will you change your statementes here? 18)I think the history facts should be presented here regardless of any organisation's opinions. 19)I think that the dates of entries of any national associations into any international confederation and any organisation's statements about any successory should not rule how we perceive and interpret history. 20)The fact is that there was a Czechoslovakia's national football team. The fact is that it is not here anymore. The fact is that there are Czech national football team and Slovak national football team now. The fact is that there was no Czech national football team competed in 1976, so you can not count the 1976 triumph into the Czech national football team's history. If you do, you just lie. If you write that Czech national football team competed in 1976 as Czechoslovakia national football team, then you have to write, similarly, that Slovak national football team competed as Czechoslovakia national football team in 1976, too. If you write that it does not, you lie. So, either you write that both Slovakia and Czech republic competed from 1960 to 1992 as Czechoslovakia, or none of those two countries. If you write that only one of them competed so, you just write a lie. 21)It is not a vandalism to correct a lie. 22)It is not according to Wikipedia principles to write a lie and block the others to correct it. I demand you either correct those lies written in this article or let others to do it or prove they are not lies. If you write even third time that Czech Football Association is a successor of Czechoslovakia Football Association, it will not change the lies that Czech republic competed in 1960-1992 and that only Czech republic competed as Czechoslovakia in 1960-1992 and Slovakia did not competed as Czechoslovakia in 1960-1992. Because these two facts do not depand on FIFA's claim on who is a successor of whom. --N3V4D1 (talk) 09:59, 25 March 2016 (UTC) You're ranting and not making any sense, especially when you say that the Czech Republic beating Slovakia would be it beating itself under this logic, among your other straw men. The same organisation administered football in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic. We would not, for example, include Germany's results after the Anschluss to Austria's record '''tAD''' (talk) 09:03, 27 March 2016 (UTC) Who are "we"? Do you speak on behalf of all Wikipedia? I though it is a public encyclopedia... So, no response to most of my comments. Do you have no arguments to deny them or no courrage to admit them? Maybe you haven't read nor understood what I had written. Of course I would not include Germany's 1938-1945's results to Austria's record, either. That is just my point. I would not include Czechoslovakia's results to Slovakia's record nor to Czech republic's record, either. Czechoslovakia is just a different country than Slovakia or Czech republic. How can you write that Czechoslovakia is Czech republic? Czechoslovakia's national football team won the Euro 1976, Czech republic did not. How can you write that Czech republic won the Euro 1976? It is just not true. And if you write that Czech republic competed as Czechoslovakia in that time, you cannot write simultaneously that Slovakia did not compete as Czechoslovakia in the same time - because both these countries did! Even if you are an English native speaker and I barely speak English - you probably do not understand what the word "successor" means. It is "someone or something that comes after another ​person or thing" (according to Cambridge dictionary: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/successor). So, if anybody says that you are a successor of XY, it does not mean that you are XY. You just follow XY, you come after it, you replace it. According to your "logic" James Madison is Thomas Jefferson, because he is his successor... They are both presidents of the USA, James Madison is Thomas Jefferson's successor, but it does not make Jefferson's deeds the Madison's ones. The same as Czechoslovakia's achievements are not just Czech republic's nor just Slovakia's ones. Both these countries created Czechoslovakia till 1992, not only one of them. So, even if the FIFA or you or anybody says that the Czech republic is a successor of Czechoslovakia, it does not make the Czechoslovakia's triumph from 1976 the Czech republic's triumph. So, I demand again you to disprove my arguments and prove your ones or let the others to change the illogical lies to real, true facts. You should not decide what makes sense, the logic itself should. This should be a free encyclopedia, not a factory transforming your opinions into false facts. I am really disappointed how Wikipedia works now and I will never support it (with finances or articles) again until it works this way. And I will spread the word to the others to do the same. N3V4D1 (talk) 13:41, 1 April 2016 (UTC) I think The Almightey Drill explained it to you pretty well. The same organisation (i.e. what is now known as the Football Association of the Czech Republic) has been responsible for the administration of football in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic since it was founded. As a result of that, the records of the Czech Republic are shared by those of Bohemia and Czechoslovakia; and not just by Wikipedia, but by UEFA and FIFA as well. Wikipedia doesn't just make up facts to suit an agenda, we follow the sources that are available to us, and since the sources consider the Czech Republic a continuation of Czechoslovakia but do not consider Slovakia in the same way, that is what is reflected in Wikipedia's articles. – PeeJay 13:49, 1 April 2016 (UTC) I have already posted the sources and I do it again because you maybe missed it - here is the FIFA's Czech republic's profile: http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/teams/country=cze/matches/index.html and here is the UEFA's one: http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cze/honours/index.html. The first one clearly says there are no matches for Czech republic before 1992, the second one shows there are no titles won for Czech republic before 1992. Both FIFA and UEFA do not consider the Czechoslovakia's 1976 Euro title as the Czech republic's one. So what are you writing about? What sources do you refer to? Where are your quotations? I see none. Where did tAD explained it well? He explained nothing, he did not even respond to most of my comments, he just offended me that I am ranting. I explain, I give arguments, evidences, qoutations. What do you do? How can the Czechoslovakia's association and the Czech republic's association be the same - and in the same time the latter be the successor of the previous? If it is the same, it does not need a successor. One cannot be a successor of himself, I think. Even if Czech republic is recognized as a successor of Czechoslovakia, it still does not make the Czechoslovakia's matches be the Czech republic's ones (same applies for players, managers and so on). Where are Slovak players in your "system"? Did not they exist before 1992? Actually, they did. And they were not Czech republic's players. And BTW, Czechoslovakia was a federation of 2 equal countries. They willingly joined together in 1918 and then willingly separated in 1992. Czech republic did not conquer Slovakia as it was in case of Nazi Germany and Austria in 1938.N3V4D1 (talk) 21:32, 1 April 2016 (UTC) Your beef is with these guys, not Wikipedia At the same time you have UEFA saying that the Czech Republic FA was founded in 1901 and joined UEFA in 1954. Everything you are suggesting is original research. There is no basis apart from your own theories. And the straw man about "successor team" being equivalent to saying Jefferson and Madison were the same person is just...well. That's not what it means, otherwise West Germany would be the successor of Czechoslovakia for winning Euro 1980. If you have a problem with UEFA and FIFA's definitions, write a letter to them, Wikipedia is not the place to WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. '''tAD''' (talk) 21:43, 1 April 2016 (UTC) FIFA profile the Czech Republic with Czechoslovakia's record. Full stop. Let's stop whipping this deceased equine. '''tAD''' (talk) 21:47, 1 April 2016 (UTC) Czechoslovakia team should be neither counted for Czech republic nor Slovakia. That is how it appears in UEFA and FIFA pages. Wikipedia article should adher! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sisoslonik (talk • contribs) 21:14, 12 June 2016 (UTC) Another hit-and-run moron. I literally above you posted that FIFA's profile on the Czech Republic team says that they were founded in 1901 and took part in events before the formation of the country in 1993. For the last smegging time, the same organisation who administered football in Czechoslovakia and even Bo-bloody-hemia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire is now running football in the Czech Republic. But thank you for (falsely) saying that FIFA share your logic, instead of the above bullshit about American presidents and Wikipedia apparently having to take a different line in the history of football than the body that runs the flipping sport. '''tAD''' (talk) 06:54, 17 June 2016 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

First Group Stage Result

Can't see where it says anywhere how many games in the group stage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pdgillen (talk • contribs) 16:37, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Currently reflects a 5-0 France win. This match has not yet occurred. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.229.248.14 (talk) 18:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Unfortunately this tournament is subject for some vandalism, but it it often fixed quickly. I will keep an eye out for more vandalism. Qed237 (talk) 16:02, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Hooliganism section

Hello. Regarding the England/Russia hooliganism story, French prosecutors said today that the violence was largely caused by 150 Russian fans, who were 'well prepared' and 'well-trained' for 'ultra-rapid, ultra-violent action.' I suggest this development is clearly extremely important and fundamental to this story, and I think this article should duly include it. The following are my sources (I quoted above from the BBC article):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36515213 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/euro-2016-violence-russian-england-fans-marseille-violent-clashes-football-a7079246.html http://www.worldsoccer.com/euro-2016/england/french-prosecutors-150-russians-behind-violence-376374 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.12.120.34 (talk) 15:05, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system

It's not clear (in the article or the cited UEFA regulations) regarding the ranking tiebreaker "Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system" whether higher coefficient confers a better or worse group ranking. I guess higher coefficient = higher ranking is a more natural interpretation of the text; then again given how neutrals tend to favour the underdogs UEFA might take an opportunity to give them a slight advantage. OTOH maybe UEFA prefer to favour the more lucrative TV markets. jnestorius^(talk) 11:39, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

tied in points teams as of 15/06/16

Why is Portugal number 2 and Iceland number 3 if they both have 1 point. Please fix it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:75:2E34:F198:FCE4:73D:7A58:D83 (talk) 12:43, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

You can see the tiebreaking criteria here: UEFA_Euro_2016#Tiebreakers --Ugly Ketchup (talk) 13:27, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

OMG, it's just 1 game, it's completely irrelevant who is second or third right now!--Je suis blocked by Darkwind 14:06, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Statusletters

I propose that for this tournament we only use "A" (advance to next round) or "E" (eliminated) to avoid a lot of edit warring as well as long statustext below the table for this short group stage. Any opinions? Qed237 (talk) 21:19, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

When something is certain it can and should be added. Kante4 (talk) 07:48, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@Kante4: Yes but is the X and Y really needed. Very long text and not very useful with a status saying they "might" qualify. In my mind only A and E. Do you want the X and Y as it is in group A at the moment? Qed237 (talk) 11:24, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

I have no problem with that. Kante4 (talk) 12:20, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@Qed237: I don't understand this... why would you make up new rules out of nothing? For now, let's do it as usual. ^Ol^Ja 18:18, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Not making up rules. Since editors previously expressed concern about to many and complicated statusletters I thought I should take it for discussion. There is no rule regarding the statusletters. Qed237 (talk) 18:38, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

• Support status letters. They are informative and make it easier to become aware of the teams' statuses, especially when the statuses are not immediately visible from the table (as it is in Group C currently). Besides, just two status letters are not "too many", and I'd say they're rather straightforward than "complicated". --Theurgist (talk) 18:54, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
• Support status letters. Same as Theurgist. I see @Qed237:'s point and know about him getting criticism about the use of letters, but just as some editors complained before, now we have here some editors disagreeing about not using them. I can make the necessary changes after the matches, together with other users interested in. The Replicator (talk) 19:08, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
• Support status letters also. In my opinion: standings with letters better. GAV80 (talk) 19:16, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
• Comment – The thing is that it is 4 letters A, E, X and Y with very long text for X and Y and readers have expressed concerns that with so many letters for only four teams (same amount of letters as teams), together with colors and the long text about teams "might qualify" makes it too much and complicated. I can understand both sides of the discussion. Qed237 (talk) 19:22, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
• Support – but perhaps simplify the wording on the X and Y letters. For example, X could state Will finish in top three, and Y could state Cannot finish in top two. Thereby cutting a bit of the waffle, just a thought. Chris0282 (talk) 19:32, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Chris0282: Good idea. The Replicator (talk) 19:38, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@Chris0282: I like that idea, the information about possible qualification if third already exist in the table and shorter message would be good. Qed237 (talk) 19:46, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@Qed237: Can we carry on this idea? The Replicator (talk) 20:07, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

• • Support. Brilliant. Just brilliant, @Chris0282: ^Ol^Ja 20:27, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Shorter explanation

There has been proposal above to make the statusletters shorter; X – Assured of top three finish, Y – Cannot finish in top two. Or something similar. What do you think? Qed237 (talk) 20:11, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@Kante4, Oldstone James, Theurgist, The Replicator, GAV80, and Chris0282: who have all contributeds above. Qed237 (talk) 20:12, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

• Remove all unsourced letters Just look at the incorrect letter added by @Oldstone James: who who does not seem to properly understand the tiebreaking rules. Are all these letters OR and must not be added, or do we have RS for them? LoveToLondon (talk) 20:13, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment What is that an example of? I added that letter by accident - not because I "do not seem to understand tiebreaking rules". These letters have existed in the past, and they will now. ^Ol^Ja 20:20, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
• Support, per reasons mentioned above. The Replicator (talk) 20:16, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
• Support, X – Assured of top three finish, Y – Cannot finish in top two. Very good and clear. GAV80 (talk)
• Ok, @Qed237: - if that's what you mean then Support, as it would make it easier to interpret for the reader, as you say.
• Support Per the above, they're the simplest and most succint. Also, should we have "E" for eliminated? Joseph2302 (talk) 21:50, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@Joseph2302: A and E are kept until the end of the group stage (all groups). After the last group stage matches, all letters are removed except H for France (hosts). The Replicator (talk) 22:00, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

• Support Short makes sense and is easy to understand. Kante4 (talk) 05:28, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
• comment Status letters are scenarios by the back door. especially when after all teams have played two games, people will be using OR to work out if someone should be A not X or E not Y because if they finish 3rd it will/will not (respectively) be enough to qualify. 213.104.176.176 (talk) 07:51, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
• Support Great way to communicate relevant knowledge without excessive text. @above post: The table showing which combinations of 3rd place teams has been there all the time. If that can be populated it will directly translate some X's to A's and Y's to E's. Finding a national newspaper that writes "Team Z now ensured spot in round of 16" instead of relying on the same type of math as determining that a team will finish 4th seems an odd claim for OR. Lars Ransborg (talk) 09:24, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Strong POV

Despite numerous articles in reliable sources about vandalism and violence by both English and Russian fans, the section on hooliganism completely ignores the English fans and use English sources to blame the Russians. This is a rather strong POV-pushing, so tagging the article until this has been sorted. The fact that this is English Wikipedia means we use the English language, not that we write article from an English point of view. Jeppiz (talk) 13:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Are you suggesting that, by way of balance, we also use Russian sources to blame the English? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:40, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

A read of the section on Hooliganism describes nothing that isn't confirmed by this German reliable source. To tag the whole article as POV rather then the relevant section that you believe to be is well and truly excessive but I can't see any POV in the first place. Calistemon (talk) 14:06, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Are you suggesting that, by way of balance, we also use Russian sources to blame the English? -- Yeah, because that's the only alternative here... As you correctly presume, it is categorically impossible to remove the POV except to introduce even more POV from the "other side". --85.197.22.6 (talk) 14:13, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Ah, great, we all love RT, don't we. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:15, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Having read through the sources a bit more I feel that it is our section which isn't neutral at all. Even British sources have reported that Both Russia and England have been warned that they could be thrown out of the tournament if their fan's violence continues and that the here have been new riots today, this time between English, French and Welsh fans (no Russians involved at all), yet nothing of that is mentioned in this article. Only the Russian are discussed for some reason. Tvx1 21:11, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

The headline at your second link says "Euro 2016: dozens arrested in Lille after England and Russia supporters clash" and it says "... teargas to attempt to disperse English, Welsh and French fans" and "the chants from their English and Welsh counterparts got louder and were accompanied by finger pointing and some evident tension". This to you counts as "new riots" which "don't involve Russians", yes? You're telling us that Welsh fans have been "rioting"? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:33, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

By the way, any discussion about this should really look at Violence at UEFA Euro 2016 first. The section here should just be a summary of that one. If that main article is well-balanced, so should this one be. Also - see the above thread "Hooliganism section", which says, with a source: "French prosecutors said today that the violence was largely caused by 150 Russian fans, who were 'well prepared' and 'well-trained' for 'ultra-rapid, ultra-violent action." This seems to have been largely ignored. Yes, England fans have reacted violently to violence, but it seems this was very well-planned and organised violence. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:47, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

That source also contains the following passage: French police used CS gas to disperse England and Wales fans again later in the evening. This time there was no violence or even any Russian supporters visible, just a roaming group of singing, drunk young men, mainly English. You see, a clear example of incident that didn't involve Russians at all. Tvx1 23:26, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

a roaming group of singing, drunk young men, mainly English is a riot? Martinevans123 (talk) 07:17, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

I described that as an incident. Tvx1 12:28, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

You did, sorry if I wrongly accused you. So I'm guessing you see it as "hooliganism" (and what constitutes hooliganism is a little open to interpretation). There doesn't have to be any violence as such. I'm just not sure, in the context of football, if getting drunk, roaming around and singing (not even chanting) is really very notable. well not compared with, you know... letting off flares, beating people with metal bars, kicking people in the head with steel-toe-capped boots, filming it all on a belt-fitted go-pro cam, etc. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:39, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

I see absolutely no neutrality in this section. Even if I were somehow related to England, I would not write so one-sidedly. Guys, English fans in Lille were provocating Russians, that's absolutely clear. What else could they do there? Their match in the other city. And blaming ONLY Russians for bullying is no fair, at the very least. But reading this section, it seems that English fans are just so innocent, so that evil Russians came and gave fight to peaceful guys for nothing. Yes, UEFA has given officially a suspended disqualification and fined the Russian team, but there were also official warnings to English as well. It's only one sentence about this fact now. I understand that you are following the Wikipedia guidelines, but this is clearly not fair. Kind regards, Waylesange (talk) 06:06, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

And you think the statement by "French prosecutors" was just made up? If there are sources describing rioting by English fans, accounts should be added. Drunkenness could be mentioned certainly, although it's not necessarily hooliganism. The section says quite clearly "The English team was also warned about disqualification, but was not formally charged." That's a fact. Martinevans123 (talk) 07:17, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

I agree with Waylesange and Tvx1 and think they have made the case quite clearly and convincingly. The fact that one loud user objects over and over again should not really influence things. WP:CONSENSUS does not mean total unanimity. Jeppiz (talk) 11:11, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Who is this despicable "one loud user"? Is he having his own little riot perhaps? I'm suggesting consistency with the separate main article. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:30, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

And now we had Croatian fan violence inside a stadium. Tvx1 19:03, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

What happens IF Russia gets expelled?

Are all the games counted as 0-3 losses? Including the previous ones? How would they count for the 3rd place team rankings? Nergaal (talk) 17:57, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

At this point pure speculation. I would guess that their matches are as you say 3–0 losses and table is counted based on that. Qed237 (talk) 18:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

I guess everything gets changed to 0-3. But if UEFA kick them out, they'll also tell us how the games will be awarded. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:48, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Regulation 27 says that if they're expelled then all their matches are annulled, so England, Wales and Slovakia would only have played 2 games each. - Chrism would like to hear from you 22:28, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

It's an IF and only IF. I doubt UEFA would expel them without informing the public what would happen to the other three teams' results. We're here to report facts from sources, not speculate in a big WP:CRYSTALBALL '''tAD''' (talk) 22:56, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

The current official rules are known. Article 27.03 of Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16 says:

"If an association is disqualified during the competition, the results of all of its matches are declared null and void, and the points awarded forfeited."

If the rules are followed then group B will be determined only by matches between the three remaining teams, but if Russia has played all their matches and including them would give another result then there may be controversy. It's unknown how UEFA Euro 2016#Ranking of third-placed teams will be handled. Article 9.03 of Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010-12 said:

"If an association is disqualified during the qualifying competition matches, or at the final tournament, the results of all of its matches are declared null and void, and the points awarded forfeited."

In 2012 and earlier there was no ranking between teams in different groups. UEFA apparently failed to consider this possibility when the current rules were made. [3] says:

"But the truth is no-one knows for certain at this stage. Not even Uefa, who say an emergency committee would have to convene to work out what happens."

I agree none of this should probably be in the article for now. If Russia is disqualified or UEFA publishes what would happen then we may reconsider. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

They have been eliminated, so this doesn't matter anymore. Tvx1 20:54, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Tiebreakers: yellow and red cards

Hi. This time there is a particularly high probability that yellow and red cards will have to be counted in order to determine the ranking (see SUI/ROM, ENG/RUS, GER/POL). The current wording of the article mentions "3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards". This formulation leaves it unclear whether the first (and indeed the second) yellow card still counts as 1 point alongside the 3 points for the red card. The official text of the Regulations is clearer on this, but uses too many words. Probably it would be wise to change the wording in the article. Something like "2 points for a second yellow card followed by a red card", or "3 points for two yellow cards in one match followed by a red card"? Ivan Volodin (talk) 15:43, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

It's very simple. Each yellow card is 1 point, each red card is 3 points. When a player is sent off after receiving two yellow cards, only the red card counts. So, yellow=1 point, direct red=3 points, 2xyellow=3 points, yellow+direct red=4 points. Tvx1 19:09, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Absolutely. But this is not necessarily the way an average reader would understand the present wording (( Ivan Volodin (talk) 15:13, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Ukraine is not eliminated

If their win the last game for 4 goals and North Ireland lost for 2 goals, Ukraine finish the group in 3rd place. Fix that thanks! Facu from Argentina --191.81.196.184 (talk) 16:37, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Ukraine is eliminated, read the rules please.--Je suis blocked by Darkwind 16:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Really the euros has incredible rules, a team mathematically with possibilities, reaches the last match without chances, raising the possibility that "give away" the match to his last rival, especially if they have historical links (remember only the shame of Gijón between Austria and West Germany ). It's a group stage, so the important thing is the results of everyone against everyone and no the individual results. This means that you can win a game 1-0 and then lose 2 matches by 8 goals that you can still move to the KO but the defeated can again lose 1-0 and won 5-0 their last match but be out..no have logic.--152.170.24.22 (talk) 17:10, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Gijón was with goal difference in effect, not head-to-head like in the Euro....--Je suis blocked by Darkwind 17:20, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Oh thanks a lot! The crazy head to head rule... Facu from Argentina --191.81.196.184 (talk) 18:05, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

See Barbados 4–2 Grenada (1994 Caribbean Cup qualification) for an actually crazy football rule. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:12, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

England already in Final??

Hi, I've noticed in the section "Bracket" that England is already added in the final. Is it a mistake/vandalism? could someone restore the previous version? I'm not a football expert ;). Wjkxy (talk) 16:45, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Fixed.--Je suis blocked by Darkwind 17:05, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

I'm posting this in the wrong spot, so sorry.

But England is in. Any team with 4 points *will* advance, even if they get releated to the 3rd position. As there are already sufficient teams with 0 or 1 point after 2 completed games. As a result, there will be at least 8 teams with 3 poitns or less after all teams have played 3 games. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.226.62.169 (talk) 19:09, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

No any team with 4 points will not certainly advance at this points. Groups A, C, D, E can still finish all with a third-placed team with 4 points and group F can even finish with a third-placed team with 5 points. In such a case, England can still be overtaken by 4 other third-placed teams if they finish third as the tie-breakers (goal-difference, goals scored,...) will decide which teams go through. Tvx1 19:20, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

I have a minimum of 1 team in each of groups A-D which can have no more than 3 points apiece. If Wales beats or draws Russia, England will automatically finish 2nd place or better, regardless of the outcome of their match against Slovakia. If England loses to Slovakia, and Russia beats Wales, then England still finishes ahead of Wales on head-to-head. Thus there is only 1 scenario in which England is 3rd at all.

(I won't try to include the fact that Turkey *will* lose to Spain)

Finally, of groups E and F ugh...forget it. I can't handle the permutations right now. I don't agree with you, but my neckbearded indignation is proving to be nothing more than impotent rage. You win, for now, Darkwind... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.226.62.169 (talk) 19:52, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

It's trivial to see that all six groups can get a third-placed team with at least four points. England could lose big in their last match and get the worst goal score of third-placed teams. If Russia is disqualified then we don't even know how the third-placed team in England's group will be counted. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:04, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

If both Slovakia and Wales win their final match they'll both finish Group B with 6 points while England ends up third with 4 points. If Slovakia and Russia win their final matches, Slovakia wins the group with 6 points, both England and Russia will have 4 points and the scorelines will decide which of them finishes second, while Wales finishes last with three points. These are two scenarios which can see England finish third with their 4 points.

Now let's take a look a the other groups:

• A:Romania wins and Switzerland wins or draws => Romania is third with four points. If Switzerland loses they both could still finish third.
• C:Germany, Poland and Northern Ireland can all still finish third with four points.
• D:Czech Republic wins and finish third with four points. If Croatia loses the Czech can even still finish second, with the Croats then finishing third with four points.
• E:Ireland, Sweden and Belgium can all still finish third with four points.Sweden and Ireland win=> Both finish with four points and tie-breakers determine which team finished second and which third. If Sweden draws and Ireland wins, Ireland finished third with four points.
• F:Iceland–Hungary is draw and Iceland wins againts Austria, Portugal wins against Austria as well, while Hungary–Portugal is a draw => Hungary, Portugal and Iceland all finish with five points while Austria is last with no points.Iceland wins against Austria and Portugal wins against Hungary => Hungary finishes third with 4 points. Austria wins against Iceland and Portugal wins against Hungary => Austria finishes third with four points.

So you see, groups A-E all groups can all still finish with third-placed team with four points, while group F could even have a thrid-placed team with five points. Clearly, England isn't assured of the next round by any means. Tvx1 22:27, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Now that match day 2 is completed, all groups can still finish with a team in third place with four points. Tvx1 15:33, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Italy not yet group winner

In section 8.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016#Qualified_teams_2 Italy is already shown (as of Sat 18th @ 17:20 hrs French time) as having won group E, which isn't true (or at least is premature): if Italy loses their final match against ROI, and Belgium beats Sweden, both Italy and Belgium will be on 6 points, in which case Belgium could be the group winner with goal difference. Whoever ends up winning the group - could well turn out to be Italy - my point is it hasn't been decided yet. Or have I missed something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.89.131.57 (talk) 15:25, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Just read the rules. Qed237 (talk) 15:35, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Specifically point 1 at UEFA Euro 2016#Tiebreakers. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:37, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Head to Head Italy beat Belgium, therefore in the event of both these teams ending up with the same points, Italy will be ranked higher and since neither Ireland nor Sweden can catch Italy by points, therefore Italy have won the group. At best Belgium can achieve second place, at worst last, that is if Ireland beat Italy and Sweden beat Belgium. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8084:25C0:380:9D5:23F4:48E2:3EC3 (talk) 15:58, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

OK, so clearly I had missed something. :) I stand corrected. Thanks for clarifying, whoever made the last comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.89.131.57 (talk) 16:41, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 June 2016

Italy is said to have it's game on match 43, however if Belgium win and Italy loses Italy will be in second place so their game would be match 42. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000744/match=2018002/index.html Here is the official website stating that Italy is not confirmed for this game.

Knight Of Shame (talk) 19:55, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Not done: As written above, read the rules please, Italy is confirmed as group winner and will play in this game.--Je suis blocked by Darkwind 20:01, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

From UEFA after Belgium v Republic of Ireland: Result means Italy have won group and will face Group D runners-up in St-Denis on 27 June. Qed237 (talk) 20:06, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 June 2016

The current list of top scorers are as of 'Matchday 2 of 3', not 'Match 2 of 3'.

122.171.99.31 (talk) 20:07, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Not done Updated after 2 of 3 matches today, not matchday 2. Qed237 (talk) 20:08, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

A table of all possible 3rd-placed teams as of now

group	team	points
		1	2	3	4
A	Albania			3
Group A min/max				3
B	Slovakia				4
Group B min/max					4
C	Germany				4
	Poland				4
	Northern Ireland			3	4
Group C min/max				3	4
D	Croatia				4
	Czech Republic		2		4
	Turkey			3
Group D min/max			2		4
E	Belgium			3
	Sweden	1	2		4
	Ireland	1	2		4
Group E min/max		1			4
F	Hungary				4
	Iceland		2	3
	Portugal		2	3
	Austria		2		4
Group F min/max			2		4

Feel free to update after every match because I won't always be available. --Theurgist (talk) 08:21, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2016

Winner of the group E is not Italy as stated in the article as Belgium can Win its match against Sweden with good goal difference and in the other match Italy could lose against ireland making their goal difference(GD) less than that of Belgium and hence not a group winner. Rishab.gupta33 (talk) 14:11, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

According to the rules the tie breaker used is the result between the two teams against each other which Italy won. Belgium can therefore not surpasse Italy. Calistemon (talk) 14:15, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

In fact, this has already been explained twice in above sections on the talk page. Tvx1 15:34, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

 Not done. I'm not sure how this could be made any clearer. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:41, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Wrong rules for teams having equal points and goals

In ties there's no rule for penalty shootout anymore (check UEFA source link). You have to remove point 7 from Tiebreakers section.

Not done I read the rules just now here from UEFA and article 18.02 says that penalty shootout exists. Qed237 (talk) 12:34, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2016

Hooliganism section, add info about Croatian fans reacting to hooligans throwing flares. The UEAFA delegate to that game had said that is an mitigating circumstance for Croatia. Thanks. 54.166.106.30 (talk) 14:53, 19 June 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 54.166.72.233 (talk)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2016

Update the round of 16 matches. 46.11.70.134 (talk) 20:56, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Also please note that things will be updated when matches end, no need to worry. Just be patient. Qed237 (talk) 21:40, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2016

Infobox (top right of the article) should read All statistics correct as of 20 June 2016. 94.210.159.131 (talk) 21:11, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Already done Dont worry, infobox will be updated in due time and now done by an other editor. Qed237 (talk) 21:39, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2016

Please add 100 000 euros fine from UEAFA to Croatia.[4] 54.166.72.233 (talk) 23:14, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

I have no idea what the "UEAFA" is. Tvx1 23:39, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

UEFA – the Union of European Football Associations. Here's a link to their website [5] with further explanation. The organizer of Euro 2016 championship. 54.166.72.233 (talk) 23:44, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Slovakia already in last 16?

In the table highlighting the possible combinations of the 3rd place teams, why are the combinations that do not have B no longer possible? Does this mean Slovakia is guaranteed a place in the last 16? Sagi2711 (talk) 23:23, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

It was wrong and I fixed it. Slovakia can still finished fifth in the third-placed teams' ranking. Tvx1 23:38, 20 June 2016 (UTC)